European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes a a. Vav a Friday april 12, 1991 state by state religious identifications the religious composition by state on a percentage basis As provided by the City University of new York graduate school the numbers on the top line correspond to the denominations listed in the Box at right. In l Catholic a off presbyterian 121 other of pentecostal Baptist Fil jewish 41 methodist 101 Episcopalian Ute none 111 mormon is lutheran religion no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Ala. 4.5 23.8 51.4 10.4 3.9 0.6  2.6 0.1 0.7 0.2 Ariz. 23.9 27.9 11.6 6.6 12.2 5.7 2.9 1.3 1.6 1.4 4.9 Ark. 4.9 27.1 42.2 8.8 5.8 1.7 2.4 5.9 0.1 0.7 0.4 Calif. 28.9 29.8 10.0 4.0 13.0 3,7 2.8 1.5 2.3 1.8 2.2 Colo. 25.1 27.1 10.0 7.7 11.4 7.3 4.4 1.0 1.8  2.4 Conn. 50 4 23.7 5.8 3.9 5.8 23 0.7 1.4 2.4 4.4 0 dal. 26.4 17.1 9.2 26.5 7.2 2.4 3.4 3.4 1.4 3.0 0 . 16.1 15.0 46.8 6.8 6,3 0.2 2.0 0 2.3 4.5 a a 0 Fla. 23.2 23x 22,2 8.2 7.2 3.3 2.4 3.6 2.4 0.6 a 6.3 19.4 50.8 11,5 4.6 0.9 2.2 1.8 0.5 1.6 0.4 Idaho 11.5 28.9 3.9 5.8 11.9 4 1. 2.0 0.4 0 1.0 30.5 Iii. 33.1 23.1 14.8 7.8 7.0 7.6 2.6 1.4 1.5 0.9 0.2 ind. 19.5 35.6 16,5 9.9 7.4 5.1 2.2 2.1 0.3 0.7 0.7 Iowa 21.5 28.8 6,1 15.7 5.9 15 4 4.5 0.5. 0 j 0.8 0.8 Kan. 17.3 32.0 16.4 14.7 5.7 5,4 3.7, 2.5 0.3 1.3 0.7 by. I 13.3 i 23.9 42.5 7.2 6.5 1.3 1.9 2.0 0.2 1.0 q.2 la. 46.8 73 29.2 5.2 2.9 0.8 0.5 2.3 1 0.2 0.6 0.2 Maine 31.2 33.3 11.9 7.5 i 10.0 0 5 i 0.4 2.0 0.4 2.0 0.8 my. 24.920.2 17.4 13.0 7.2 6.0 3.0 1.7 2.8 2.7 0.3 mass. 54.3 22.8 4.3 2.4 i 7.3 1.2 1 0.8 0.4 3.5 2.8 1 0.2 Mich. 29.2 24,9 15,7 6.8 8.7 8.3 2.6 1.3 0.8 1.4 0.3 Minn. 29.2 17.3 3.5 4.3 5.6 33.9 1 3.1 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.3 miss. 7.0 14.3 55.0 11.4 2.8 1.3 1.6 3.9 0.6 1.4 0.7 to. 20.3 28o 24,9 7,1 6.5 5.9 2.4 2.4 0.6 0.8 1.1 Mont. 27.6 27.9 4.1 9.4 10,2 12.2 2.4 1.6 0.0 2.0 2.6 neb. 29.4 23.6 4.4 11.0 7.0 16.3 4.4 0.6 0 5 2.0 0.8 religion no. 1 . . . . . . Ohio okla. Ore a. . So. . Tenn. Texas Utah it. A. Wash. . Was. Wyo. 41.3 24.7 9.2 11,3 8.1 0.3 2.0 0 0.9 2.2 45.9 16.8 10.2 6.7 5.5 3.1 3.2 1.9 4.3 i 2.3 6.i 37.3 22.8 11.8 7,3 10.0 3.2 2.6 0.8 0.7 of a 44.3 19.2 8.3 6.1 6.4 2.7 2.4 1.5 j 6.9 2.0 0.2 5.9 19.2 47,1 12.7 4,8 2.4 3.6 2.1 0.5 1.0 0.7 30.1 i 20.8 i 3.9 3.5 i 1.6 136.5 2.8 0 0.4 0 0.4 24.2 i 32,1 115.3 10.4 7.4 4,4 2.4 1.7 0.7 1.2 6.2 8.0 35.0 32.6 9.2 6.5 22 1.4 2.9 0.2 1.2 0.3 15.3 36.8 8.7 4.9 17,2 6.7 we l2 0,4 ,22 \ 2.4 33.2 24.8 9.9 8.7 4.9 8.6 53 1.1 1.7 1.7 0.1 61.7 16,4 6.3 1.4 6.0 0.7 .0.8 a 0 l6. 5.1 0 5.7 10.1 46.5 i 15.6 3.2 25 3.5 2.0 0.3 2.0 i 0.6 25.7 10.6 .6,1 10.5 2,5 30.3 2.9 0.8 0.2 1.4 1.0 4.7 25.9 43 cd 10.7 i 6.0 i 1.0 i 4.3 i 2.6 0.3 1.1 1 0.4 23.2 20.3 32,0 9.2 4.9 2.4 1,8 �9 0.7 1.9 0.7 6.0 9.6 i 2.4 1.2 7.8 1.2 i 1.0 0.4 0.7 i 0.5 69.2 36.7 32.7 5.3 5.6 11.4 1.3 2.0 0.41,1 3.5 0 12.2 23.7 31.2 13.1 6.4 2.3 4.1 2.0 i 1.1 3.2 0.7 19.0 35.6 7.2 6.2 14.0 7.8 4.6 1.5 0.4 1.8. 1.9 5.9 32.0 29.3 14.9 8.0 0.9 4.3 3.2 01 0.8 0.6 38.6 14.3 4,0 6.4 6,1 26.2 1.7 1,6 0,4 0,9 0.4 18.0 21.1 8.6 9.9 13.5 5.0 8,7 1.2 0 5.2 8.8 a amps Sharon Kilda christians still dominate Survey finds new York apr new religions and immigration from the far East and Arab world have barely dented the overwhelmingly Christian composition of the . Population a 13-month Survey of 113,000 adults has found. Study director Barry Kosmin of the City University a of new York graduate school called the findings the most extensive religious profile available of 20thccn-Tury America. A a. A a. A a the Survey found 86.5 percent of americans id Nti tied with Christian denominations including 26 percent roman Catholic and 60 percent protestant. Only 2 percent refused to reveal their religious identification and Only 7.5 percent said they had no religion. A. 1 \ a. A Richard John Neuhaus editor in chief of first things a monthly journal on religion and Public life said it should come As no Surprise that americans Are so pervasively religious. Neuhaus said the one Surprise for him in Reading about the Survey was the researchers conclusion after accounting for language barriers in the poll that muslims represent 0.5 percent of the . Population or 1.4 million americans. A i think Over the last five years most of us in this business have used the figure of 3 million plus a Neuhaus said wednesday. The finding indicates that half of Arab americans either have Christian origins or converted in America. About 40 percent of the muslims Are Black but Only 2 percent of the Blacks surveyed Are Muslim. The Survey also found that most asian