Spirituality

According to the Hispanic Churches in American Public Life national survey, Latino religious affiliation in the United States breaks down this way:

70 percent of Latinos are Catholic, translating into 29 million Catholic Latinos in the United States (compared to 22 million white mainline Protestants).

23 percent of Latinos are Protestant or “other Christian” (including Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormons). That translates to 9.5 million people.

85 percent of all U.S. Latino Protestants identify themselves as Pentecostals or evangelicals. That translates into 6.2 million people.

37 percent of the U.S. Latino population (14.2 million) self-identifies as “born-again” or evangelical. This figure includes Catholic charismatics, who constitute 22 percent of U.S. Latino Catholics.

26 percent, or 7.6 million, of all Latino Catholics self-identify as being born-again.

1 percent of Latinos identify with a world religion, such as Buddhism, Islam or Judaism.

.37 percent of all Latinos are atheist or agnostic.

Interestingly, affiliation is at least related to length of time in the U.S.

According to the same national survey:

The first generation of Latino immigrants is 74 percent Catholic, and 15 percent Protestant.

The second generation is 72 percent Catholic, and 20 percent Protestant.

The third generation is 62 percent Catholic, and 29 percent Protestant.