Racial and ethnic composition among members of the Southern Baptist Convention by marital status (2014) Switch to: Marital status among members of the Southern Baptist Convention by race/ethnicity

% of members of the Southern Baptist Convention who identify as…

Marital statusWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Married89%4%< 1%4%4%1,099
Divorced/separated81%11%1%2%5%243
Widowed86%9%< 1%< 1%5%252
Never married73%11%< 1%7%8%182
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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