Marital status 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 marital status

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

StateMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Alabama51%3%14%4%28%147
Arizona51%9%12%4%24%183
California45%8%14%6%27%851
Colorado64%7%6%3%21%127
Florida45%6%14%9%26%522
Georgia48%3%14%3%32%266
Idaho69%7%13%4%7%106
Illinois47%5%13%5%30%398
Indiana50%4%14%9%23%186
Iowa65%6%6%6%17%119
Kansas61%2%12%5%21%105
Kentucky46%3%17%6%29%104
Louisiana46%4%15%5%30%129
Maryland57%3%5%6%28%177
Massachusetts50%5%13%4%28%152
Michigan53%8%12%4%23%283
Minnesota60%3%7%9%21%161
Missouri47%7%13%7%26%181
Nebraska58%2%16%2%23%105
New Jersey54%8%10%6%22%265
New York51%3%9%7%29%506
North Carolina53%5%10%7%24%261
North Dakota57%5%12%8%19%122
Ohio54%5%11%7%23%366
Oklahoma55%7%11%4%23%100
Oregon38%5%21%5%31%108
Pennsylvania55%4%8%8%25%398
South Carolina51%8%10%3%28%127
South Dakota48%9%16%4%24%114
Tennessee45%10%14%5%27%158
Texas50%6%12%4%27%702
Utah62%4%8%2%24%125
Virginia58%3%9%8%22%231
Washington53%6%12%6%23%186
Wisconsin56%5%15%7%18%179
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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