Marital status among who believe in Heaven by state (2014) Switch to: State among who believe in Heaven by marital status

% of who believe in Heaven who are…

StateMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Alabama51%2%21%7%20%425
Alaska48%10%8%4%29%176
Arizona47%8%16%6%23%447
Arkansas51%5%15%12%18%255
California45%9%13%6%26%2,201
Colorado59%10%8%5%18%290
Connecticut45%7%14%6%28%235
Delaware53%8%10%8%20%224
District of Columbia25%9%13%9%43%177
Florida46%7%16%8%23%1,360
Georgia49%4%15%8%25%746
Hawaii42%8%13%6%30%185
Idaho63%4%17%6%10%221
Illinois47%7%12%7%28%924
Indiana45%4%14%10%27%493
Iowa56%8%8%7%21%241
Kansas53%7%13%6%20%231
Kentucky52%4%15%9%20%354
Louisiana47%5%15%8%25%366
Maine48%13%16%7%16%177
Maryland45%4%11%9%31%416
Massachusetts45%9%14%8%24%365
Michigan52%7%11%8%23%702
Minnesota54%6%9%8%23%411
Mississippi43%4%17%9%26%268
Missouri48%8%11%10%23%488
Montana58%7%9%6%20%204
Nebraska54%5%14%6%21%241
Nevada46%9%16%7%22%202
New Hampshire54%9%7%6%24%164
New Jersey48%8%14%7%23%603
New Mexico47%7%20%6%20%198
New York46%5%12%8%28%1,240
North Carolina51%6%12%6%25%773
North Dakota51%3%14%10%22%266
Ohio48%6%13%8%25%860
Oklahoma55%6%14%8%17%309
Oregon51%4%16%8%21%228
Pennsylvania52%7%9%9%23%972
Rhode Island42%9%17%13%20%206
South Carolina47%9%16%7%21%384
South Dakota49%9%11%7%25%233
Tennessee54%7%11%7%21%528
Texas51%6%14%7%22%1,910
Utah56%12%7%3%22%237
Vermont57%11%8%9%15%153
Virginia52%6%13%8%21%620
Washington51%7%12%8%22%417
West Virginia51%8%17%9%14%250
Wisconsin58%3%11%7%21%422
Wyoming56%6%15%5%17%236
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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