Income distribution among blacks by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among blacks by household income

% of blacks who have a household income of…

Religious traditionLess than $30,000$30,000-$49,999$50,000-$99,999$100,000 or moreSample size
Catholic44%22%20%14%167
Evangelical Protestant41%22%23%13%446
Historically Black Protestant53%22%18%8%1,601
Mainline Protestant44%20%19%17%148
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")53%19%18%9%466
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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