Catholics Relatively Evenly Distributed Throughout Country
Over the last several years, the Catholic population in the U.S. has shifted somewhat from the Northeast and Midwest toward the South and West regions of the country. Catholics still are more heavily concentrated in the Northeast than are Americans overall (26% vs. 18%). But between 2007 and 2014, the shares of U.S. Catholics living in the Northeast and Midwest have each fallen by 3 percentage points (from 29% to 26% and from 24% to 21%, respectively). And the shares living in the South and West have each increased by 3 points (from 24% to 27% and from 23% to 26%, respectively).
Catholics Relatively Evenly Distributed Throughout Country  | Northeast  | Midwest  | South  | West  | Catholics  | 26%  | 21  | 27  | 26  | General public  | 18  | 21  | 37  | 23  | General public  | Source: Pew Research CONTER Religious Landscape Study, June 4SSpp 30, 2014.  | Figures may not sum to 100% Religious due to rounding.  | PEW RESEA RCH CENTER 