Racial and ethnic composition among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by race/ethnicity

% of adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services who identify as…

StateWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Alabama83%11%< 1%3%3%311
Alaska75%4%2%2%17%179
Arizona75%1%2%19%3%395
Arkansas92%3%< 1%1%3%172
California57%3%13%23%3%1,739
Colorado82%3%1%8%5%276
Connecticut84%4%< 1%8%4%192
Delaware84%11%2%1%2%145
Florida76%7%1%14%4%1,021
Georgia79%13%1%4%4%520
Hawaii35%4%36%6%18%159
Idaho92%2%< 1%5%1%206
Illinois77%7%3%11%3%704
Indiana92%2%1%3%3%376
Iowa96%< 1%1%3%< 1%201
Kansas89%3%2%4%2%202
Kentucky92%5%< 1%1%1%243
Louisiana87%8%1%2%2%257
Maine95%< 1%< 1%2%3%179
Maryland72%16%2%5%5%293
Massachusetts91%2%2%3%2%318
Michigan87%6%1%2%3%537
Minnesota90%2%1%3%5%323
Mississippi79%16%< 1%2%3%178
Missouri90%5%1%2%2%398
Montana89%< 1%1%3%7%212
Nebraska94%2%< 1%3%2%201
Nevada72%5%2%14%8%189
New Hampshire93%1%1%1%4%177
New Jersey78%4%5%8%5%425
New Mexico57%3%< 1%31%10%153
New York79%7%4%8%3%867
North Carolina84%8%1%4%3%555
North Dakota93%< 1%< 1%1%6%229
Ohio89%6%1%2%2%670
Oklahoma85%3%< 1%1%11%237
Oregon84%< 1%1%8%7%223
Pennsylvania90%3%1%3%2%782
Rhode Island88%2%1%1%8%152
South Carolina86%11%< 1%1%1%269
South Dakota94%< 1%1%< 1%4%211
Tennessee86%11%< 1%1%2%401
Texas69%6%2%19%4%1,310
Utah89%1%< 1%6%4%218
Vermont97%< 1%< 1%< 1%3%143
Virginia82%9%3%3%3%503
Washington84%2%5%5%5%380
West Virginia96%1%< 1%1%2%185
Wisconsin91%3%1%3%2%364
Wyoming91%< 1%< 1%6%2%228
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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