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Relative to ND joining the ACC because the school wants to be close to a burgeoning Catholic population.
The facts in this 2012 survey quite clearly disprove that. Notre Dame may want to join the ACC, but it certainly won't be because there are a lot of Catholics there now or that the growth of the Catholic population will make it a significant proportion of the people in these states or of the total Catholic population.
http://www.rcms2010.org/press_release/ACP 20120501.pdf
In the vast majority of the South, Catholics represent less than 2.2% of the population. The exceptions to this are South Louisiana and to a lesser degree, South Florida. (Slide 28)
About 20% of Catholics live in the Southeast. Many of these in South Louisiana and to a lesser degree in South Florida.
There are about 2 ½ times the Catholics in the East and Midwest as there are in the Southeast. (20% vs. 50%) (Slide 29)
Although the number of Catholics in the Southeast is growing, it would take decades to get to the number of them that are in the Eastern and Midwestern States. And the growth in the Catholic population in the Southeast could easily slow.
The facts in this 2012 survey quite clearly disprove that. Notre Dame may want to join the ACC, but it certainly won't be because there are a lot of Catholics there now or that the growth of the Catholic population will make it a significant proportion of the people in these states or of the total Catholic population.
http://www.rcms2010.org/press_release/ACP 20120501.pdf
In the vast majority of the South, Catholics represent less than 2.2% of the population. The exceptions to this are South Louisiana and to a lesser degree, South Florida. (Slide 28)
About 20% of Catholics live in the Southeast. Many of these in South Louisiana and to a lesser degree in South Florida.
There are about 2 ½ times the Catholics in the East and Midwest as there are in the Southeast. (20% vs. 50%) (Slide 29)
Although the number of Catholics in the Southeast is growing, it would take decades to get to the number of them that are in the Eastern and Midwestern States. And the growth in the Catholic population in the Southeast could easily slow.