86%
believe people have a soul or spirit beyond the physical body
Pew Research Center reported this finding from its 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study of U.S. adults.
Source: Pew Research Center, 2025Reference
Spirituality statistics in the United States
Current figures on spiritual belief, identity, and adjacent complementary practices, gathered here for easy reference.
Last updated September 11, 2026
A snapshot of belief and practice
Spiritual beliefs and complementary practices are not the same thing. The figures below keep those measures separate and link each one to its original source.
83%
believe in God or a universal spirit
This belief was measured in Pew Research Center’s 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study.
Source: Pew Research Center, 202579%
believe there is something spiritual beyond the natural world
The figure comes from Pew Research Center’s national study of religious and spiritual beliefs.
Source: Pew Research Center, 202570%
believe in an afterlife
Pew Research Center included this measure in its 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study.
Source: Pew Research Center, 202564%
describe themselves as spiritual
Pew Research Center’s 2023 survey measured how U.S. adults identify as spiritual and religious.
Source: Pew Research Center, 202353%
describe themselves as religious
The same Pew Research Center survey found that spiritual and religious identity overlap, but are not identical.
Source: Pew Research Center, 202336.7%
used a complementary health approach in the previous year
The National Institutes of Health reported this participation estimate from the 2022 National Health Interview Survey.
Source: National Institutes of Health, 202515.8%
practiced yoga in the previous year
The National Institutes of Health reported this 2022 participation figure from the National Health Interview Survey.
Source: National Institutes of Health, 2025Method and sources
How to read these figures
These are self-reported survey results. They describe what people say they believe or practice, not whether any spiritual or complementary practice produces a particular outcome.
The spiritual belief and identity findings come from Pew Research Center’s national surveys of U.S. adults. The complementary-practice findings come from the National Health Interview Survey, reported by the National Institutes of Health.
For the original reporting and survey context, see Pew Research Center’s 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study, Pew’s spirituality survey, and the National Institutes of Health analysis of 2022 survey data.
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Attunement Spiritual Flow. “Spirituality Statistics in the United States.” Updated September 11, 2026. https://attunementspiritualflow.com/spirituality-statistics.
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