Gender composition among adults in the South by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults in the South by gender

% of adults in the South who are…

Religious traditionMenWomenSample size
Catholic47%53%1,885
Evangelical Protestant46%54%4,078
Historically Black Protestant40%60%1,191
Jewish52%48%229
Mainline Protestant46%54%2,174
Mormon48%52%112
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")58%42%2,214
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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