We’re in the middle of Hispanic Heritage Month. This is a good time to remember that there are a lot of Latinx nones in the United States. One-in-five, to be precise, according to PRRI. Just less than a decade ago, my former colleagues at the Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture (PRRI) found that 12 percent of Latinxs were nones. In just nine years, the nones have increased 67 percent in the Latinx population and roughly doubled from about four million, to more than eight million people. Below is a short infographic.
Next week, I’ll be writing about the past of Latinx nones. Where do the come from?
Dr. Juhem Navarro-Rivera is political scientist who specializes in American and Comparative political behavior He specializes in the intersection of race, religion, and politics in the United States with a particular emphasis on the political behavior of the Nones, and the rise of Latinx Nones. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Humanist Studies and a Gratis Research Scholar at El Instituto: Institute of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies at the University of Connecticut. He holds degrees from the University of Connecticut (Ph.D. & M.A.) and the Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Río Piedras (B.A.).
