Educational distribution among who believe in Hell by metro area (2014) Switch to: Metro area among who believe in Hell by educational group

% of who believe in Hell who have completed…

Metro areaHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Atlanta Metro Area40%29%18%13%317
Baltimore Metro Area40%37%12%11%113
Boston Metro Area42%30%18%9%155
Chicago Metro Area47%29%16%9%426
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area42%31%21%6%414
Detroit Metro Area42%38%11%8%211
Houston Metro Area49%32%13%6%304
Los Angeles Metro Area49%29%16%7%483
Miami Metro Area47%34%12%7%233
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area33%33%27%7%174
New York City Metro Area47%28%14%11%802
Philadelphia Metro Area45%29%13%12%341
Phoenix Metro Area44%34%12%11%199
Pittsburgh Metro Area47%30%17%5%139
Providence Metro Area52%26%16%6%156
Riverside, CA Metro Area53%31%11%4%214
San Diego Metro Area41%35%15%9%150
San Francisco Metro Area42%33%15%11%142
Seattle Metro Area38%34%20%8%122
St. Louis Metro Area39%40%14%7%156
Tampa Metro Area44%35%12%8%166
Washington, DC Metro Area38%25%23%13%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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