Immigrant status among Catholics by educational group (2014) Switch to: Educational distribution among Catholics by immigrant status

% of Catholics who are…

Educational distributionImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
High school or less40%13%46%2,399
Some college18%18%64%1,795
College17%14%69%1,782
Post-graduate degree15%13%72%1,121
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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