Immigrant status among adults who say religion is somewhat important by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say religion is somewhat important by immigrant status

% of adults who say religion is somewhat important who are…

Religious denominationImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
American Baptist Churches USA6%6%87%114
Churches of Christ10%7%83%104
Episcopal Church4%6%90%171
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)< 1%6%93%191
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)4%6%90%155
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod2%5%93%123
Nothing in particular (religion important)13%11%76%1,237
Presbyterian Church (USA)4%8%88%130
Southern Baptist Convention5%1%94%288
United Methodist Church4%6%90%478
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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