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% of adults who attend services monthly or yearly who say the holy scripture is…
State | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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Alabama | 41% | 32% | 3% | 17% | 6% | 157 |
Alaska | 28% | 22% | 3% | 40% | 7% | 104 |
Arizona | 19% | 34% | 1% | 34% | 12% | 191 |
California | 22% | 27% | 1% | 39% | 10% | 1,179 |
Colorado | 21% | 31% | 1% | 34% | 13% | 159 |
Connecticut | 21% | 31% | 1% | 43% | 4% | 135 |
District of Columbia | 28% | 18% | < 1% | 42% | 12% | 108 |
Florida | 25% | 30% | 3% | 33% | 9% | 668 |
Georgia | 35% | 32% | 2% | 22% | 8% | 323 |
Hawaii | 19% | 30% | 2% | 41% | 8% | 106 |
Illinois | 16% | 40% | 1% | 36% | 7% | 415 |
Indiana | 28% | 33% | 5% | 25% | 8% | 199 |
Iowa | 16% | 50% | < 1% | 29% | 5% | 104 |
Kentucky | 31% | 29% | 6% | 26% | 9% | 127 |
Louisiana | 38% | 34% | 1% | 20% | 8% | 144 |
Maryland | 20% | 33% | 5% | 32% | 9% | 211 |
Massachusetts | 12% | 32% | 1% | 43% | 12% | 229 |
Michigan | 22% | 38% | 2% | 28% | 10% | 327 |
Minnesota | 15% | 33% | 2% | 42% | 8% | 199 |
Missouri | 26% | 30% | 4% | 28% | 12% | 209 |
Nevada | 21% | 30% | 1% | 40% | 8% | 103 |
New Jersey | 18% | 31% | 3% | 38% | 10% | 324 |
New York | 22% | 27% | 1% | 40% | 9% | 658 |
North Carolina | 26% | 34% | 4% | 27% | 9% | 337 |
North Dakota | 21% | 43% | 1% | 29% | 6% | 117 |
Ohio | 26% | 32% | 3% | 32% | 8% | 350 |
Oklahoma | 35% | 32% | 3% | 21% | 9% | 124 |
Oregon | 26% | 27% | 1% | 36% | 9% | 120 |
Pennsylvania | 24% | 31% | 1% | 37% | 7% | 467 |
Rhode Island | 26% | 28% | < 1% | 44% | 2% | 104 |
South Carolina | 43% | 33% | 1% | 18% | 6% | 149 |
South Dakota | 27% | 47% | < 1% | 13% | 13% | 110 |
Tennessee | 30% | 34% | 7% | 25% | 5% | 150 |
Texas | 31% | 32% | 2% | 28% | 7% | 839 |
Virginia | 26% | 28% | 2% | 35% | 9% | 275 |
Washington | 21% | 27% | 3% | 37% | 13% | 223 |
Wisconsin | 24% | 39% | 3% | 29% | 5% | 231 |
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