Racial and ethnic composition 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 race/ethnicity

% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who identify as…

Metro areaWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Atlanta Metro Area61%19%4%11%6%145
Boston Metro Area85%1%5%4%5%262
Chicago Metro Area61%9%6%19%5%348
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area61%5%3%25%6%175
Detroit Metro Area83%10%1%2%5%124
Houston Metro Area53%7%8%27%5%169
Los Angeles Metro Area41%5%20%31%2%460
Miami Metro Area54%7%1%36%2%179
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area87%1%5%6%1%146
New York City Metro Area62%9%10%18%2%757
Philadelphia Metro Area81%8%3%4%3%302
Phoenix Metro Area68%1%3%26%2%133
Providence Metro Area89%< 1%< 1%9%2%156
Riverside, CA Metro Area50%7%13%26%3%114
San Diego Metro Area56%5%15%24%1%135
San Francisco Metro Area55%5%21%14%4%297
Seattle Metro Area71%3%14%7%6%169
Tampa Metro Area81%2%4%12%2%121
Washington, DC Metro Area71%11%6%9%3%411
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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