Racial and ethnic composition among parents by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among parents by race/ethnicity

% of parents who identify as…

Religious traditionWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Catholic45%3%3%48%2%1,740
Evangelical Protestant70%6%2%16%5%2,157
Historically Black Protestant2%93%< 1%3%1%487
Jewish90%4%1%4%1%183
Mainline Protestant84%5%1%7%3%1,209
Mormon86%< 1%3%9%3%240
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")64%11%4%17%4%1,724
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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