Immigrant status among adults with a post-graduate degree by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults with a post-graduate degree by immigrant status

% of adults with a post-graduate degree who are…

Religious denominationImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Episcopal Church5%11%84%167
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)7%5%88%128
Nondenominational evangelical9%7%85%115
Nothing in particular (religion important)20%15%65%171
Nothing in particular (religion not important)22%11%67%566
Presbyterian Church (USA)8%5%87%137
Southern Baptist Convention4%6%90%183
United Methodist Church3%4%93%330
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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