# Any reliable current statistics regarding financial status vs religion? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 9, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reliable-current-statistics-regarding-financial-status-vs-religion/403332 "2007-05-09T00:40:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reliable-current-statistics-regarding-financial-status-vs-religion/403332/1 "2007-05-09T00:40:12Z")
I understand that the US Census doesn’t ask about religion (is this true?). Is there some unbiased source that could sum up wealth and poverty by religious denomination? ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reliable-current-statistics-regarding-financial-status-vs-religion/403332/2 "2007-05-09T00:49:13Z")
See Chart 2 in [this document](http://www.religionomics.com/erel/S5-ASREC/REC06_Papers/Keysar-Kosmin_Socioeconomic%20Rankings%20of%20Religious%20Groups%20in%2020010925.doc). ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reliable-current-statistics-regarding-financial-status-vs-religion/403332/3 "2007-05-12T11:31:02Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] See Chart 2 in [this document](http://www.religionomics.com/erel/S5-ASREC/REC06_Papers/Keysar-Kosmin_Socioeconomic%20Rankings%20of%20Religious%20Groups%20in%2020010925.doc). [/QUOTE] PF, Thank you. This answers some of my questions very nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reliable-current-statistics-regarding-financial-status-vs-religion/403332/4 "2007-05-12T12:15:10Z")
This is a true story, not a foaf. Several years ago I was looking at a new condo development which had condos in three price ranges: inexpensive, moderate, and expensive. Each of the three had a model set up showing how it would look fully furnished. When I checked out the “library” of the expensive model I noticed a book entitled **Why I Am An Epicopalian**. I made a point of looking for that book in the moderate’s library and instead found **Why I Am A Catholic**. As you can imagine, I was eager to see what was in the inexpensive model. There it was: **Why I Am A Baptist**. Make of this what you will.