Racial and ethnic composition among adults who read scripture at least once a week by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who read scripture at least once a week by race/ethnicity

% of adults who read scripture at least once a week who identify as…

Religious traditionWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Catholic48%5%2%43%2%1,778
Evangelical Protestant74%7%2%12%5%5,437
Historically Black Protestant2%95%< 1%2%1%1,186
Jehovah's Witness37%25%< 1%32%6%213
Jewish72%9%3%12%4%119
Mainline Protestant81%5%1%8%5%1,859
Mormon85%1%2%8%5%506
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")41%28%4%21%7%588
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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