Income distribution among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally by household income

% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally who have a household income of…

Religious traditionLess than $30,000$30,000-$49,999$50,000-$99,999$100,000 or moreSample size
Catholic57%19%15%9%1,272
Evangelical Protestant37%23%27%12%4,072
Historically Black Protestant60%21%13%6%974
Mainline Protestant44%22%23%10%1,060
Mormon35%20%25%20%178
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")60%21%13%6%453
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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