Racial and ethnic composition among who believe in Heaven by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among who believe in Heaven by race/ethnicity

% of who believe in Heaven who identify as…

Religious traditionWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Catholic59%3%3%33%2%6,012
Evangelical Protestant75%6%2%12%5%7,360
Historically Black Protestant2%94%< 1%3%1%1,758
Jehovah's Witness36%30%1%24%9%123
Jewish84%4%4%6%2%285
Mainline Protestant86%4%1%6%3%4,626
Mormon85%1%2%8%5%618
Muslim35%29%29%4%3%197
Orthodox Christian79%7%4%7%2%136
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")61%16%3%15%5%2,387
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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