State among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by state
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally who are in…
Religious tradition | Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | District of Columbia | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming | Sample size |
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Catholic | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 14% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 7% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 9% | 1% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 8% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 2,774 |
Evangelical Protestant | 3% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | 10% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | 5% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | < 1% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 4% | 9% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 2,469 |
Historically Black Protestant | 3% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 8% | 8% | < 1% | < 1% | 5% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 4% | < 1% | 4% | 1% | 5% | < 1% | 3% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 6% | 4% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 1% | 7% | < 1% | < 1% | 5% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 466 |
Jehovah's Witness | 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 20% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | 8% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | 10% | 5% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | 4% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | 6% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 102 |
Jewish | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 13% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | 12% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 12% | < 1% | 21% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 6% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 184 |
Mainline Protestant | 2% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 7% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 5% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 6% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 7% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 2,158 |
Mormon | 1% | 1% | 7% | 1% | 8% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 6% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | 32% | < 1% | 3% | 5% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 360 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 2% | < 1% | 4% | 1% | 10% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 8% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 4% | 3% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 6% | 2% | < 1% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 4% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 7% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 713 |
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