Racial and ethnic composition among who do not believe in Hell by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among who do not believe in Hell by race/ethnicity

% of who do not believe in Hell who identify as…

Religious traditionWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Buddhist58%4%13%14%11%191
Catholic61%2%2%33%1%2,049
Evangelical Protestant76%7%2%11%5%945
Hindu3%4%91%< 1%2%116
Historically Black Protestant1%93%< 1%5%1%225
Jehovah's Witness36%24%< 1%34%6%213
Jewish93%2%1%2%2%630
Mainline Protestant90%2%1%5%2%2,034
Mormon87%< 1%1%5%7%223
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")73%6%6%12%4%5,193
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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