Immigrant status among adults who say religion is very important by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say religion is very important by immigrant status

% of adults who say religion is very important who are…

Religious traditionImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Catholic32%14%54%4,174
Evangelical Protestant9%7%84%6,816
Historically Black Protestant7%3%90%1,604
Jehovah's Witness26%8%66%222
Jewish15%22%63%276
Mainline Protestant7%6%87%3,283
Mormon8%6%86%553
Muslim63%14%22%147
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")21%7%72%804
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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