Educational distribution among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by educational group

% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally who have completed…

StateHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Alabama34%36%17%13%147
Arizona38%34%18%11%183
California38%34%17%10%850
Colorado33%29%22%16%127
Florida38%37%15%10%522
Georgia44%25%17%14%264
Idaho34%41%15%10%106
Illinois40%34%14%11%398
Indiana40%38%16%6%186
Iowa32%35%18%15%118
Kansas40%30%19%11%105
Kentucky39%36%12%13%103
Louisiana47%26%20%7%129
Maryland33%27%22%18%177
Massachusetts41%27%21%11%154
Michigan39%36%16%9%283
Minnesota35%32%24%9%161
Missouri35%38%16%11%181
Nebraska29%34%23%14%105
New Jersey35%30%20%15%265
New York40%31%16%14%505
North Carolina31%42%16%11%262
North Dakota22%40%25%13%122
Ohio41%33%16%11%365
Oklahoma44%34%13%9%100
Oregon40%34%17%10%108
Pennsylvania41%27%19%13%399
South Carolina32%33%20%16%127
South Dakota38%36%15%11%113
Tennessee32%40%16%13%158
Texas36%34%20%10%700
Utah25%43%21%11%126
Virginia29%28%28%16%230
Washington34%38%21%6%185
Wisconsin41%33%20%6%180
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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