do you know what the ethnic break down of catholics are in the u.s.?

Question

I have heard that 25% are hispanic-americans, but how many are irish-americans, polish-americans, italian-americans, etc. or how many are of mixed ethnic origin. I know back in the 1930's as well as today many catholic ethnicities are intermarrying as well as many converts are marrying in and out of the religion.

Answer 1

In 2005, there were 69.1 million Catholics in the United States.

26.4 million (38%) were Hispanic.

493,615 (.7%) were Native Americans, or 12 percent of all U.S. Native Americans.

2.3 million (3.3%) were African Americans.

About 3 million (4%) are Asian and Pacific Islanders.

Irish, Polish, Italian, and other "White" ethnic groups are not tracked at this time.

http://www.usccb.org/comm/cip.shtml#toc4
http://www.the-tidings.com/2006/0714/asian.htm

With love in Christ

Answer 2

Check the Statistical Abstract of the United States. It's derived from census data, which asks for such things as ethnicity, national origin, and religion.

If I had to field a guess, Irish and Germans are probably going to be pretty high on the list, along with Hispanics and other people from Latin America.

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