Marital status 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 marital status

% of adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases who are…

StateMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Alabama52%5%18%5%20%193
Alaska44%11%12%3%30%189
Arizona46%10%14%4%25%336
Arkansas45%6%17%9%24%121
California43%10%13%4%30%2,274
Colorado50%12%11%4%24%310
Connecticut50%9%12%3%26%258
Delaware56%12%7%5%20%176
District of Columbia30%11%12%5%43%222
Florida43%8%17%7%25%1,149
Georgia44%8%16%5%27%469
Hawaii43%13%12%6%27%213
Idaho56%4%21%6%14%154
Illinois44%10%11%5%30%753
Indiana47%8%14%7%24%300
Iowa49%7%12%7%25%164
Kansas51%5%12%7%25%148
Kentucky39%4%15%7%35%162
Louisiana38%10%17%6%29%190
Maine52%13%13%5%17%199
Maryland44%6%11%5%34%422
Massachusetts43%9%12%5%32%522
Michigan47%10%13%8%22%535
Minnesota49%8%10%6%28%303
Mississippi30%6%21%9%34%110
Missouri45%10%10%7%28%305
Montana53%6%14%6%21%169
Nebraska43%6%16%3%32%143
Nevada36%16%16%7%25%198
New Hampshire48%16%12%3%21%194
New Jersey47%10%12%5%26%534
New Mexico36%14%19%7%24%172
New York43%8%10%6%33%1,282
North Carolina47%8%14%6%25%525
North Dakota47%3%17%6%27%157
Ohio43%8%15%7%28%557
Oklahoma52%9%17%5%17%192
Oregon45%7%19%9%21%265
Pennsylvania48%7%11%6%28%712
Rhode Island39%20%10%9%22%198
South Carolina47%10%13%6%24%219
South Dakota49%12%9%5%25%148
Tennessee53%10%11%5%21%265
Texas46%8%15%5%26%1,159
Utah37%20%15%3%24%139
Vermont52%12%11%3%22%215
Virginia50%6%13%6%25%501
Washington43%13%14%6%24%437
West Virginia47%9%16%8%19%117
Wisconsin50%7%12%3%27%310
Wyoming47%11%14%5%23%151
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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