Income 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 household income

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

StateLess than $30,000$30,000-$49,999$50,000-$99,999$100,000 or moreSample size
Alabama44%24%18%13%174
Alaska27%27%24%22%165
Arizona35%20%26%19%297
Arkansas40%18%28%14%116
California29%17%26%28%2,017
Colorado24%18%28%29%278
Connecticut21%18%27%34%229
Delaware23%22%33%22%154
District of Columbia22%16%29%34%198
Florida35%23%24%18%1,009
Georgia30%21%28%22%431
Hawaii27%19%30%24%194
Idaho31%18%33%18%142
Illinois27%22%30%21%659
Indiana38%17%30%15%275
Iowa27%26%33%13%152
Kansas29%25%25%21%133
Kentucky39%23%25%14%148
Louisiana45%17%28%11%175
Maine37%17%35%12%173
Maryland19%14%34%32%379
Massachusetts25%18%27%30%450
Michigan34%20%29%17%477
Minnesota23%14%32%31%272
Mississippi44%27%15%14%101
Missouri32%25%24%19%273
Montana30%23%32%16%155
Nebraska32%22%30%15%127
Nevada30%30%24%15%174
New Hampshire21%15%36%28%163
New Jersey20%17%28%35%468
New Mexico37%24%27%12%149
New York30%18%30%22%1,113
North Carolina31%22%29%17%474
North Dakota20%24%35%21%139
Ohio42%18%27%13%506
Oklahoma34%26%26%14%180
Oregon34%23%26%17%245
Pennsylvania30%20%25%25%615
Rhode Island26%18%36%20%168
South Carolina34%18%29%19%191
South Dakota31%24%28%17%134
Tennessee35%22%25%18%243
Texas33%19%28%20%1,051
Utah29%21%32%19%133
Vermont28%24%32%16%204
Virginia20%23%31%27%444
Washington29%24%24%23%403
West Virginia34%15%40%11%110
Wisconsin30%18%34%17%279
Wyoming32%29%22%17%145
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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