Educational distribution among adults who believe in God with absolute certainty by metro area (2014) Switch to: Metro area among adults who believe in God with absolute certainty by educational group

% of adults who believe in God with absolute certainty who have completed…

Metro areaHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Atlanta Metro Area38%32%17%13%357
Baltimore Metro Area41%34%14%11%145
Boston Metro Area40%27%19%14%191
Chicago Metro Area42%28%18%12%482
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area39%31%21%9%477
Detroit Metro Area41%36%15%8%247
Houston Metro Area44%32%16%8%335
Los Angeles Metro Area42%34%16%9%552
Miami Metro Area45%31%14%10%285
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area30%32%26%11%187
New York City Metro Area46%27%15%11%945
Philadelphia Metro Area43%30%13%15%412
Phoenix Metro Area37%38%14%11%245
Pittsburgh Metro Area43%30%18%8%170
Providence Metro Area46%26%18%10%196
Riverside, CA Metro Area47%35%12%5%248
San Diego Metro Area27%42%21%10%176
San Francisco Metro Area39%30%18%13%180
Seattle Metro Area31%39%17%13%158
St. Louis Metro Area40%35%17%7%183
Tampa Metro Area46%32%13%10%205
Washington, DC Metro Area35%28%21%15%491
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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