% of adults who say religion is not at all important who are in…
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Educational distribution
Northeast
South
Midwest
West
Sample size
High school or less
23%
29%
22%
25%
869
Some college
21%
25%
21%
33%
953
College
25%
28%
17%
30%
1,213
Post-graduate degree
26%
27%
17%
30%
915
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.