Educational distribution among who believe in Heaven by state (2014) Switch to: State among who believe in Heaven by educational group

% of who believe in Heaven who have completed…

StateHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Alabama48%33%12%7%425
Alaska46%34%13%7%175
Arizona43%34%13%9%447
Arkansas51%32%13%4%255
California45%33%14%8%2,198
Colorado34%36%19%11%288
Connecticut45%29%15%12%234
Delaware46%32%12%10%224
District of Columbia39%25%23%14%174
Florida45%34%13%8%1,355
Georgia46%30%14%11%742
Hawaii40%35%18%7%185
Idaho40%38%14%8%221
Illinois42%32%17%9%922
Indiana48%33%13%6%495
Iowa40%36%15%9%240
Kansas40%36%14%9%230
Kentucky53%30%10%7%350
Louisiana51%30%13%5%366
Maine47%32%17%3%177
Maryland40%28%17%15%415
Massachusetts43%27%18%12%366
Michigan43%36%13%8%701
Minnesota36%33%22%9%409
Mississippi47%35%14%4%269
Missouri45%34%14%7%489
Montana39%40%14%7%204
Nebraska36%37%18%10%241
Nevada52%28%11%9%202
New Hampshire41%31%15%13%162
New Jersey44%26%17%14%600
New Mexico47%32%16%5%199
New York45%29%15%10%1,241
North Carolina44%35%13%9%772
North Dakota35%37%20%8%267
Ohio48%30%14%8%860
Oklahoma47%34%13%6%309
Oregon41%40%13%6%228
Pennsylvania49%28%14%9%974
Rhode Island46%27%16%11%206
South Carolina49%30%13%7%386
South Dakota43%33%16%8%231
Tennessee50%28%12%9%526
Texas46%31%15%8%1,909
Utah33%39%19%9%238
Vermont46%26%16%12%153
Virginia39%34%17%10%619
Washington37%40%17%7%418
West Virginia58%28%10%5%248
Wisconsin41%37%17%5%421
Wyoming38%37%18%6%236
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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