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

% of liberals who identify as…

Religious denominationWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Episcopal Church88%7%1%1%4%143
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)94%3%< 1%1%2%148
National Baptist Convention< 1%99%< 1%1%< 1%109
Nothing in particular (religion important)47%17%3%24%8%531
Nothing in particular (religion not important)70%7%6%12%4%1,187
Presbyterian Church (USA)82%11%1%6%< 1%102
Southern Baptist Convention74%16%< 1%3%6%144
Unitarian91%1%< 1%2%6%120
United Methodist Church89%2%3%4%3%242
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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