Educational distribution among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by educational group

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

StateHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Alaska22%41%19%17%140
Arizona34%38%16%11%222
California31%31%22%16%1,611
Colorado19%35%25%20%219
Connecticut31%26%21%23%179
Delaware27%31%21%20%115
District of Columbia11%14%39%35%141
Florida33%31%19%16%728
Georgia28%38%18%16%231
Hawaii32%26%28%14%140
Idaho35%36%19%9%103
Illinois26%32%26%16%471
Indiana42%27%18%13%171
Kentucky46%28%13%12%111
Louisiana41%26%24%8%104
Maine41%25%23%12%141
Maryland27%28%23%22%253
Massachusetts26%28%24%21%390
Michigan30%35%19%16%321
Minnesota26%36%25%13%210
Missouri32%33%21%15%196
Montana38%24%25%14%117
Nevada35%37%19%9%137
New Hampshire32%29%24%16%145
New Jersey26%28%22%24%341
New Mexico28%32%23%18%120
New York28%30%25%17%843
North Carolina31%29%22%17%289
North Dakota31%39%20%10%100
Ohio36%33%19%12%313
Oklahoma41%31%18%10%100
Oregon18%39%27%16%180
Pennsylvania37%26%22%15%469
Rhode Island22%34%29%15%130
Tennessee38%25%23%14%129
Texas34%33%20%13%661
Vermont31%29%23%17%175
Virginia22%29%27%22%298
Washington24%36%24%16%314
Wisconsin34%34%18%14%205
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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