Racial and ethnic composition 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 race/ethnicity

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

StateWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Alabama74%20%< 1%2%4%147
Arizona67%5%4%17%7%180
California44%5%12%36%3%843
Colorado74%4%1%17%4%127
Florida61%13%1%21%3%517
Georgia66%22%< 1%6%5%264
Idaho92%< 1%< 1%7%1%105
Illinois72%13%2%11%2%392
Indiana87%3%< 1%4%5%184
Iowa96%2%< 1%3%< 1%119
Kansas87%3%1%10%< 1%103
Kentucky88%8%< 1%3%1%104
Louisiana70%22%1%6%2%129
Maryland58%24%3%5%9%172
Massachusetts78%10%2%5%5%150
Michigan83%10%1%3%3%279
Minnesota86%3%< 1%2%9%159
Missouri83%11%< 1%4%2%179
Nebraska88%5%2%3%2%105
New Jersey65%11%4%17%3%261
New York67%15%5%10%4%502
North Carolina74%16%1%5%4%261
North Dakota91%< 1%< 1%1%8%121
Ohio87%8%< 1%2%2%362
Oklahoma81%5%< 1%2%12%100
Oregon87%< 1%2%6%5%106
Pennsylvania85%6%2%5%2%396
South Carolina73%21%< 1%3%2%127
South Dakota93%< 1%1%1%5%114
Tennessee83%11%1%3%2%159
Texas50%11%2%34%4%699
Utah84%< 1%2%9%5%125
Virginia66%19%5%6%4%227
Washington76%3%4%9%7%183
Wisconsin89%3%1%5%2%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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