Gender composition among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by gender

% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who are…

StateMenWomenSample size
Alaska54%46%141
Arizona64%36%223
California56%44%1,621
Colorado53%47%221
Connecticut58%42%180
Delaware54%46%115
District of Columbia53%47%142
Florida58%42%731
Georgia58%42%232
Hawaii55%45%141
Idaho57%43%104
Illinois56%44%472
Indiana57%43%171
Kentucky54%46%112
Louisiana60%40%104
Maine56%44%142
Maryland49%51%255
Massachusetts50%50%391
Michigan62%38%321
Minnesota56%44%211
Missouri55%45%196
Montana54%46%118
Nevada66%34%137
New Hampshire50%50%146
New Jersey54%46%341
New Mexico51%49%121
New York52%48%847
North Carolina58%42%289
North Dakota65%35%100
Ohio54%46%314
Oklahoma57%43%100
Oregon56%44%180
Pennsylvania54%46%471
Rhode Island45%55%133
Tennessee49%51%129
Texas59%41%663
Vermont51%49%176
Virginia59%41%298
Washington52%48%314
Wisconsin58%42%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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