Immigrant status among adults in the South by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults in the South by immigrant status

% of adults in the South who are…

Religious traditionImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Catholic32%12%56%1,864
Evangelical Protestant7%5%88%4,032
Historically Black Protestant5%3%92%1,166
Jewish9%24%67%228
Mainline Protestant7%6%86%2,153
Mormon10%4%86%111
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")13%11%76%2,167
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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