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

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

StateHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Alabama47%33%13%7%417
Alaska43%39%13%6%166
Arizona37%37%16%11%411
Arkansas52%32%13%3%231
California40%36%15%9%1,945
Colorado37%35%19%9%268
Connecticut40%30%18%12%190
Delaware44%31%14%11%183
District of Columbia38%28%18%16%149
Florida44%33%14%8%1,274
Georgia43%32%14%11%708
Hawaii40%34%17%8%181
Idaho35%41%15%9%208
Illinois42%32%16%10%812
Indiana46%33%15%7%425
Iowa36%37%16%10%219
Kansas39%34%17%10%205
Kentucky50%32%10%7%326
Louisiana50%32%13%5%341
Maine39%35%21%5%154
Maryland42%30%16%12%386
Massachusetts43%28%18%11%280
Michigan42%36%13%9%617
Minnesota34%32%23%10%339
Mississippi45%35%16%4%254
Missouri44%33%16%7%443
Montana39%37%17%7%192
Nebraska34%37%19%10%211
Nevada48%30%13%9%177
New Hampshire42%30%13%15%128
New Jersey43%29%16%13%495
New Mexico48%33%15%5%188
New York44%29%16%11%1,056
North Carolina44%34%14%8%730
North Dakota35%35%21%9%229
Ohio48%31%14%8%768
Oklahoma43%35%15%8%288
Oregon40%40%13%7%217
Pennsylvania49%27%14%10%861
Rhode Island48%27%14%12%177
South Carolina44%34%13%9%376
South Dakota41%30%19%10%212
Tennessee46%32%13%9%520
Texas42%33%17%8%1,763
Utah30%40%21%9%202
Vermont45%23%18%14%120
Virginia43%31%17%10%552
Washington36%38%18%8%380
West Virginia60%26%9%5%232
Wisconsin44%34%16%6%347
Wyoming36%40%18%6%219
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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