Racial and ethnic composition among third generation immigrants or higher by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among third generation immigrants or higher by race/ethnicity

% of third generation immigrants or higher who identify as…

Religious denominationWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
African Methodist Episcopal Church3%94%< 1%< 1%3%109
American Baptist Churches USA80%9%< 1%5%5%402
Assemblies of God86%2%< 1%6%6%351
Church of God in Christ6%87%< 1%1%5%133
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints92%1%< 1%2%5%549
Churches of Christ73%18%< 1%6%4%432
Episcopal Church93%3%< 1%1%3%421
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)97%2%< 1%1%< 1%571
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)93%< 1%< 1%2%5%726
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)66%25%< 1%4%5%178
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)78%11%< 1%5%5%115
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod95%2%< 1%1%2%407
National Baptist Convention< 1%100%< 1%< 1%< 1%431
Nondenominational charismatic76%12%< 1%5%7%160
Nondenominational evangelical84%7%< 1%5%4%559
Nothing in particular (religion important)65%21%< 1%6%7%1,493
Nothing in particular (religion not important)84%7%1%5%4%2,232
Presbyterian Church (USA)94%4%< 1%2%1%375
Presbyterian Church in America87%7%1%1%4%135
Southern Baptist Convention87%6%< 1%2%5%1,739
Spiritual but not religious73%8%< 1%10%8%102
Unitarian88%1%< 1%3%8%135
United Church of Christ92%6%< 1%< 1%1%194
United Methodist Church96%1%< 1%1%2%1,497
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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