Racial and ethnic composition among adults in the South by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults in the South by race/ethnicity

% of adults in the South who identify as…

Religious traditionWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Catholic50%5%1%42%2%1,860
Evangelical Protestant78%7%1%10%5%4,030
Historically Black Protestant2%95%< 1%2%< 1%1,189
Jewish88%4%1%5%1%226
Mainline Protestant86%4%< 1%6%4%2,141
Mormon85%< 1%2%10%4%110
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")63%14%2%16%4%2,177
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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