Racial and ethnic composition among adults who meditate at least once a week by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who meditate at least once a week by race/ethnicity

% of adults who meditate at least once a week who identify as…

StateWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Alabama62%31%< 1%4%3%259
Alaska64%6%6%4%19%107
Arizona63%3%1%29%4%290
Arkansas72%19%< 1%6%3%129
California40%7%9%41%4%1,526
Colorado70%4%1%19%6%197
Connecticut68%4%1%21%6%138
Delaware62%23%< 1%10%4%109
District of Columbia24%67%< 1%6%3%128
Florida51%18%1%27%4%885
Georgia52%32%< 1%10%5%442
Hawaii26%5%32%12%25%138
Idaho87%3%< 1%9%2%140
Illinois60%18%2%16%4%559
Indiana80%7%1%9%3%259
Iowa95%< 1%1%3%1%114
Kansas77%4%3%13%2%120
Kentucky83%13%< 1%1%3%183
Louisiana54%40%< 1%4%2%216
Maine94%3%< 1%1%2%104
Maryland45%33%1%13%8%267
Massachusetts70%10%2%12%7%225
Michigan70%23%1%4%2%394
Minnesota87%7%2%5%< 1%216
Mississippi50%42%< 1%4%3%157
Missouri78%12%1%4%5%245
Montana86%1%< 1%3%10%106
Nebraska83%5%2%9%2%128
Nevada58%10%1%22%9%128
New Hampshire84%2%1%7%7%105
New Jersey49%20%6%21%4%327
New Mexico40%1%3%46%10%142
New York49%18%6%22%4%758
North Carolina62%25%2%7%5%494
North Dakota91%1%1%2%5%111
Ohio80%14%1%2%3%475
Oklahoma69%8%1%10%12%203
Oregon80%2%1%9%9%164
Pennsylvania78%13%1%4%4%558
Rhode Island73%4%< 1%13%9%132
South Carolina56%34%< 1%6%4%249
South Dakota83%< 1%2%2%14%118
Tennessee78%15%1%4%3%327
Texas44%13%2%37%4%1,183
Utah85%2%1%7%6%145
Virginia54%27%6%11%2%359
Washington73%4%5%10%8%294
West Virginia91%4%< 1%< 1%4%119
Wisconsin79%11%< 1%6%4%188
Wyoming82%1%< 1%11%5%139
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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