Racial and ethnic composition among adults who seldom or never meditate by metro area (2014) Switch to: Metro area among adults who seldom or never meditate by race/ethnicity

% of adults who seldom or never meditate who identify as…

Metro areaWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Atlanta Metro Area64%24%2%6%4%208
Baltimore Metro Area70%21%4%2%4%118
Boston Metro Area83%1%4%5%6%246
Chicago Metro Area70%12%5%12%1%377
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area58%11%2%24%4%258
Detroit Metro Area77%13%< 1%4%6%170
Houston Metro Area53%13%4%27%4%210
Los Angeles Metro Area38%5%19%35%3%452
Miami Metro Area53%12%2%31%2%171
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area81%5%4%5%5%169
New York City Metro Area60%13%9%16%2%772
Philadelphia Metro Area76%13%4%6%1%334
Phoenix Metro Area62%5%6%20%6%167
Pittsburgh Metro Area89%9%1%2%< 1%113
Providence Metro Area93%3%< 1%4%< 1%158
Riverside, CA Metro Area49%6%7%35%3%162
San Diego Metro Area54%6%16%24%1%123
San Francisco Metro Area45%10%28%14%4%212
Seattle Metro Area73%5%11%6%5%171
St. Louis Metro Area80%14%4%1%< 1%122
Tampa Metro Area76%9%2%11%2%145
Washington, DC Metro Area67%18%5%6%4%382
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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