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

% of moderates who identify as…

Religious denominationWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
American Baptist Churches USA73%10%3%8%7%144
Assemblies of God63%4%1%26%6%106
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints83%< 1%< 1%12%5%167
Churches of Christ59%15%2%17%6%135
Episcopal Church92%3%2%1%2%192
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)94%2%1%1%1%259
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)86%< 1%< 1%10%4%206
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod93%2%1%2%2%134
National Baptist Convention< 1%98%< 1%2%< 1%171
Nondenominational evangelical70%12%< 1%13%5%175
Nothing in particular (religion important)56%18%5%16%5%733
Nothing in particular (religion not important)74%6%6%11%4%1,048
Presbyterian Church (USA)91%3%3%3%1%162
Southern Baptist Convention78%9%1%4%8%414
United Methodist Church95%2%1%< 1%2%621
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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