Gender composition among adults in the West by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults in the West by gender

% of adults in the West who are…

Religious traditionMenWomenSample size
Buddhist53%47%113
Catholic47%53%1,660
Evangelical Protestant43%57%1,819
Historically Black Protestant51%49%143
Jewish55%45%181
Mainline Protestant45%55%1,141
Mormon47%53%480
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")57%43%2,388
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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