Marital status among adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy by marital status

% of adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy who are…

StateMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Alabama63%1%13%6%17%232
Alaska54%3%8%2%31%128
Arizona48%9%17%5%21%264
Arkansas56%5%16%8%15%139
California49%8%12%5%26%1,261
Colorado58%9%9%5%19%194
Connecticut46%7%13%8%26%104
Florida49%9%15%7%19%762
Georgia54%4%15%9%19%380
Idaho60%8%14%5%11%141
Illinois51%5%9%5%29%483
Indiana51%6%13%10%20%279
Iowa60%7%12%4%17%123
Kansas54%6%13%6%21%136
Kentucky56%3%15%7%20%209
Louisiana50%6%21%5%18%211
Maine65%12%10%6%7%101
Maryland48%7%13%10%23%199
Massachusetts42%6%16%8%28%196
Michigan58%6%9%7%20%347
Minnesota55%5%9%9%23%192
Mississippi53%4%13%5%25%140
Missouri52%7%12%10%19%273
Montana66%7%5%6%16%171
Nebraska56%3%17%7%16%132
Nevada61%4%13%3%18%133
New Jersey45%8%15%8%24%281
New Mexico48%10%17%6%19%120
New York50%6%11%5%28%580
North Carolina54%4%14%6%22%386
North Dakota57%5%10%6%22%156
Ohio55%4%10%7%24%461
Oklahoma56%3%11%10%21%170
Oregon59%4%15%5%17%148
Pennsylvania55%5%10%8%22%527
South Carolina50%10%19%8%15%205
South Dakota52%8%11%11%17%145
Tennessee61%6%11%5%16%297
Texas54%6%13%6%20%979
Utah59%7%9%1%23%132
Virginia56%6%9%8%20%327
Washington52%9%12%10%16%205
West Virginia55%7%14%8%15%157
Wisconsin60%6%9%6%19%226
Wyoming62%5%14%5%14%177
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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