Racial and ethnic composition among who do not believe in Hell by state (2014) Switch to: State among who do not believe in Hell by race/ethnicity

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

StateWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Alaska72%1%4%7%16%138
Arizona63%4%5%22%6%249
California53%3%15%25%3%1,664
Colorado83%2%1%10%3%221
Connecticut81%9%3%5%2%180
District of Columbia57%26%6%7%4%147
Florida68%8%1%20%3%764
Georgia61%22%1%10%6%254
Hawaii40%< 1%29%5%26%139
Idaho80%4%1%14%1%125
Illinois71%8%5%13%3%480
Indiana87%4%< 1%6%3%182
Iowa87%1%3%5%4%110
Louisiana69%19%< 1%7%4%108
Maine98%< 1%< 1%1%1%147
Maryland69%19%4%4%3%277
Massachusetts84%3%4%5%5%388
Michigan82%10%< 1%5%2%315
Minnesota89%1%3%4%2%205
Missouri84%7%2%5%3%179
Montana88%< 1%< 1%3%9%135
Nevada69%3%2%19%7%124
New Hampshire90%1%1%4%3%147
New Jersey69%6%11%11%3%353
New Mexico49%2%< 1%41%8%125
New York68%7%6%16%3%871
North Carolina78%13%2%7%1%281
Ohio84%10%2%2%2%349
Oklahoma71%4%< 1%15%10%100
Oregon82%< 1%3%9%6%203
Pennsylvania84%7%2%4%3%487
Rhode Island85%4%1%6%4%132
South Carolina74%22%< 1%1%3%112
Tennessee81%7%2%9%2%128
Texas50%7%3%37%3%723
Utah86%< 1%2%8%3%155
Vermont98%< 1%1%1%< 1%182
Virginia71%16%4%7%2%296
Washington73%2%8%10%7%343
Wisconsin87%1%3%5%4%208
Wyoming89%1%1%8%1%103
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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