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% of adults who seldom or never meditate 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% | 35% | 3% | 20% | 2% | 187 |
Alaska | 27% | 20% | 2% | 46% | 5% | 147 |
Arizona | 20% | 26% | 2% | 41% | 11% | 267 |
Arkansas | 37% | 31% | 2% | 25% | 5% | 145 |
California | 18% | 23% | 2% | 49% | 8% | 1,565 |
Colorado | 15% | 24% | 2% | 50% | 10% | 229 |
Connecticut | 12% | 27% | 2% | 52% | 7% | 167 |
Delaware | 18% | 28% | 4% | 44% | 7% | 148 |
District of Columbia | 16% | 20% | < 1% | 57% | 6% | 132 |
Florida | 24% | 24% | 2% | 43% | 6% | 851 |
Georgia | 36% | 28% | 2% | 28% | 7% | 384 |
Hawaii | 25% | 27% | < 1% | 42% | 6% | 127 |
Idaho | 24% | 26% | 1% | 45% | 4% | 129 |
Illinois | 18% | 34% | 2% | 41% | 6% | 575 |
Indiana | 30% | 29% | 1% | 33% | 7% | 310 |
Iowa | 23% | 36% | 1% | 35% | 4% | 178 |
Kansas | 24% | 38% | 4% | 26% | 7% | 139 |
Kentucky | 34% | 27% | 1% | 35% | 4% | 193 |
Louisiana | 39% | 28% | 1% | 26% | 6% | 188 |
Maine | 13% | 25% | 1% | 50% | 11% | 152 |
Maryland | 20% | 32% | 2% | 39% | 6% | 272 |
Massachusetts | 7% | 22% | 2% | 62% | 7% | 355 |
Michigan | 21% | 34% | 2% | 39% | 4% | 454 |
Minnesota | 17% | 31% | 3% | 41% | 8% | 264 |
Mississippi | 51% | 26% | 3% | 15% | 5% | 107 |
Missouri | 26% | 31% | 3% | 31% | 9% | 302 |
Montana | 16% | 35% | 4% | 38% | 6% | 154 |
Nebraska | 30% | 38% | 1% | 28% | 2% | 136 |
Nevada | 17% | 27% | < 1% | 47% | 9% | 134 |
New Hampshire | 12% | 29% | 2% | 48% | 9% | 140 |
New Jersey | 17% | 29% | 2% | 43% | 8% | 421 |
New Mexico | 26% | 22% | 4% | 40% | 8% | 118 |
New York | 17% | 26% | 2% | 47% | 8% | 873 |
North Carolina | 28% | 28% | 2% | 36% | 6% | 386 |
North Dakota | 16% | 34% | 1% | 43% | 6% | 181 |
Ohio | 27% | 31% | 2% | 34% | 6% | 481 |
Oklahoma | 30% | 36% | 1% | 29% | 4% | 147 |
Oregon | 16% | 29% | 1% | 41% | 14% | 180 |
Pennsylvania | 22% | 29% | 2% | 42% | 6% | 602 |
Rhode Island | 12% | 26% | 2% | 58% | 2% | 133 |
South Carolina | 38% | 27% | 1% | 28% | 6% | 188 |
South Dakota | 27% | 40% | 1% | 20% | 12% | 143 |
Tennessee | 40% | 27% | 6% | 22% | 5% | 243 |
Texas | 31% | 28% | 2% | 31% | 7% | 993 |
Utah | 11% | 37% | 3% | 40% | 9% | 106 |
Vermont | 13% | 21% | 4% | 54% | 8% | 164 |
Virginia | 30% | 26% | 2% | 37% | 5% | 358 |
Washington | 15% | 24% | 3% | 50% | 8% | 322 |
West Virginia | 40% | 28% | 4% | 24% | 5% | 143 |
Wisconsin | 22% | 30% | 4% | 39% | 5% | 319 |
Wyoming | 32% | 27% | 4% | 30% | 7% | 140 |
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