Racial and ethnic composition among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by race/ethnicity

% of adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services who identify as…

Religious denominationWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
American Baptist Churches USA89%3%< 1%6%2%229
Assemblies of God80%1%< 1%14%5%296
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints92%< 1%< 1%5%3%501
Churches of Christ79%8%1%7%4%300
Episcopal Church94%1%1%1%3%269
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)98%1%< 1%< 1%1%400
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)93%< 1%1%3%3%571
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)78%11%< 1%7%4%120
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod96%1%< 1%1%1%341
National Baptist Convention< 1%99%< 1%1%< 1%109
Nondenominational charismatic74%10%< 1%8%8%126
Nondenominational evangelical82%3%2%9%3%549
Nothing in particular (religion important)70%10%3%11%6%955
Nothing in particular (religion not important)78%4%4%10%4%1,435
Presbyterian Church (USA)95%< 1%2%2%1%248
Presbyterian Church in America87%< 1%3%7%4%110
Southern Baptist Convention91%3%< 1%3%3%1,327
United Church of Christ99%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%108
United Methodist Church96%1%1%1%2%1,110
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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