Generational cohort among married adults by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among married adults by generational group

% of married adults who are…

Religious traditionYounger MillennialOlder MillennialGeneration XBaby BoomerSilentGreatestSample size
Buddhist< 1%18%29%46%6%< 1%100
Catholic1%8%33%42%14%1%3,733
Evangelical Protestant2%11%32%41%13%1%4,760
Hindu2%32%57%9%< 1%< 1%128
Historically Black Protestant3%10%38%38%10%1%607
Jehovah's Witness5%11%33%31%19%1%119
Jewish3%7%28%41%19%2%488
Mainline Protestant1%8%30%43%17%1%3,370
Mormon2%20%38%30%10%< 1%446
Muslim4%19%52%19%6%< 1%107
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")3%17%39%34%8%< 1%3,090
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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