Educational distribution among adults who say humans evolved due to natural processes by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say humans evolved due to natural processes by educational group

% of adults who say humans evolved due to natural processes who have completed…

StateHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Alaska24%38%17%21%117
Arizona37%35%15%12%223
California32%30%22%15%1,607
Colorado19%35%25%21%198
Connecticut27%25%24%24%171
Delaware35%27%20%18%111
District of Columbia19%10%40%31%139
Florida36%30%19%15%676
Georgia40%28%17%15%253
Hawaii30%28%28%14%134
Illinois28%33%24%16%486
Indiana38%33%17%12%183
Iowa32%37%22%9%102
Kentucky44%29%13%13%104
Louisiana44%29%20%7%116
Maine40%27%22%10%150
Maryland35%23%22%19%252
Massachusetts29%22%27%21%355
Michigan36%32%19%13%318
Minnesota24%37%25%14%190
Missouri44%24%20%12%189
Montana41%28%18%13%119
Nevada36%36%17%11%124
New Hampshire29%28%25%17%146
New Jersey33%24%20%23%341
New Mexico33%24%25%18%110
New York28%29%25%19%779
North Carolina33%26%21%20%283
Ohio38%30%18%13%301
Oregon25%33%29%14%181
Pennsylvania40%25%20%15%448
Rhode Island27%32%28%13%121
South Carolina42%23%25%10%118
Tennessee37%27%21%15%121
Texas39%29%21%12%675
Vermont24%31%27%18%180
Virginia27%26%24%23%285
Washington27%34%23%16%303
Wisconsin31%33%21%14%206
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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