Religion in Mexico

The Religion makeup of Mexico

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The Mexican population is predominantly Christian (92.4%) with Roman Catholicism accounting for 82.7% and 7.4 other forms of Christian according to a 2010 census.

The states with the greatest percentage or professing Catholics are central states, namely Guanajuato (96.4%), Aguascalientes (95.6%) and Jalisco (95.4%), whereas southeastern states have the least percentage of Catholics, namely Chiapas (63.8%), Tabasco (70.4%) and Campeche (71.3%). The percentage of professing Catholics has been decreasing over the last 5 decades, from over 98% in 1950 to 92.4 in 2010.

Unlike some other Latin America and Ibero-America countries the 1857 Mexican Constitution drastically separated Church and State. In Mexico the State does not support or provide any economic resource for the Church (Similar to Spain and Argentina) and the Church cannot participate in public education (though they can participate in private education). The Mexican government further nationalized the majority of all the Church's properties.

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