Racial and ethnic composition among adults who believe in God with absolute certainty by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who believe in God with absolute certainty by race/ethnicity

% of adults who believe in God with absolute certainty who identify as…

StateWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Alabama68%26%< 1%3%3%415
Alaska63%6%4%8%18%163
Arizona63%5%2%25%5%398
Arkansas78%14%1%4%3%233
California40%9%10%37%4%1,927
Colorado73%6%1%16%4%269
Connecticut68%10%2%16%5%188
Delaware63%25%2%8%1%180
District of Columbia24%67%1%6%2%153
Florida56%18%1%21%4%1,270
Georgia55%34%< 1%7%4%702
Hawaii28%5%37%8%21%179
Idaho87%2%1%10%1%206
Illinois65%18%2%12%3%799
Indiana84%7%< 1%5%4%418
Iowa93%4%1%1%1%219
Kansas83%6%1%9%2%203
Kentucky88%9%< 1%1%2%326
Louisiana57%37%< 1%3%3%338
Maine93%3%< 1%2%2%153
Maryland47%37%1%9%6%382
Massachusetts71%11%2%12%4%271
Michigan74%17%1%4%4%614
Minnesota83%7%2%4%4%330
Mississippi60%37%< 1%1%2%251
Missouri82%12%< 1%3%3%439
Montana89%< 1%1%3%7%190
Nebraska87%5%1%5%2%212
Nevada50%10%4%23%12%176
New Hampshire88%2%< 1%6%4%129
New Jersey56%17%4%19%4%487
New Mexico44%2%2%44%8%186
New York54%20%6%15%5%1,042
North Carolina65%25%1%6%4%725
North Dakota86%1%1%3%10%226
Ohio81%13%1%2%2%755
Oklahoma70%9%< 1%7%15%286
Oregon79%1%1%11%8%211
Pennsylvania80%12%1%4%2%854
Rhode Island80%3%< 1%9%8%178
South Carolina67%27%< 1%3%3%373
South Dakota91%< 1%1%2%6%212
Tennessee78%17%1%3%2%516
Texas49%15%2%31%4%1,746
Utah85%1%< 1%9%4%197
Vermont94%1%< 1%2%3%120
Virginia64%22%3%6%4%543
Washington75%3%5%9%7%376
West Virginia93%4%< 1%< 1%3%230
Wisconsin85%7%< 1%5%3%344
Wyoming85%1%< 1%9%5%219
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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