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

% of who believe in Heaven who identify as…

StateWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Alabama66%28%< 1%4%3%422
Alaska64%5%4%6%22%171
Arizona59%4%3%29%6%439
Arkansas76%16%1%5%2%256
California38%7%12%40%3%2,181
Colorado73%4%1%19%3%288
Connecticut70%10%2%15%3%234
Delaware66%24%2%7%1%222
District of Columbia25%59%3%11%3%179
Florida57%17%1%22%3%1,352
Georgia55%32%1%8%4%740
Hawaii24%5%41%10%20%184
Idaho88%1%1%9%1%218
Illinois66%15%2%14%2%913
Indiana82%10%< 1%5%3%490
Iowa92%4%1%3%1%241
Kansas79%5%2%10%3%229
Kentucky87%8%< 1%3%2%352
Louisiana59%35%< 1%4%3%362
Maine94%2%< 1%2%2%176
Maryland51%34%2%7%6%409
Massachusetts73%10%2%12%3%358
Michigan77%14%1%4%4%700
Minnesota85%6%1%4%4%403
Mississippi59%38%< 1%2%2%266
Missouri82%12%1%3%3%487
Montana89%< 1%1%2%8%202
Nebraska85%4%1%8%2%241
Nevada47%10%3%29%11%202
New Hampshire93%1%< 1%2%3%162
New Jersey58%15%4%19%4%595
New Mexico44%2%2%42%11%198
New York57%16%5%17%4%1,227
North Carolina64%24%1%7%4%768
North Dakota88%1%< 1%2%9%262
Ohio82%12%1%3%2%848
Oklahoma73%8%< 1%5%14%306
Oregon80%1%1%12%6%227
Pennsylvania81%10%2%5%2%970
Rhode Island79%4%< 1%9%8%206
South Carolina64%28%< 1%5%3%383
South Dakota90%< 1%1%2%7%231
Tennessee77%17%< 1%4%2%526
Texas47%13%2%34%4%1,893
Utah82%1%1%13%4%233
Vermont94%< 1%< 1%2%4%154
Virginia64%21%4%7%4%610
Washington74%4%4%11%7%411
West Virginia94%3%< 1%< 1%2%248
Wisconsin86%6%1%5%3%418
Wyoming89%1%< 1%8%2%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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