Educational distribution among who oppose or strongly oppose gay marriage by metro area (2014) Switch to: Metro area among who oppose or strongly oppose gay marriage by educational group

% of who oppose or strongly oppose gay marriage who have completed…

Metro areaHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Atlanta Metro Area43%29%16%12%222
Chicago Metro Area53%23%16%8%244
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area42%31%19%8%295
Detroit Metro Area37%39%17%7%150
Houston Metro Area47%33%13%6%241
Los Angeles Metro Area51%28%14%7%294
Miami Metro Area53%28%11%8%161
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area37%29%25%10%104
New York City Metro Area52%24%12%12%524
Philadelphia Metro Area43%33%13%10%213
Phoenix Metro Area36%37%15%12%147
Riverside, CA Metro Area52%33%12%4%130
St. Louis Metro Area40%40%17%3%104
Tampa Metro Area42%36%13%9%111
Washington, DC Metro Area36%29%22%13%247
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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