State among adults with an education level of high school or less by belief in hell (2014) Switch to: Belief in Hell among adults with an education level of high school or less by state

% of adults with an education level of high school or less who are in…

Belief in HellAlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingSample size
Believe2%< 1%2%1%11%1%1%< 1%< 1%6%4%< 1%< 1%4%3%1%1%2%2%< 1%2%1%3%1%1%2%< 1%1%1%< 1%2%1%5%4%< 1%4%1%1%5%< 1%2%< 1%3%9%< 1%< 1%3%1%1%2%< 1%6,825
Don't believe1%< 1%2%1%13%1%1%< 1%< 1%8%3%< 1%1%3%2%1%1%1%1%1%2%3%3%2%1%2%1%1%1%1%3%1%7%2%< 1%4%1%1%5%< 1%1%< 1%1%7%1%< 1%2%3%< 1%2%< 1%2,879
Other/don't know2%< 1%2%1%11%3%1%< 1%< 1%7%2%1%< 1%4%2%1%1%1%2%1%2%2%3%1%1%2%< 1%1%1%1%4%1%8%3%< 1%3%1%2%5%1%2%1%1%6%< 1%< 1%2%2%1%2%< 1%880
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