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% of adults who seldom or never read scripture 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 | 26% | 33% | 2% | 34% | 4% | 109 |
Alaska | 11% | 18% | 1% | 62% | 9% | 166 |
Arizona | 10% | 26% | < 1% | 51% | 13% | 299 |
California | 11% | 18% | 1% | 61% | 9% | 1,943 |
Colorado | 10% | 19% | 2% | 60% | 9% | 271 |
Connecticut | 10% | 25% | 1% | 56% | 8% | 232 |
Delaware | 6% | 20% | 1% | 64% | 9% | 150 |
District of Columbia | 13% | 14% | < 1% | 65% | 8% | 158 |
Florida | 12% | 20% | 2% | 57% | 8% | 912 |
Georgia | 18% | 20% | 1% | 54% | 8% | 300 |
Hawaii | 11% | 19% | 1% | 63% | 7% | 165 |
Idaho | 12% | 17% | 1% | 63% | 6% | 130 |
Illinois | 12% | 27% | 1% | 53% | 7% | 638 |
Indiana | 19% | 24% | 2% | 49% | 7% | 284 |
Iowa | 13% | 31% | < 1% | 48% | 8% | 161 |
Kansas | 15% | 33% | 2% | 40% | 9% | 133 |
Kentucky | 18% | 23% | 3% | 50% | 7% | 162 |
Louisiana | 18% | 26% | 2% | 44% | 10% | 152 |
Maine | 9% | 16% | 1% | 64% | 10% | 196 |
Maryland | 10% | 21% | 1% | 62% | 6% | 303 |
Massachusetts | 6% | 18% | 1% | 68% | 7% | 476 |
Michigan | 13% | 30% | 2% | 50% | 6% | 457 |
Minnesota | 8% | 22% | 1% | 60% | 10% | 276 |
Missouri | 14% | 23% | 1% | 52% | 10% | 258 |
Montana | 6% | 33% | 2% | 52% | 7% | 156 |
Nebraska | 19% | 32% | 3% | 41% | 6% | 152 |
Nevada | 11% | 16% | < 1% | 66% | 7% | 162 |
New Hampshire | 3% | 19% | 1% | 63% | 13% | 193 |
New Jersey | 10% | 25% | 1% | 56% | 8% | 498 |
New Mexico | 14% | 22% | 2% | 57% | 5% | 140 |
New York | 11% | 20% | 1% | 61% | 7% | 1,103 |
North Carolina | 14% | 20% | 3% | 56% | 7% | 347 |
North Dakota | 14% | 25% | 1% | 54% | 6% | 171 |
Ohio | 16% | 27% | 2% | 48% | 7% | 503 |
Oklahoma | 14% | 31% | < 1% | 48% | 7% | 126 |
Oregon | 8% | 21% | 1% | 59% | 11% | 226 |
Pennsylvania | 12% | 22% | 1% | 57% | 7% | 672 |
Rhode Island | 8% | 25% | 1% | 63% | 4% | 189 |
South Carolina | 21% | 20% | < 1% | 49% | 10% | 151 |
South Dakota | 19% | 34% | 1% | 35% | 11% | 139 |
Tennessee | 19% | 22% | 3% | 54% | 2% | 162 |
Texas | 20% | 21% | 1% | 50% | 7% | 900 |
Utah | 3% | 11% | < 1% | 77% | 10% | 104 |
Vermont | 9% | 16% | 3% | 66% | 6% | 215 |
Virginia | 14% | 19% | 1% | 59% | 7% | 359 |
Washington | 6% | 19% | 2% | 65% | 8% | 375 |
West Virginia | 18% | 24% | 2% | 42% | 14% | 111 |
Wisconsin | 16% | 25% | 2% | 52% | 5% | 324 |
Wyoming | 20% | 20% | 4% | 44% | 12% | 133 |
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