Racial and ethnic composition among who do not believe in Heaven by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among who do not believe in Heaven by race/ethnicity

% of who do not believe in Heaven who identify as…

Religious traditionWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Buddhist56%5%15%13%10%150
Catholic54%2%3%40%1%699
Evangelical Protestant82%5%1%7%4%494
Jewish95%1%< 1%3%2%456
Mainline Protestant87%2%1%7%3%848
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")74%5%6%11%4%4,366
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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