Marital status among adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost by marital status

% of adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost who are…

StateMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Alabama45%5%24%4%22%235
Alaska45%10%12%4%29%163
Arizona45%9%14%4%27%353
Arkansas47%5%16%11%20%157
California43%10%13%5%29%2,195
Colorado54%9%9%3%24%281
Connecticut47%8%13%4%28%256
Delaware53%9%12%5%22%184
District of Columbia34%10%12%6%38%223
Florida44%7%16%7%26%1,147
Georgia45%6%14%5%30%537
Hawaii40%13%11%7%29%207
Idaho61%1%17%5%16%172
Illinois45%8%12%5%30%765
Indiana43%5%15%6%31%338
Iowa51%8%9%6%25%189
Kansas55%7%8%4%25%150
Kentucky42%6%14%8%30%197
Louisiana37%9%11%9%35%226
Maine46%10%17%4%23%184
Maryland44%5%10%5%35%414
Massachusetts45%10%11%5%29%464
Michigan47%10%14%5%24%544
Minnesota49%7%8%5%30%342
Mississippi35%6%20%8%31%147
Missouri42%11%14%7%27%337
Montana49%6%13%5%27%130
Nebraska48%5%11%4%31%155
Nevada31%19%16%8%26%162
New Hampshire52%11%9%4%24%207
New Jersey51%8%11%5%25%548
New Mexico41%11%16%5%26%169
New York42%8%10%7%33%1,268
North Carolina47%8%12%5%27%569
North Dakota42%3%16%9%30%159
Ohio44%9%14%6%27%602
Oklahoma50%13%16%5%16%192
Oregon47%6%18%6%22%246
Pennsylvania47%8%11%7%27%774
Rhode Island42%14%15%11%19%202
South Carolina46%10%11%6%27%262
South Dakota43%12%11%6%29%152
Tennessee48%8%12%5%26%315
Texas48%8%14%5%26%1,396
Utah45%17%10%7%21%158
Vermont54%11%9%3%23%210
Virginia50%6%15%5%24%511
Washington47%11%12%5%26%470
West Virginia41%10%24%7%18%129
Wisconsin52%5%13%5%25%343
Wyoming45%11%13%5%26%111
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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