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Prepared for Sammy W. | Delivered January 28, 2020
Meditator Demographics, United States
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Goals
To find the demographics of meditators in US states that meditate the most.
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Early Findings
United States Meditator Demographic
Age
Meditators in the US are more likely to be middle-aged:
15.9%
of individuals aged 45 to 64 meditated compared to
13.4%
individuals aged 18-to-44 and
13.4%
seniors (65+).
Gender
According to the National Health Interview Survey 2017,
16.3%
of adult women in the US had practiced meditation versus
11.8%
of adult men. In other words, 58% (
16.3%
/(
16.3%
+
11.8%
)) of all adult meditators were women and 42% (100%-58%) were men.
Among children,
6%
of girls and
4.9%
of boys has tried meditation at least once.
Race
Caucasians (
15.2%
) and African Americans (
13.5%
) were more likely to be meditators than Latinos (
10.9%
).
Education
Meditators are typically
college-educated
.
Location
Based on two articles--
Sonima
,
Forbes
--that list the top cities for meditation we determined the that California, New York, Oregon, Colorado, Iowa, Washington, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, Texas, Minnesota, and Massachusetts are the top states for meditation.
Based on Pew Research data, the top 15 states with the most frequent meditators in 2014 were California (
13%
), New York (
8%
), Texas (
8%
), Florida (
5%
), Georgia (
3%
), Illinois (
5%
), Pennsylvania (
5%
), Virginia (
4%
), Georgia (
3%
), Massachusetts (
3%
), Michigan (
3%
), New Jersey (
3%
), North Carolina (
3%
), Ohio (
3%
), Wisconsin (
3%
).
California Meditator Demographic
Religion
Among Californians who meditate several times a year,
55%
are Christian,
11%
are from non-Christian faiths, and
34%
are either atheists, agnostic, or nothing in particular.
Age distribution
18-29:
23%
30-49:
37%
50-64:
24%
65+:
14%
Generational Breakdown
Younger millennials:
16%
Older millennials:
14%
Generation X:
30%
Baby Boomer:
28%
Silent:
11%
Greatest:
1%
Gender
Fifty-five percent
of meditators in California are female and
45%
are male.
Race
White:
47%
Latino:
28%
Asian:
19%
Black:
2%
Other/ Mixed:
3%
Income
< $30,000:
26%
$30,000-$49,999:
22%
$50,000-$99,999:
17%
$100,000+:
34%
Marital Status
Married:
49%
Living with a partner:
15%
Divorced/separated:
8%
Widowed:
3%
Never married:
25%
Children (under 18)
Parents:
30%
Non-parents:
70%
Additional Information
Nearly two in four (
39%
) of meditators in the United States have chronic back pain.
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