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The most Catholic counties are likely the mostly Mexican ones near the border. Starr County, Texas is listed as 95% Catholic. Maybe there's one with an even greater percentage, but 95% is pretty overwhelming.
The most Catholic counties are likely the mostly Mexican ones near the border. Starr County, Texas is listed as 95% Catholic. Maybe there's one with an even greater percentage, but 95% is pretty overwhelming.
RE: Pgh. & Chicago, in addition to the groups you cited, also large populations of Germans (Why does everyone seem to forget about German Catholics? )
Because Germans are both Catholic and Protestant, whereas other immigrants groups (Italians, Hispanic, Filipino, etc...) are almost all traditionally Catholic. So German population doesn't neccesarily equal a strong Catholic tradition (eg see much of the Midwest)
Because Germans are both Catholic and Protestant, whereas other immigrants groups (Italians, Hispanic, Filipino, etc...) are almost all traditionally Catholic. So German population doesn't neccesarily equal a strong Catholic tradition (eg see much of the Midwest)
..much of the German-American population in the Midwest IS in fact Catholic;I'm actually a descendant of one such person, even though I grew up in the Northeast. A previous poster was correct--there seems to be the thought that German=Lutheran, whereas it's really more of a 50-50 proposition, with Catholicism being of near-equal strength.
I'd considered Germans, but figured I'd go for the "surer" thing. Not that Italians, Poles, Mexicans, or Irish are always Catholic.
The oldest form of Protestantism, the Waldenses, mostly lived in the Piedmont area of Italy. Plus many Italians became Protestant to assimilate. Poland has some Protestants and schismatic groups. There's a fairly large population of Pentecostal and Evangelical Mexicans as well as a strong tradition of irreligion/anti-clericalism. In Ireland several of the Irish nationalists were Protestant. Still all those nationalities are predominately Catholic.
Now if German immigration was listed by subgroups I may have went for one of those. Bavaria and Saarland are majority Catholic. So seeing "German" maybe I should've taken a shot and added "Bavarians" to the list for Chicago. I also was potentially silly not to include Czechs.
I'd considered Germans, but figured I'd go for the "surer" thing. Not that Italians, Poles, Mexicans, or Irish are always Catholic.
The oldest form of Protestantism, the Waldenses, mostly lived in the Piedmont area of Italy. Plus many Italians became Protestant to assimilate. Poland has some Protestants and schismatic groups. There's a fairly large population of Pentecostal and Evangelical Mexicans as well as a strong tradition of irreligion/anti-clericalism. In Ireland several of the Irish nationalists were Protestant. Still all those nationalities are predominately Catholic.
Now if German immigration was listed by subgroups I may have went for one of those. Bavaria and Saarland are majority Catholic. So seeing "German" maybe I should've taken a shot and added "Bavarians" to the list for Chicago. I also was potentially silly not to include Czechs.
...just as a someone might just assume that an Italian-American is Catholic, and he may be right 90% of the time, but you might run into a few Protestants, or a "lapsed" Catholic, or even a few agnostics..
Out of curiosity I looked around for the least Catholic counties.
One I found was Lawrence County, Alabama's page. It has no listing for Catholics and just 1.1% for "other religions." Seeing as they list "USA National Primitive Baptist Convention" at 0.5% it seems likely Catholics represent less than that.
...just as a someone might just assume that an Italian-American is Catholic, and he may be right 90% of the time, but you might run into a few Protestants, or a "lapsed" Catholic, or even a few agnostics..
My wife's heritage is French, but Protestant thru & thru. Her family are descendents of the Huegunots, the French Protestants.
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