Religious Identity
  1971 1990 % 2001 & 2008 %
Core Jewish Population        5,370,000        5,515,000                    3.1        5,340,000                    2.6          5,150,000 2.3
BJR (Born Jews:Religion Judaism)          3,137,000                    1.8        2,837,000                    1.4         2,680,000           1.2
Total Christian     151,225,000                  86.2   159,514,000                  76.7     173,402,000          76.0
Catholic       46,004,000                 26.2     50,873,000                 24.5       57,199,000         25.1
Other Christian     105,221,000                 60.0   108,641,000                 52.2     116,203,000         50.9
Nones        14,331,000                    8.2      29,481,000                  14.1       34,169,000          15.0
Muslim             527,000                    0.3        1,104,000                    0.5          1,349,000            0.6
 % of College Grads in Poulation Age 25+ by Religious Tradition 
1990 2008
US NATIONAL POPULATION 21 27
Catholic                      22                      25
Baptist                      11                      16
Mainline Christian                      26                      35
Christian Generic                      22                      26
Pentecostal/Charismatic                        9                      13
Protestant Denominations                      13                      21
Mormon.LDS                      22                      31
Jewish                      50                      57
Eastern Religions                      44                      59
Muslim                      41                      35
NRM & Other Religions                      35                      33
None                      28                      31
D/K Refused                      29                      31