text: I worked in  California   for 30 years in high school and college environments.  About 40 percent of the population is Hispanic and just about every one of them I met was a  was a practicing Catholic.  Nationally,  about 57 Percent of adult Hispanics self identify as Catholic. Over 75 percent of all Hispanics  in the United States indicate that they grew up in the faith. About 71 percent remain Catholic into adulthood which is a much higher rate than other groups.   Almost 40 percent of all Catholics in the United States  are Hispanic and they represent almost 50 percent of young Catholics in the 18 to 29 age group.