Racial and ethnic composition among adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost by race/ethnicity

% of adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost who identify as…

StateWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Alabama63%30%< 1%4%2%234
Alaska68%2%3%4%23%161
Arizona59%5%4%27%5%346
Arkansas73%18%1%6%2%156
California43%6%15%32%3%2,183
Colorado73%3%1%18%5%279
Connecticut72%10%3%11%3%254
Delaware66%23%3%5%2%177
District of Columbia44%42%5%7%3%224
Florida58%14%1%23%4%1,138
Georgia54%31%< 1%9%5%534
Hawaii29%1%41%8%21%207
Idaho85%3%1%11%1%170
Illinois66%14%4%14%2%762
Indiana82%10%< 1%5%2%334
Iowa88%4%1%5%2%189
Kansas83%6%1%8%2%149
Kentucky85%9%< 1%3%3%197
Louisiana61%31%< 1%4%3%223
Maine95%2%< 1%< 1%2%185
Maryland53%32%3%7%4%409
Massachusetts79%6%3%6%6%457
Michigan77%14%1%3%4%543
Minnesota85%5%2%4%4%336
Mississippi54%44%< 1%< 1%2%146
Missouri81%10%1%5%4%334
Montana86%< 1%< 1%6%9%130
Nebraska84%4%1%9%2%155
Nevada56%10%6%18%9%161
New Hampshire93%1%1%2%3%204
New Jersey61%11%7%16%5%539
New Mexico43%< 1%2%47%8%167
New York60%15%5%16%5%1,250
North Carolina70%19%1%8%2%565
North Dakota84%1%2%3%10%159
Ohio81%13%2%3%2%595
Oklahoma70%8%< 1%8%14%192
Oregon84%1%1%6%8%239
Pennsylvania80%10%3%4%2%769
Rhode Island86%1%< 1%8%5%202
South Carolina66%26%1%4%3%264
South Dakota87%< 1%1%1%11%150
Tennessee79%15%1%4%2%315
Texas46%12%3%35%4%1,392
Utah85%1%1%8%4%156
Vermont96%1%1%1%2%211
Virginia60%21%5%9%4%505
Washington74%5%5%9%7%463
West Virginia91%5%< 1%< 1%4%129
Wisconsin87%3%1%5%3%342
Wyoming81%1%< 1%13%4%110
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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