Gender composition among adults ages 65 and older by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults ages 65 and older by gender

% of adults ages 65 and older who are…

Religious denominationMenWomenSample size
American Baptist Churches USA40%60%139
Assemblies of God31%69%145
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints39%61%138
Churches of Christ34%66%151
Episcopal Church44%56%222
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)42%58%265
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)39%61%212
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod49%51%180
National Baptist Convention39%61%143
Nondenominational evangelical49%51%107
Nothing in particular (religion important)46%54%276
Nothing in particular (religion not important)61%39%518
Presbyterian Church (USA)40%60%206
Southern Baptist Convention46%54%643
United Church of Christ40%60%100
United Methodist Church41%59%691
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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