Income 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 household income

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

Metro areaLess than $30,000$30,000-$49,999$50,000-$99,999$100,000 or moreSample size
Atlanta Metro Area19%14%32%34%139
Boston Metro Area19%15%28%38%237
Chicago Metro Area21%18%30%31%308
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area28%21%29%22%164
Detroit Metro Area30%17%32%20%111
Houston Metro Area29%16%31%25%163
Los Angeles Metro Area25%15%25%35%412
Miami Metro Area31%15%34%21%156
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area21%18%23%39%138
New York City Metro Area22%17%28%34%676
Philadelphia Metro Area18%13%37%32%269
Phoenix Metro Area44%12%28%16%122
Providence Metro Area25%15%40%20%140
Riverside, CA Metro Area32%23%30%16%105
San Diego Metro Area30%12%27%31%130
San Francisco Metro Area18%20%23%39%269
Seattle Metro Area21%22%28%28%155
Tampa Metro Area24%31%24%21%109
Washington, DC Metro Area9%13%30%47%378
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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