Immigrant status among baby Boomers by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among baby Boomers by immigrant status

% of baby Boomers who are…

Religious traditionImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Buddhist22%7%71%106
Catholic24%9%67%2,880
Evangelical Protestant6%4%90%3,380
Historically Black Protestant5%1%94%740
Jewish11%18%71%328
Mainline Protestant6%5%89%2,422
Mormon4%5%91%212
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")10%8%82%2,261
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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