Marital status among adults in the West by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults in the West by marital status

% of adults in the West who are…

Religious traditionMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Buddhist47%9%12%3%30%113
Catholic49%10%12%6%22%1,654
Evangelical Protestant52%7%16%6%19%1,812
Historically Black Protestant27%9%20%9%35%143
Jewish47%8%14%6%25%180
Mainline Protestant52%7%11%10%20%1,135
Mormon67%4%7%5%18%478
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")40%12%11%3%33%2,380
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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