Educational distribution among who believe in Hell by race/ethnicity (2014) Switch to: Racial and ethnic composition among who believe in Hell by educational group

% of who believe in Hell who have completed…

Racial and ethnic compositionHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
White42%34%16%8%12,914
Black49%34%11%6%2,445
Asian26%26%30%18%427
Latino63%26%8%3%2,236
Other/Mixed40%42%12%7%829
Note: Whites, blacks, Asians and those in the other/mixed category include only those who are not Latinos. Latinos include people of all races.

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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