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

% of whites who are…

Religious traditionImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Buddhist4%12%84%141
Catholic5%12%83%4,795
Evangelical Protestant2%4%94%6,573
Jewish9%22%70%779
Mainline Protestant3%5%92%5,287
Mormon2%5%93%573
Orthodox Christian33%26%41%152
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")5%8%87%5,435
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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