Immigrant status among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by metro area (2014) Switch to: Metro area among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by immigrant status

% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who are…

Metro areaImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Atlanta Metro Area15%12%73%146
Boston Metro Area11%16%73%269
Chicago Metro Area16%18%67%352
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area20%11%69%177
Detroit Metro Area5%14%81%124
Houston Metro Area18%17%65%169
Los Angeles Metro Area32%26%42%461
Miami Metro Area31%24%45%180
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area7%12%81%147
New York City Metro Area25%18%56%759
Philadelphia Metro Area10%11%79%305
Phoenix Metro Area14%16%70%135
Providence Metro Area14%21%66%157
Riverside, CA Metro Area20%13%67%113
San Diego Metro Area28%19%53%138
San Francisco Metro Area27%15%58%300
Seattle Metro Area13%11%77%170
Tampa Metro Area12%20%68%121
Washington, DC Metro Area22%10%68%411
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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