americans Are not muslims buddhists or hindus but christians. And most of those who say they Are of Irish ancestry Are protestants not catholics. A another Surprise was the Way the so called new re gaps in gains legions were much smaller than we anticipated a said professor Seymour Lachman Cuny Dean for Community development. The researchers estimated that 20,000 adults describe themselves As adhering to the new age spiritual movement which combines mysticism psychology and holistic  a it a something that a just swirling through the culture a Neuhaus said. While such movements May get a lot of Media attention and generate High Book sales they include a a lot of people in the Christian category that flirt with new age and other Cost circa a he said. Kosmin said his estimates should not be expected to match figures Given but by denominations which use varying standards for counting. A this is not religious affiliation. These Are Peoples perceptions of what they Are a Kosmin said. A if i want to Call myself a Duck in a a Duck even though i can to swim and Haven to got  Washington a Large segments of the nations fast growing hispanic population Are still poor unemployed uneducated and shut out of the Best jobs the census Bureau reported wednesday the nations 22.4 million hispanics made Small Steps out of poverty and the unemployment lines and toward a better educated population during the past decade. But when compared with the non his panic population the picture for hispanics is one. Of Large gaps in the race of life 21 percent of hispanic children Are poor compared with 11 percent of All . Children 26.6 percent of the total hispanic population is poor compared with 11.6 percent of non hispanics. Only about half of hispanics had completed High school As of last year hispanic workers tend to be concentrated in now wage service jobs or As labourers and their earnings Trail non hispanic in comes despite slight gains Between 19k2, the end of the last recession and 1989. A we see hispanics making gains but the question is Are the gains sufficient and the answer is almost always no. A we still see hispanics Over represented at the lower socioeconomic Levels a said Robert Paral research associate at the National association of latino elected and appointed officials. Among the gains cited by the census Bureau were a drop in the hispanic unemployment rate a slight decrease in the family poverty rate and an increase in median household income. While the unemployment rate for his panics fell from 16.5 percent in March 1983 to 8.2 percent in March 1990, the non hispanic unemployment rate was just 5.0 percent. The census Bureau also found that while the poverty rate among hispanic families fell almost 4 percentage Points Between 1982 and 1989, More than double the proportion of hispanics lived in poverty than non hispanic families a 23.4 percent is. 9.2 percent. And although hispanic households saw their median income increase about 12 percent from 1982 to 1989, from $19,500 to $21,900, the median income for non hispanic households was far higher $29,500, in 1989. The bureaus style of presentation made full comparison with non hispanics difficult. The report did not give the non hispanic unemployment rate for March 1983, nor the poverty rate among non hispanic families in 1982, nor the median income of non hispanic families in 1982. Robert Grenstein director of the Center on budget and policy priorities often an advocate of Liberal social programs questioned whether hispanics had actually made any gains at All during the 1980s. Because the census Bureau measured a period of recovery Greenstein said a it should come As no Surprise that All groups in the society Benefit from eco nomic recovery. It does no to really Tell you very much comparing the Bottom of a recession to the Peak of  if the comparisons Are made Between 1979 and 1989, similar Points in the business Cycle Greenstein said median family income of hispanics would be in to decline and the poverty rate would Rise. He offered no figures. A hispanics did not regain enough ground during the economic recovery to make up for the ground they lost in the recession in the Early 1980s and now that we Are in a new recession their unemployment level and poverty rates Are rising and their income Levels Are falling he said. A we Sec Small incremental gains that often almost equal stagnation a said Paral. Quot the leaps that w e need to be a Keg Arentt being made  the nations hispanic population grew 53 percent in the 1980s and now accounts for about 8.4 percent of the total