Belief in Heaven among whites by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among whites by belief in heaven

% of whites who …in heaven

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Buddhist35%59%6%141
Catholic86%9%5%4,827
Evangelical Protestant87%6%7%6,633
Jewish38%51%11%782
Mainline Protestant80%12%8%5,322
Mormon95%2%3%575
Orthodox Christian79%12%10%153
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")33%57%9%5,490
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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