Racial and ethnic composition among 50-64 year olds by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among 50-64 year olds by race/ethnicity

% of 50-64 year olds who identify as…

Religious denominationWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
American Baptist Churches USA74%9%1%11%5%152
Assemblies of God70%4%< 1%21%5%149
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints85%1%< 1%5%8%161
Churches of Christ72%17%3%5%3%146
Episcopal Church92%3%1%2%3%154
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)94%2%< 1%2%2%192
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)92%< 1%< 1%3%5%280
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod94%2%1%3%< 1%143
National Baptist Convention< 1%100%< 1%< 1%< 1%170
Nondenominational evangelical81%4%3%7%5%231
Nothing in particular (religion important)67%16%3%8%6%536
Nothing in particular (religion not important)82%3%5%6%3%736
Presbyterian Church (USA)89%5%2%3%1%124
Southern Baptist Convention84%8%< 1%2%6%623
United Methodist Church94%1%1%1%3%515
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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