Belief in Hell among adults in the Northeast by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults in the Northeast by belief in hell

% of adults in the Northeast who …in hell

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Catholic58%32%10%2,023
Evangelical Protestant79%11%10%759
Historically Black Protestant76%14%10%247
Jewish26%67%8%350
Mainline Protestant55%34%10%1,131
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")23%69%8%1,499
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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