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Religion in America statistics: how surveys track a shifting picture
Affiliation patterns are changing, and the way researchers count them shapes what public institutions see.

Affiliation patterns are changing, and the way researchers count them shapes what public institutions see.

Three quiet rules — a car, a zoning code, an attendance line — decide where American neighborhoods grow.

GDP is the standard yardstick of economic growth, but it has blind spots. This guide explains what it measures and what it leaves out.

A once-a-decade headcount, plus quieter yearly surveys, decide where money, seats and services flow.