Economic breakdown by religious group

We try to understand the relationship between economics and nearly every other demographic characteristic, so why not religion? This chart from GOOD, in collaboration with Column Five Media, breaks down the main religious groups in the US by income:

It’s no secret that the distribution of wealth is inequitable in the United States across racial, regional, and socio-economic groups. But there is a distinct variance among and within America’s faiths as well. This transparency takes a look at the income levels of America’s major religious groups, as compared to the average U.S. income distribution.

Rebecca Sager is currently an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. She has recently published work from her dissertation on state level "faith-based" practices including, Faith, Politics, and Power: The Politics of Faith-Based Initiatives (Oxford University Press, 2009), “The Cultural Construction of State Sponsored Religion: Race, Politics, and State Implementation of the Faith-Based Initiative” in The Journal of Church and State (2007), and “The Importance of Faith-Based Liaisons” in Sociology of Religion (2007). Rebecca is working on several research projects, including a new project looking at the role of evangelicals within the Democratic Party.

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