Racial and ethnic composition among adults who say humans always existed in present form by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say humans always existed in present form by race/ethnicity

% of adults who say humans always existed in present form who identify as…

Religious denominationWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
American Baptist Churches USA73%10%3%11%4%189
Assemblies of God70%3%< 1%20%6%304
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints88%< 1%1%7%4%332
Churches of Christ73%14%1%11%2%248
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)97%3%< 1%< 1%< 1%182
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)91%< 1%1%4%4%483
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)60%27%5%4%4%117
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod97%1%< 1%2%< 1%205
National Baptist Convention< 1%99%< 1%1%< 1%220
Nondenominational charismatic70%13%< 1%12%6%128
Nondenominational evangelical75%6%3%12%4%463
Nothing in particular (religion important)47%22%2%21%8%557
Nothing in particular (religion not important)57%13%8%18%4%295
Presbyterian Church (USA)81%7%7%4%2%100
Seventh-day Adventist37%34%6%13%9%112
Southern Baptist Convention88%5%1%2%4%1,086
United Methodist Church93%1%< 1%3%2%513
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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