Racial and ethnic composition among baby Boomers by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among baby Boomers by race/ethnicity

% of baby Boomers who identify as…

Religious denominationWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
American Baptist Churches USA77%8%1%10%5%193
Assemblies of God73%4%1%18%5%189
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints87%1%< 1%5%7%207
Churches of Christ75%16%2%5%3%181
Episcopal Church93%3%1%2%2%213
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)95%2%< 1%2%1%256
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)93%< 1%< 1%2%4%351
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod94%2%1%3%< 1%183
National Baptist Convention< 1%100%< 1%< 1%< 1%216
Nondenominational evangelical82%4%2%6%5%266
Nothing in particular (religion important)67%15%3%8%6%633
Nothing in particular (religion not important)83%3%5%6%3%922
Presbyterian Church (USA)90%4%2%3%1%173
Southern Baptist Convention85%8%< 1%2%6%783
United Church of Christ91%6%1%< 1%2%100
United Methodist Church94%1%1%1%3%673
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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