Immigrant status among adults with a post-graduate degree by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults with a post-graduate degree by immigrant status

% of adults with a post-graduate degree who are…

Religious traditionImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Catholic15%13%72%1,121
Evangelical Protestant10%7%83%951
Hindu96%1%3%103
Historically Black Protestant11%7%81%190
Jewish10%20%70%325
Mainline Protestant7%7%87%1,262
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")18%12%70%1,359
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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