Educational distribution among who believe in Hell by state (2014) Switch to: State among who believe in Hell by educational group

% of who believe in Hell who have completed…

StateHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Alabama45%35%13%6%364
Alaska44%39%11%7%144
Arizona43%36%12%8%329
Arkansas51%32%12%4%229
California47%33%13%6%1,656
Colorado36%36%20%9%234
Connecticut46%30%13%10%158
Delaware49%30%12%10%168
District of Columbia38%28%20%14%126
Florida46%35%13%7%1,078
Georgia46%30%14%10%629
Hawaii42%37%15%5%145
Idaho37%43%13%7%171
Illinois46%32%14%8%709
Indiana49%33%12%6%416
Iowa40%37%16%8%191
Kansas39%41%13%7%191
Kentucky52%32%9%7%318
Louisiana51%30%15%4%317
Maine45%37%16%2%123
Maryland41%30%16%13%303
Massachusetts47%28%17%8%229
Michigan44%36%13%7%566
Minnesota36%34%23%7%301
Mississippi42%38%15%5%243
Missouri46%35%14%6%413
Montana36%42%16%6%148
Nebraska39%33%19%9%190
Nevada52%29%10%9%154
New Hampshire40%36%14%11%118
New Jersey44%28%17%11%429
New Mexico54%31%12%3%149
New York46%30%14%10%883
North Carolina46%34%12%8%663
North Dakota34%35%20%10%218
Ohio50%31%12%7%666
Oklahoma49%32%13%7%257
Oregon42%41%11%7%169
Pennsylvania51%27%15%7%754
Rhode Island54%26%12%8%140
South Carolina49%32%13%6%332
South Dakota39%36%16%9%189
Tennessee51%30%11%8%479
Texas46%32%15%6%1,605
Utah32%41%18%8%139
Virginia42%33%17%8%500
Washington37%41%17%5%300
West Virginia58%27%10%5%227
Wisconsin41%37%17%5%325
Wyoming42%35%18%6%182
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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