Immigrant status among non-parents by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among non-parents by immigrant status

% of non-parents who are…

Religious traditionImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Buddhist23%25%52%217
Catholic22%16%62%5,355
Evangelical Protestant7%6%86%6,305
Hindu82%12%6%114
Historically Black Protestant6%4%90%1,392
Jehovah's Witness24%9%67%180
Jewish11%23%66%657
Mainline Protestant6%7%87%4,793
Mormon5%7%88%415
Muslim62%21%17%145
Orthodox Christian39%24%37%137
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")11%14%75%5,695
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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