Educational distribution among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by educational group

% of adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases who have completed…

StateHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Alabama41%36%15%8%193
Alaska29%41%17%13%190
Arizona34%37%16%13%335
Arkansas44%31%13%11%122
California32%33%20%14%2,272
Colorado25%35%22%18%309
Connecticut33%27%20%19%259
Delaware39%30%18%14%176
District of Columbia23%18%31%28%222
Florida39%32%17%12%1,149
Georgia39%30%16%15%466
Hawaii32%33%22%13%212
Idaho35%35%18%12%153
Illinois32%34%21%13%757
Indiana42%30%17%11%301
Iowa39%34%18%10%164
Kansas39%33%14%14%148
Kentucky46%30%11%12%161
Louisiana48%28%18%5%190
Maine39%30%22%9%198
Maryland29%29%22%19%421
Massachusetts32%27%23%19%522
Michigan37%35%17%11%534
Minnesota28%36%23%13%301
Mississippi43%35%16%7%110
Missouri41%28%20%11%305
Montana39%32%17%11%168
Nebraska34%39%18%9%143
Nevada38%40%14%8%198
New Hampshire34%30%21%16%193
New Jersey34%27%21%19%536
New Mexico35%32%21%12%173
New York32%30%22%16%1,278
North Carolina31%34%18%16%523
North Dakota28%45%19%8%157
Ohio40%32%18%10%556
Oklahoma46%33%12%9%192
Oregon31%36%23%10%265
Pennsylvania39%29%18%14%711
Rhode Island29%34%22%14%195
South Carolina37%31%20%11%219
South Dakota38%32%19%10%148
Tennessee45%28%16%10%267
Texas36%34%19%11%1,160
Utah40%34%16%10%140
Vermont30%29%23%18%217
Virginia29%32%21%17%499
Washington29%36%22%13%437
West Virginia42%29%19%10%118
Wisconsin37%31%20%12%309
Wyoming39%38%15%8%150
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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