Belief in Heaven 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 belief in heaven

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

Metro areaBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Atlanta Metro Area39%54%7%146
Boston Metro Area25%60%14%270
Chicago Metro Area41%50%9%353
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area38%49%13%179
Detroit Metro Area48%42%10%124
Houston Metro Area48%41%10%171
Los Angeles Metro Area35%54%11%463
Miami Metro Area41%49%10%182
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area49%47%3%147
New York City Metro Area42%51%7%771
Philadelphia Metro Area39%53%8%306
Phoenix Metro Area42%48%11%136
Providence Metro Area43%48%9%158
Riverside, CA Metro Area39%55%7%115
San Diego Metro Area41%49%9%141
San Francisco Metro Area28%64%8%302
Seattle Metro Area21%67%12%171
Tampa Metro Area38%45%17%123
Washington, DC Metro Area38%57%6%416
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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