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Three-quarters of Americans (75%) pray at least once a week, while just 18% say they seldom or never pray. Daily prayer is especially common among members of evangelical (78%) and historically black (80%) churches, Mormons (82%), Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses (89%) and Muslims (71%). Very few, but some atheists (5%) and agnostics (9%) say they pray daily. Women (66%) are more likely than men (49%) to pray every day. More older Americans (68%) pray daily than do younger adults (48%), while college graduates (53%) are less likely to pray once a day than are those with less education (60%). Americans in higher income brackets pray less than those with less income; those earning less than $30,000 in annual income (64%) are far more likely to pray daily than Americans earning more than $100,000 (48%). <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/pubs\/743\/united-states-religion\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly six-in-ten adults in the U.S. say they pray at least once a 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