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

% of married adults who identify as…

Religious denominationWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
American Baptist Churches USA80%5%2%9%4%209
Assemblies of God66%1%< 1%28%4%265
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints89%< 1%1%6%4%435
Churches of Christ77%13%1%7%2%260
Episcopal Church90%4%1%3%2%295
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)96%2%1%1%1%390
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)91%< 1%1%4%3%476
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)72%16%3%6%4%104
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod96%1%< 1%1%2%268
National Baptist Convention< 1%99%< 1%1%< 1%167
Nondenominational evangelical78%6%2%11%4%444
Nothing in particular (religion important)64%9%4%17%6%780
Nothing in particular (religion not important)79%2%7%9%3%1,256
Presbyterian Church (USA)90%5%2%3%1%282
Southern Baptist Convention89%4%< 1%4%4%1,099
United Church of Christ92%5%< 1%2%< 1%135
United Methodist Church95%1%< 1%1%1%981
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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