Northeast

46%West12%

South12%

Midwest30%

Northeast

28%

West25%

South24%

Midwest23%

1950 2010

Regional Distribution Since 1950

• The results are generally consistent with CARA’s national surveys of the U.S. adult Catholic population

• Non-Hispanic white Catholics are fewer in number (-4 percentage points)

• The Hispanic/Latino Catholic population is larger in number (+4 percentage points)

• The most racially and ethnically diverse segment of the Catholic population is its youth

• Half of Catholic adults of the Millennial Generation (those born 1982 or later) are notnon-Hispanic white

White94%

Hispanic/

Latina3%

Asian/

Pacific Islander

2%

Black/

African American

1%

Other0.2%

Perpetual Vows

White61%

Hispanic/

Latina16%

Asian/

Pacific Islander

16%

Black/

African American

6%

Other1%

Initial Formation

Source: 2009 NRVC/CARA Study of Recent Vocations to Religious Life