Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who seldom or never read scripture by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who seldom or never read scripture by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who seldom or never read scripture who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong
State | Religion | Philosophy/reason | Common sense | Science | Don't know | Sample size |
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Alabama | 22% | 7% | 67% | 2% | 2% | 109 |
Alaska | 9% | 9% | 61% | 16% | 4% | 166 |
Arizona | 11% | 12% | 56% | 16% | 4% | 299 |
California | 10% | 16% | 55% | 16% | 2% | 1,943 |
Colorado | 14% | 21% | 50% | 12% | 3% | 271 |
Connecticut | 7% | 14% | 64% | 13% | 1% | 232 |
Delaware | 13% | 13% | 64% | 8% | 2% | 150 |
District of Columbia | 10% | 22% | 47% | 18% | 3% | 158 |
Florida | 13% | 13% | 60% | 12% | 1% | 912 |
Georgia | 16% | 13% | 58% | 12% | 2% | 300 |
Hawaii | 10% | 12% | 64% | 12% | 3% | 165 |
Idaho | 8% | 11% | 71% | 10% | < 1% | 130 |
Illinois | 13% | 14% | 57% | 14% | 2% | 638 |
Indiana | 14% | 10% | 58% | 15% | 3% | 284 |
Iowa | 15% | 13% | 61% | 6% | 4% | 161 |
Kansas | 12% | 13% | 60% | 12% | 3% | 133 |
Kentucky | 15% | 15% | 59% | 10% | 1% | 162 |
Louisiana | 20% | 13% | 57% | 9% | 1% | 152 |
Maine | 6% | 14% | 67% | 12% | 2% | 196 |
Maryland | 9% | 11% | 60% | 19% | 1% | 303 |
Massachusetts | 6% | 13% | 60% | 19% | 2% | 476 |
Michigan | 11% | 10% | 65% | 11% | 2% | 457 |
Minnesota | 6% | 15% | 64% | 11% | 4% | 276 |
Missouri | 16% | 18% | 54% | 9% | 3% | 258 |
Montana | 8% | 16% | 63% | 11% | 1% | 156 |
Nebraska | 19% | 8% | 63% | 9% | 1% | 152 |
Nevada | 8% | 16% | 63% | 10% | 3% | 162 |
New Hampshire | 6% | 15% | 66% | 11% | 3% | 193 |
New Jersey | 12% | 12% | 63% | 12% | 2% | 498 |
New Mexico | 18% | 11% | 47% | 20% | 4% | 140 |
New York | 9% | 16% | 59% | 13% | 3% | 1,103 |
North Carolina | 16% | 12% | 55% | 15% | 2% | 347 |
North Dakota | 13% | 8% | 62% | 12% | 4% | 171 |
Ohio | 16% | 10% | 61% | 12% | 1% | 503 |
Oklahoma | 20% | 14% | 54% | 10% | 2% | 126 |
Oregon | 9% | 15% | 62% | 14% | < 1% | 226 |
Pennsylvania | 13% | 10% | 59% | 16% | 2% | 672 |
Rhode Island | 12% | 11% | 61% | 14% | 2% | 189 |
South Carolina | 14% | 18% | 56% | 11% | 1% | 151 |
South Dakota | 19% | 12% | 61% | 8% | 1% | 139 |
Tennessee | 13% | 11% | 67% | 8% | 1% | 162 |
Texas | 17% | 13% | 54% | 16% | 1% | 900 |
Utah | 2% | 13% | 76% | 9% | < 1% | 104 |
Vermont | 6% | 15% | 60% | 17% | 2% | 215 |
Virginia | 15% | 16% | 56% | 11% | 2% | 359 |
Washington | 7% | 16% | 59% | 17% | 2% | 375 |
West Virginia | 22% | 12% | 60% | 3% | 2% | 111 |
Wisconsin | 14% | 14% | 57% | 13% | 2% | 324 |
Wyoming | 17% | 14% | 52% | 11% | 6% | 133 |
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