Parent of children under 18 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 parental status

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

StateParentsNon-parentsSample size
Alabama29%71%147
Arizona36%64%182
California31%69%852
Colorado36%64%126
Florida33%67%521
Georgia27%73%266
Idaho32%68%105
Illinois26%74%399
Indiana35%65%185
Iowa40%60%119
Kansas34%66%104
Kentucky27%73%104
Louisiana35%65%129
Maryland26%74%175
Massachusetts20%80%153
Michigan32%68%282
Minnesota24%76%161
Missouri33%67%179
Nebraska27%73%105
New Jersey28%72%265
New York28%72%505
North Carolina34%66%261
North Dakota35%65%122
Ohio35%65%365
Oklahoma30%70%100
Oregon31%69%108
Pennsylvania28%72%398
South Carolina35%65%127
South Dakota34%66%114
Tennessee36%64%160
Texas37%63%703
Utah35%65%126
Virginia32%68%229
Washington30%70%186
Wisconsin35%65%178
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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