Racial and ethnic composition among adults in the Northeast by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults in the Northeast by race/ethnicity

% of adults in the Northeast who identify as…

Religious traditionWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Catholic75%3%1%19%2%1,994
Evangelical Protestant67%9%3%15%6%744
Historically Black Protestant1%91%< 1%7%1%247
Jewish91%2%3%1%3%347
Mainline Protestant88%4%1%5%3%1,116
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")70%10%5%11%5%1,472
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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