Educational distribution among who do not believe in Hell by state (2014) Switch to: State among who do not believe in Hell by educational group

% of who do not believe in Hell who have completed…

StateHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Alaska26%37%21%16%138
Arizona33%36%18%13%257
California30%32%21%17%1,680
Colorado22%32%25%21%222
Connecticut31%20%27%22%181
Delaware37%24%19%20%104
District of Columbia19%16%38%27%146
Florida38%28%19%16%766
Georgia37%32%17%14%253
Hawaii27%27%29%16%140
Idaho37%29%22%12%125
Illinois28%31%25%16%484
Indiana43%25%19%13%187
Iowa34%38%18%10%110
Louisiana47%28%16%10%110
Maine33%29%24%14%146
Maryland30%26%22%22%278
Massachusetts30%27%23%21%399
Michigan32%34%20%13%316
Minnesota33%35%19%13%207
Missouri33%29%23%15%181
Montana46%23%19%12%137
Nevada34%40%17%9%127
New Hampshire33%26%23%19%147
New Jersey30%23%22%25%358
New Mexico27%39%21%13%125
New York30%28%25%17%879
North Carolina29%28%24%19%285
Ohio36%34%19%12%357
Oklahoma40%33%16%11%100
Oregon26%33%28%14%209
Pennsylvania37%27%19%16%494
Rhode Island21%35%26%18%130
South Carolina34%31%24%11%112
Tennessee31%28%26%15%133
Texas37%30%19%14%726
Utah36%33%20%11%157
Vermont27%29%26%18%182
Virginia25%24%26%25%300
Washington31%33%22%14%348
Wisconsin39%29%18%14%211
Wyoming30%42%19%8%104
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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