Racial and ethnic composition among adults who say humans evolved due to natural processes by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say humans evolved due to natural processes by race/ethnicity

% of adults who say humans evolved due to natural processes who identify as…

StateWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Alaska72%< 1%5%1%22%115
Arizona63%1%3%26%7%222
California51%3%16%28%2%1,590
Colorado83%1%2%12%3%197
Connecticut78%5%5%9%3%170
Delaware77%8%4%5%6%107
District of Columbia57%26%6%8%3%140
Florida66%10%1%20%3%673
Georgia58%26%1%9%6%254
Hawaii26%3%42%9%20%135
Illinois68%8%6%15%3%485
Indiana88%5%< 1%5%1%180
Iowa88%3%1%5%3%103
Kentucky85%8%1%2%5%107
Louisiana71%22%2%3%2%115
Maine96%< 1%< 1%1%2%149
Maryland66%17%4%9%4%251
Massachusetts84%2%4%5%5%350
Michigan83%9%1%3%4%318
Minnesota85%4%1%3%7%190
Missouri80%10%2%6%3%187
Montana88%< 1%2%2%9%119
Nevada66%3%3%20%8%121
New Hampshire96%1%1%< 1%3%145
New Jersey63%6%10%16%5%338
New Mexico49%< 1%< 1%39%12%111
New York68%8%5%15%4%771
North Carolina75%13%2%8%2%280
Ohio84%10%3%2%1%297
Oregon86%< 1%3%6%5%176
Pennsylvania85%7%2%4%2%443
Rhode Island88%4%1%7%< 1%122
South Carolina69%21%< 1%5%4%118
Tennessee80%6%3%7%3%122
Texas52%7%3%35%3%675
Vermont95%< 1%1%1%3%180
Virginia76%11%6%4%3%280
Washington75%2%9%9%5%299
Wisconsin85%3%4%6%3%204
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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