V Encuentro Proceedings and Conclusions

198 | Proceedings and Conclusions of the V National Encuentro of Hispanic/Latino Ministry Total Population and Catholic Population in the United States, by Race/Ethnicity Racial/Ethnic Groups in the United States Total Pop. in 2000 Total Pop. in 2016 % Change Estimated Catholics in 2016 % Catholic % of Catholics White 194,552,774 197,486,695 1.5% 39,103,000 19.8% 52.2% Hispanic/Latino – 1 st Gen. 15,568,820 21,985,918 41.2% 13,451,000 61.2% 18.0% Hispanic/Latino – 2 nd Gen. 10,460,250 19,061,117 82.2% 9,578,000 50.2% 12.8% Hispanic/Latino – 3 rd + Gen. 9,276,748 16,342,716 76.2% 7,029,000 43.0% 9.4% Black/African American 34,658,190 43,160,385 24.5% 2,240,000 5.2% 3.0% Asian/Native Am./Other* 16,905,124 25,090,684 48.4% 3,433,000 13.7% 4.6% Total 281,421,906 323,127,515 14.8% 74,834,000 23.2% 100% * The surveys on which the Catholic population estimates are based were not large enough to generate reliable estimates of the Asian, Native American, Pacific Islander, and Other Catholic populations separately, so they are grouped together here and throughout all the V Encuentro demographic reports for Regions and Dioceses. Hispanic/Latino Population by Episcopal Region Episcopal Region Hispanic/Latino Population in 2000 Hispanic/Latino Population in 2016 % Change Estimated Hispanic Catholics in 2016 % Catholic % of Catholics Region I 875,225 1,579,247 80% 776,000 49.1% 16% Region II 2,867,583 3,749,158 31% 2,064,000 55.1% 31% Region III 1,511,279 2,685,246 78% 1,295,000 48.2% 20% Region IV 651,965 1,533,992 135% 713,000 46.5% 26% Region V 406,914 1,014,741 149% 523,000 51.6% 19% Region VI 541,000 908,282 68% 427,000 47.0% 11% Region VII 1,937,719 3,014,347 56% 1,641,000 54.4% 26% Region VIII 162,071 340,423 110% 181,000 53.2% 11% Region IX 483,742 962,362 99% 539,000 56.0% 20% Region X 6,935,836 11,505,289 66% 6,096,000 53.0% 72% Region XI 11,448,225 16,266,275 42% 9,051,000 55.6% 66% Region XII 816,076 1,722,340 111% 776,000 45.1% 34% Region XIII 3,029,832 4,814,067 59% 2,540,000 52.8% 61% Region XIV 3,591,981 7,293,982 103% 3,437,000 47.1% 44% Total 35,259,448 57,389,751 63% 30,058,000 52.4% 40.2% Appendix E