Racial and ethnic composition 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 race/ethnicity

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

StateWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Alabama63%31%< 1%2%3%192
Alaska71%3%3%3%20%188
Arizona65%2%5%24%4%329
Arkansas78%14%1%4%2%122
California51%6%14%26%3%2,257
Colorado80%1%1%14%4%308
Connecticut76%9%2%10%2%257
Delaware69%21%4%3%4%173
District of Columbia46%41%5%5%4%223
Florida64%13%1%19%3%1,140
Georgia58%30%1%6%5%465
Hawaii29%3%39%8%21%212
Idaho88%1%1%9%1%153
Illinois65%16%4%12%3%750
Indiana80%11%< 1%6%3%298
Iowa87%3%2%6%3%164
Kansas79%5%5%8%2%148
Kentucky87%8%< 1%2%3%163
Louisiana58%32%1%5%3%188
Maine96%< 1%< 1%1%2%198
Maryland58%28%3%5%5%418
Massachusetts79%5%3%6%6%513
Michigan81%12%1%2%4%533
Minnesota88%2%2%3%5%299
Mississippi54%44%< 1%1%1%110
Missouri78%12%1%5%4%301
Montana84%< 1%< 1%4%12%166
Nebraska83%5%2%8%2%144
Nevada59%9%4%17%11%196
New Hampshire95%1%1%1%2%192
New Jersey66%11%6%13%4%530
New Mexico52%3%< 1%38%7%173
New York64%13%5%13%5%1,263
North Carolina69%20%2%6%3%520
North Dakota89%< 1%2%1%8%157
Ohio82%12%2%2%2%548
Oklahoma75%7%1%4%13%192
Oregon84%1%3%9%4%260
Pennsylvania81%11%2%3%3%708
Rhode Island84%6%1%6%3%196
South Carolina66%22%1%8%3%218
South Dakota84%< 1%< 1%4%12%148
Tennessee73%18%1%4%4%263
Texas51%11%3%30%4%1,154
Utah80%1%2%11%6%137
Vermont94%1%1%2%2%216
Virginia66%18%5%7%3%495
Washington75%4%6%7%8%434
West Virginia93%5%< 1%< 1%2%118
Wisconsin86%6%3%4%2%309
Wyoming84%1%1%10%5%149
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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