Racial and ethnic composition among adults who meditate at least once a week by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who meditate at least once a week by race/ethnicity

% of adults who meditate at least once a week who identify as…

Religious traditionWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Buddhist53%4%18%14%11%184
Catholic52%3%3%40%2%2,975
Evangelical Protestant71%8%2%14%6%4,333
Historically Black Protestant3%94%< 1%3%1%1,129
Jehovah's Witness39%23%1%32%5%194
Jewish83%5%4%7%2%224
Mainline Protestant84%5%1%7%4%2,370
Mormon85%< 1%2%9%4%405
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")59%13%3%17%6%1,978
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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