Interpreting scripture among adults who seldom or never pray by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who seldom or never pray by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who seldom or never pray 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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Alaska | 3% | 7% | < 1% | 79% | 10% | 102 |
Arizona | 6% | 11% | 1% | 68% | 14% | 159 |
California | 5% | 9% | 1% | 79% | 7% | 1,092 |
Colorado | 2% | 6% | 4% | 83% | 5% | 150 |
Connecticut | 1% | 11% | < 1% | 81% | 8% | 113 |
Florida | 5% | 10% | 1% | 79% | 5% | 461 |
Georgia | 14% | 4% | < 1% | 72% | 11% | 152 |
Illinois | 7% | 12% | < 1% | 75% | 6% | 306 |
Indiana | 8% | 15% | < 1% | 71% | 6% | 130 |
Maine | 4% | 12% | < 1% | 76% | 9% | 124 |
Maryland | 8% | 9% | < 1% | 78% | 4% | 169 |
Massachusetts | 1% | 7% | 1% | 88% | 5% | 279 |
Michigan | 7% | 13% | < 1% | 74% | 5% | 222 |
Minnesota | 2% | 8% | < 1% | 81% | 8% | 139 |
Missouri | 10% | 14% | < 1% | 65% | 11% | 126 |
New Hampshire | 1% | 8% | < 1% | 76% | 16% | 107 |
New Jersey | 3% | 10% | < 1% | 81% | 6% | 215 |
New York | 5% | 11% | < 1% | 77% | 6% | 582 |
North Carolina | 2% | 9% | < 1% | 84% | 5% | 165 |
Ohio | 11% | 13% | < 1% | 71% | 5% | 194 |
Oregon | 4% | 14% | < 1% | 75% | 6% | 146 |
Pennsylvania | 7% | 14% | 1% | 73% | 6% | 291 |
Texas | 9% | 15% | < 1% | 68% | 7% | 407 |
Vermont | 4% | 9% | 3% | 79% | 4% | 133 |
Virginia | 8% | 5% | < 1% | 81% | 6% | 193 |
Washington | 1% | 9% | 1% | 80% | 8% | 230 |
Wisconsin | 11% | 9% | < 1% | 77% | 4% | 147 |
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