African immigrants in U.S. more religious than other Black Americans, and more likely to be Catholic
Immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa tend to be more religious than U.S.-born Black adults or immigrants from the Caribbean.
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Immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa tend to be more religious than U.S.-born Black adults or immigrants from the Caribbean.
The number of Black immigrants living in the country reached 4.6 million in 2019, up from roughly 800,000 in 1980.
The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 47.9 million in 2022, up about a third (32%) since 2000.
In 2020, Afro-Latino Americans made up about 2% of the U.S. adult population and 12% of the adult Latino population.
75% of Black Americans say that opposing racism is essential to their faith or sense of morality, a view that extends across faith traditions.
The Black population in the U.S. is diverse and growing. Our analysis explores the demographic characteristics of this population in 2019.
More than one-third of Black eligible voters in the U.S. live in nine of the nation’s most competitive states.
Over the past 40 years, blacks have made progress on several fronts. Yet large racial gaps persist in areas such as wealth and poverty.
One-quarter of all U.S. Latinos self-identify as Afro-Latino, Afro-Caribbean or of African descent with roots in Latin America.
Although the U.S. has long had a sizable black population as a legacy of slavery, voluntary black immigration here is projected to grow in coming decades.
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