Agnostic

The holiday season is a time for gift exchanges, mulled wine and twinkling lights—but it's also a time of year rooted in spiritual traditions and religious ...

religious “census”](https://www.usreligioncensus.org/index.php/about-census) every 10 years, documenting the number of congregations and adherents for a wide range of spiritual traditions. The religious portion of the population has been on the decline for some years now, both in San Francisco and across the country. Interestingly, San Francisco now has double the number of congregations and places of worship that it did 30 years ago. Overall, San Francisco’s share of residents that adhere to a particular religion has remained below 45% since 1990, roughly 10% below the national average. And SF has long been called a haven for religious “nones”—those who have no spiritual or religious affiliation, and who far outnumber the number of nuns in SF. [most religiously unaffiliated](https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/survey-unaffiliated-most-popular-religious-affiliation-san-francisco-bay-area-american-values-atlas-public-religion-research-institute/) metro areas in the United States.