Educational distribution among adults who seldom or never read scripture by metro area (2014) Switch to: Metro area among adults who seldom or never read scripture by educational group

% of adults who seldom or never read scripture who have completed…

Metro areaHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Atlanta Metro Area34%31%17%18%176
Baltimore Metro Area31%28%26%15%110
Boston Metro Area29%27%25%19%334
Chicago Metro Area34%29%24%12%448
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area39%32%20%10%224
Detroit Metro Area41%34%14%11%173
Houston Metro Area42%30%15%12%200
Los Angeles Metro Area44%24%20%12%558
Miami Metro Area43%27%19%11%219
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area36%29%20%15%175
New York City Metro Area33%26%24%17%988
Philadelphia Metro Area36%27%22%16%403
Phoenix Metro Area41%34%15%11%185
Pittsburgh Metro Area33%32%24%11%136
Providence Metro Area41%24%22%14%218
Riverside, CA Metro Area43%39%11%6%154
San Diego Metro Area29%32%24%15%168
San Francisco Metro Area24%29%26%21%324
Seattle Metro Area32%33%22%12%198
St. Louis Metro Area40%25%23%12%127
Tampa Metro Area45%32%13%10%146
Washington, DC Metro Area23%24%26%27%478
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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