Marital status among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by marital status

% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm who are…

StateMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Alabama47%3%24%7%19%212
Alaska42%9%10%4%35%147
Arizona41%11%17%4%27%287
Arkansas40%7%17%13%23%136
California41%10%14%5%29%2,029
Colorado51%12%9%4%24%250
Connecticut41%10%12%6%31%208
Delaware51%8%13%7%22%160
District of Columbia31%11%11%7%41%224
Florida41%9%18%7%25%949
Georgia40%7%17%6%31%448
Hawaii43%11%17%3%26%171
Idaho57%4%15%6%18%148
Illinois43%8%10%6%33%679
Indiana43%7%17%7%26%267
Iowa53%9%11%4%23%156
Kansas51%5%12%5%27%136
Kentucky40%6%18%8%28%181
Louisiana33%8%22%7%30%197
Maine45%12%17%6%21%160
Maryland38%6%13%7%36%356
Massachusetts41%11%10%6%32%417
Michigan46%6%15%6%26%491
Minnesota44%7%7%6%35%303
Mississippi32%5%23%11%29%132
Missouri39%9%17%9%26%299
Montana51%5%12%6%26%130
Nebraska49%6%17%4%24%146
Nevada37%13%16%8%25%155
New Hampshire50%13%9%5%23%175
New Jersey47%6%15%7%25%467
New Mexico41%12%17%7%23%161
New York39%9%11%7%34%1,076
North Carolina45%8%14%5%29%508
North Dakota42%6%19%6%27%136
Ohio43%5%15%9%28%542
Oklahoma42%11%20%7%20%173
Oregon44%8%20%7%21%241
Pennsylvania42%7%12%9%30%629
Rhode Island37%16%13%11%22%172
South Carolina40%12%14%6%28%233
South Dakota38%14%11%5%32%128
Tennessee44%12%13%5%26%280
Texas44%9%16%6%26%1,134
Utah40%18%11%6%24%140
Vermont49%10%11%4%26%187
Virginia50%8%11%7%24%412
Washington44%11%14%5%25%400
West Virginia42%5%21%10%21%143
Wisconsin45%6%13%6%30%274
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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