http://www.americanreligionsurvey-aris. ... ation.html

American Nones: The Profile of the No Religion Population

The 34 million American adults who don't identify with any particular religious group reflect the general population in terms of marital status, educational attainment, racial and ethnic makeup, and income, according to a new study by Trinity College researchers, American Nones: The Profile of the No Religion Population.

Report Highlights

* The 1990s was the decade when the "secular boom" occurred - each year 1.3 million more adult Americans joined the ranks of the Nones. Since 2001 the annual increase has halved to 660,000 a year.
* Whereas Nones are presently 15% of the total adult U.S. population, 22% of Americans aged 18-29 years self-identify as Nones.
* Regarding belief in the divine, most Nones are neither atheists nor theists but rather agnostics and deists (59%) and perhaps best described as skeptics.
* The most significant difference between the religious and non-religious populations is a gender gap.
o Whereas 19% of American men are Nones only 12% of American women are Nones.
o The gender ratio among Nones is 60 males for every 40 females.
o Women are less likely to switch out of religion than men.
o Women are also less likely to stay non-religious when they are born and raised in a non-religious family.
* Most Nones are 1st generation - only 32% of "current" Nones report they were None at age 12.
* 24% of current Nones (and 35% of 1st generation or "new" Nones) are former Catholics.
* Geography remains a factor - more than 1 in 5 people in certain regions (the West, New England) are Nones.
* Class is not a distinguishing characteristic: Nones are not different from the general population by education or income.
* Race is a declining factor in differentiating Nones. Latinos have tripled their proportion among Nones from 1990-2008 from 4% to 12%.
* The ethnic/racial profile of Nones shows Asians, Irish and Jews are the most secularized ethnic origin groups. One-third of the Nones claim Irish ancestry.
* Nones are much more likely to believe in human evolution (61%) than the general American public (38%).
* Politically, 21% of the nation's independents are Nones, as are 16% of Democrats and 8% of Republicans. In 1990, 12% of independents were Nones, as were 6% of Democrats and 6% of Republicans.

Lol, this certainly doesn't help the feminists that object to men being called the rational gender.

Has the political breakdown has changed since 1990?

I found these two interesting. They seem to contrast what some on here like to think.

I could agree with you on the first one, but the second? Really?

Personally, I found this one the most interesting:
You could argue that I'm a 3rd generation "None".

Given the views on this board, I would have thought that 100% of the Nones believed in human evolution. To see it at 61% was probably very surprising for many.

Ah, gotcha. Yeah, I'd agree with that--I was only paying attention to the fact that many more accept it than do not.

What would make a "none" not believe in evolution?

I'd love to see the breakdown by religion. Given the 61% for Nones, I wouldn't be surprised if some religions had a higher belief in human evolution.

Lack of education and/or understanding? Environment? Dogmatic skepticism? Post-modernism? It doesn't help, but religion isn't the only bar to rejecting or being uneasy on the issue.

That depends on what "None" means. Could people who are spiritual, but not religious be considered "None?" Could people who are religious but don't believe in a particular religion be considered "None?"

Yes. Most of them are, actually.