Religious tradition among adults who read scripture at least once a week by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who read scripture at least once a week by religious group
% of adults who read scripture at least once a week who are…
State | Buddhist | Catholic | Evangelical Protestant | Hindu | Historically Black Protestant | Jehovah's Witness | Jewish | Mainline Protestant | Mormon | Muslim | Orthodox Christian | Other Christian | Other Faiths | Other World Religions | Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | Don't know | Sample size |
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Alabama | < 1% | 6% | 54% | < 1% | 19% | < 1% | < 1% | 13% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | 295 |
Arizona | < 1% | 17% | 43% | < 1% | 2% | 4% | 1% | 9% | 12% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 7% | < 1% | 246 |
Arkansas | < 1% | 7% | 59% | 1% | 11% | < 1% | < 1% | 11% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 9% | < 1% | 162 |
California | 2% | 25% | 42% | < 1% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 8% | 4% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 6% | < 1% | 1,084 |
Colorado | < 1% | 10% | 54% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | < 1% | 11% | 7% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 10% | 1% | 152 |
Florida | < 1% | 16% | 41% | < 1% | 14% | 2% | 1% | 12% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 10% | < 1% | 702 |
Georgia | < 1% | 7% | 50% | < 1% | 23% | 3% | < 1% | 10% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | 473 |
Idaho | 1% | 11% | 33% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 11% | 34% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 8% | < 1% | 132 |
Illinois | 1% | 19% | 39% | 1% | 11% | 2% | 1% | 17% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | 409 |
Indiana | 1% | 15% | 54% | < 1% | 7% | 1% | 1% | 14% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | 247 |
Iowa | < 1% | 15% | 49% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | 29% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 104 |
Kansas | < 1% | 10% | 58% | < 1% | 4% | 2% | < 1% | 20% | 2% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 109 |
Kentucky | < 1% | 4% | 67% | < 1% | 8% | 1% | < 1% | 13% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 7% | < 1% | 202 |
Louisiana | < 1% | 20% | 37% | < 1% | 29% | 2% | < 1% | 5% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | 229 |
Maryland | 1% | 16% | 31% | < 1% | 24% | < 1% | 1% | 15% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 7% | < 1% | 220 |
Massachusetts | 1% | 33% | 31% | < 1% | 8% | 3% | 1% | 11% | 3% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | 110 |
Michigan | 1% | 13% | 44% | < 1% | 15% | 2% | < 1% | 15% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | 332 |
Minnesota | < 1% | 21% | 40% | < 1% | 7% | 1% | 1% | 18% | 2% | 5% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 4% | < 1% | 168 |
Mississippi | < 1% | 3% | 51% | < 1% | 25% | < 1% | < 1% | 8% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 8% | 1% | 192 |
Missouri | < 1% | 13% | 56% | < 1% | 7% | 1% | < 1% | 11% | 4% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | 1% | 257 |
Montana | < 1% | 11% | 55% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 12% | 9% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 106 |
New Jersey | < 1% | 21% | 30% | 1% | 11% | 2% | 5% | 11% | 2% | 5% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 231 |
New Mexico | < 1% | 35% | 33% | < 1% | 2% | 3% | < 1% | 12% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 10% | 1% | 115 |
New York | 2% | 27% | 24% | < 1% | 12% | 3% | 4% | 11% | 1% | 4% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 11% | 1% | 511 |
North Carolina | 1% | 4% | 54% | < 1% | 17% | 1% | < 1% | 15% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 458 |
Ohio | < 1% | 12% | 50% | < 1% | 9% | 2% | < 1% | 17% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | 429 |
Oklahoma | < 1% | 10% | 63% | < 1% | 6% | 1% | < 1% | 15% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 193 |
Oregon | < 1% | 6% | 56% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 10% | 10% | 3% | 4% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 4% | < 1% | 121 |
Pennsylvania | < 1% | 14% | 43% | < 1% | 10% | 3% | 1% | 21% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 432 |
South Carolina | < 1% | 6% | 46% | < 1% | 21% | 2% | < 1% | 15% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 7% | 1% | 252 |
Tennessee | < 1% | 2% | 64% | < 1% | 12% | 1% | 1% | 11% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 5% | 1% | 368 |
Texas | < 1% | 19% | 48% | < 1% | 9% | 3% | 1% | 10% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | 1,103 |
Utah | < 1% | 2% | 9% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 86% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 171 |
Virginia | 1% | 7% | 49% | < 1% | 16% | < 1% | 1% | 12% | 4% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | 356 |
Washington | 2% | 14% | 49% | < 1% | 1% | 4% | < 1% | 14% | 8% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 7% | < 1% | 218 |
West Virginia | < 1% | 4% | 60% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 25% | 4% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | 136 |
Wisconsin | 1% | 20% | 41% | < 1% | 10% | 2% | < 1% | 19% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 156 |
Wyoming | < 1% | 12% | 44% | < 1% | < 1% | 7% | < 1% | 10% | 18% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | 115 |
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