Racial and ethnic composition among who believe in Hell by state (2014) Switch to: State among who believe in Hell by race/ethnicity

% of who believe in Hell who identify as…

StateWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Alabama69%26%< 1%2%3%362
Alaska63%6%4%4%23%140
Arizona61%4%2%29%5%324
Arkansas78%15%1%5%2%230
California35%8%12%42%3%1,649
Colorado69%6%2%21%3%233
Connecticut66%9%2%20%3%159
Delaware64%27%3%6%1%166
District of Columbia20%64%1%13%2%130
Florida56%17%1%23%3%1,076
Georgia57%32%1%7%4%627
Hawaii20%6%46%11%18%144
Idaho92%2%1%5%< 1%168
Illinois63%17%2%14%3%702
Indiana83%10%< 1%5%2%413
Iowa91%4%1%3%1%192
Kansas78%7%3%9%4%191
Kentucky88%9%< 1%1%2%320
Louisiana61%32%< 1%4%3%315
Maine93%3%1%2%2%122
Maryland48%35%2%9%6%299
Massachusetts67%13%3%15%2%226
Michigan77%15%1%3%4%566
Minnesota82%8%< 1%4%7%298
Mississippi59%38%< 1%1%1%241
Missouri81%12%1%3%3%410
Montana90%< 1%1%3%6%147
Nebraska83%5%1%10%2%190
Nevada45%12%4%28%11%154
New Hampshire94%1%< 1%1%3%116
New Jersey56%17%3%19%5%424
New Mexico43%1%2%42%12%149
New York53%19%6%18%5%870
North Carolina64%24%1%7%4%661
North Dakota89%< 1%1%2%8%213
Ohio83%12%1%3%2%661
Oklahoma73%8%< 1%4%15%254
Oregon82%1%2%10%5%166
Pennsylvania80%10%2%6%1%748
Rhode Island76%5%< 1%12%7%140
South Carolina64%28%< 1%5%2%329
South Dakota90%< 1%< 1%2%7%191
Tennessee78%17%< 1%3%2%479
Texas47%14%2%33%4%1,592
Utah77%2%1%15%5%136
Virginia65%20%5%7%4%493
Washington74%4%4%10%7%298
West Virginia93%3%< 1%< 1%3%226
Wisconsin85%7%1%4%2%323
Wyoming87%1%< 1%9%4%182
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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