Educational distribution among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by metro area (2014) Switch to: Metro area among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by educational group

% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally who have completed…

Metro areaHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Atlanta Metro Area39%26%18%17%159
Boston Metro Area28%35%21%15%111
Chicago Metro Area40%32%17%12%260
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area30%31%29%10%196
Detroit Metro Area39%33%20%8%103
Houston Metro Area31%38%20%10%132
Los Angeles Metro Area38%31%20%11%280
Miami Metro Area36%36%18%11%121
New York City Metro Area36%30%17%17%451
Philadelphia Metro Area39%29%15%17%217
Phoenix Metro Area39%32%16%13%121
Providence Metro Area50%27%18%6%105
Riverside, CA Metro Area46%30%16%8%104
Washington, DC Metro Area24%21%34%20%227
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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