Creationism continues to be a minority position, attracting less than four in 10 adults in the United States — a new low — according to the latest poll from Gallup (July 22, 2024), which also found "a majority believing God played at least some role but also a majority believing humans evolved from less advanced forms of life."
Asked "[w]hich of the following statements comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings," 34 percent of the respondents accepted "Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process," 24 percent accepted "Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God had no part in this process," and 37 percent accepted "God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so." Acceptance of the creationist option was associated with high levels of church attendance, political conservatism, and Protestantism.
According to Gallup, the poll results are "based on telephone interviews conducted May 1-23, 2024, with a random sample of 1,024 adults, aged 18+, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia"; the samples were weighted to match demographics. The maximum range of sampling error for the total sample was +/- 4%. at the 95 percent confidence level.
