The American Religious Identification Survey 2008 came out this week. Highlights include a decline in the number of Catholics in the Northeast and a corresponding increase in the Southwest and an increase in the number of secular individuals from 14.2 % in 2001 to 15% in 2008. The survey was conducted by the Program on Public Values at Trinity College in Connecticut. The chief investigators are Barry A. Kosmin and Ariela Keysar. The full report is here.