Educational distribution 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 educational group

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

Metro areaHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Atlanta Metro Area28%34%18%19%146
Boston Metro Area23%26%28%23%270
Chicago Metro Area25%30%28%17%352
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area35%33%18%14%179
Detroit Metro Area31%33%18%18%124
Houston Metro Area40%25%20%15%170
Los Angeles Metro Area36%28%22%14%460
Miami Metro Area36%28%20%16%182
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area28%31%24%17%146
New York City Metro Area29%25%25%21%769
Philadelphia Metro Area28%25%25%22%306
Phoenix Metro Area36%40%16%9%135
Providence Metro Area29%32%25%15%156
Riverside, CA Metro Area37%41%14%7%115
San Diego Metro Area30%31%24%15%140
San Francisco Metro Area18%28%28%26%301
Seattle Metro Area24%32%24%20%171
Tampa Metro Area37%34%15%15%120
Washington, DC Metro Area19%23%26%32%414
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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