Educational distribution among Mainline Protestants by state (2014) Switch to: State among Mainline Protestants by educational group

% of Mainline Protestants who have completed…

StateHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
California32%36%17%16%446
Florida35%33%18%14%337
Georgia27%30%27%17%145
Illinois38%28%22%12%240
Indiana48%31%12%9%119
Iowa42%37%11%10%102
Maryland33%28%20%19%127
Michigan43%27%19%11%184
Minnesota29%36%21%14%171
Missouri30%40%18%12%118
New Jersey36%30%20%14%124
New York43%29%18%11%256
North Carolina28%40%13%18%231
North Dakota29%33%24%14%105
Ohio42%31%17%10%225
Pennsylvania50%24%15%12%342
Tennessee42%29%18%12%101
Texas30%33%23%14%391
Virginia32%19%30%19%184
Washington34%29%25%12%108
Wisconsin36%30%26%8%126
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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