Instituto Fe y Vida - Fast Facts About Hispanic Catholics

	Estimated U.S. Residents on July 1, 2007 White alone, non-Hispanic Hispanic, any race Black alone or mixed, non-Hispanic Asian alone, non-Hispanic Other or mixed, non-Hispanic Total U.S. resident population Percentage of U.S. residents that is Hispanic	Population 199,177,984 45,786,825 38,748,655 13,274,840 5,237,558 302,225,862 15.2%
	Estimated U.S. Catholics in 2007** White alone, non-Hispanic Hispanic, any race Black alone or mixed, non-Hispanic Asian alone, non-Hispanic Other or mixed, non-Hispanic Total U.S. Catholic population Percentage of U.S. Catholics that is Hispanic	Population 42,200,000 29,400,000 2,000,000 2,300,000 700,000 76,600,000 38%
	Segment of U.S. Catholics Catholics Under Age 10 Catholics Ages 10 to 19 Catholics Ages 20 to 29 Overall Catholics Catholics Over Age 30 Catholics with BA degrees or higher Seminarians (Theologate) Deacons Bishops Priests Professional Lay Ecclesial Ministers Religious Women and Men U.S.-born Priests	% Hispanic 53% 47% 48% 38% 31% 16% 15% 11% 9% 6% 4% 2% 1%
	Priest-to-laity Ratios Ratio of Priests to Catholic Laity in U.S. Ratio of Priests to Catholic Laity in Europe Ratio of Priests to Catholic Laity in Asia Ratio of Priests to Catholic Laity in Africa Ratio of Priests to Catholic Laity in Latin America Ratio of Hispanic Priests to Hispanic Catholics in U.S. Ratio of U.S.-born Hispanic Priests to U.S.-born Hispanic Catholics	1 to 1,375 1 to 1,350 1 to 2,475 1 to 4,700 1 to 7,150 1 to 9,925 1 to 27,000

Hispanics as a Percentage of All Catholics Under Age 18 by State in 2004

Comparative Catholic Population in the United States by Age Group and Race/Ethnicity in 2005

United States Catholics Under Age 30 by Race/Ethnicity and Year

U.S. Hispanics by Age and Generation

Pastoral Categories and Needs of Young Hispanics in the U.S.

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** Catholic estimates are based on the findings of the 2007 U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, reported by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. The proportion of self-identifying adult Catholics in each racial/ethnic and age group was applied to the U.S. Census Bureau's population estimates for July 1, 2007. These estimates are different from the official count of U.S. Catholics, which is based on diocesan records. The official count now stands at around 67,500,000, but it does not include any measure of race or ethnicity. Instituto Fe y Vida believes that the considerable difference between our estimates and the official count is mostly due to the underrepresentation of self-identifying Hispanic Catholics in parish registers and diocesan records.