An Analysis of the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS) led William Jeynes, professor of education at California State University, found no disparity in academic performance between highly religious African American and Latino students from "intact" families and white students. 

The findings refute assertions that were made in the controversial and best-selling book The Bell Curve.

Jeynes' analysis of a study on a national sample of 20,706 12th-grade high school students indicated that highly religious African American and Latino students from intact families, when controlling for socioeconomic status, scored equally as well as white students on the social studies test and the Test Composite (combination of math and reading).

According to Barna Research, the percentage of adults who have steered clear of churches for at least the past six months has remained stable since 1994.

An estimated 73 million adults are presently unchurched

If the unchurched population of the United States were a nation of its own, that group would be the eleventh most populated nation on earth (trailing only China, India, the churched portion of the United States, Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia, Japan and Mexico).

The survey reveals that one out of every three adults (33%) is classified as unchurched - meaning they have not attended a religious service of any type during the past six months.