Income distribution among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by household income

% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally who have a household income of…

Religious traditionLess than $30,000$30,000-$49,999$50,000-$99,999$100,000 or moreSample size
Catholic27%21%31%21%2,400
Evangelical Protestant30%22%31%18%2,232
Historically Black Protestant41%22%26%11%423
Jewish18%15%23%44%159
Mainline Protestant24%21%29%26%1,867
Mormon23%20%36%21%329
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")45%19%23%12%635
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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