Belief in Hell among who believe in Heaven by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among who believe in Heaven by belief in hell

% of who believe in Heaven who …in hell

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Catholic72%21%6%6,083
Evangelical Protestant88%8%4%7,452
Historically Black Protestant86%10%5%1,761
Jehovah's Witness14%83%3%126
Jewish51%46%3%288
Mainline Protestant72%21%7%4,683
Mormon65%29%6%626
Muslim84%13%4%202
Orthodox Christian72%19%9%138
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")67%29%4%2,430
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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