Religious tradition among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally by religious group
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally 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% | 5% | 58% | < 1% | 22% | < 1% | < 1% | 8% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | 245 |
Arizona | < 1% | 19% | 51% | < 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 9% | 7% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | 172 |
Arkansas | < 1% | 7% | 62% | < 1% | 11% | < 1% | < 1% | 9% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 8% | < 1% | 135 |
California | < 1% | 34% | 40% | 1% | 4% | 2% | < 1% | 8% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | 822 |
Colorado | < 1% | 17% | 52% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | < 1% | 12% | 7% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | 106 |
Florida | < 1% | 16% | 43% | < 1% | 15% | 2% | 1% | 11% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 10% | < 1% | 562 |
Georgia | < 1% | 6% | 52% | < 1% | 28% | 1% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 7% | < 1% | 379 |
Illinois | < 1% | 21% | 35% | 1% | 15% | 1% | < 1% | 17% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 8% | < 1% | 320 |
Indiana | < 1% | 18% | 52% | < 1% | 8% | < 1% | 1% | 10% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 9% | < 1% | 234 |
Kentucky | < 1% | 4% | 72% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | < 1% | 12% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | 183 |
Louisiana | < 1% | 19% | 34% | < 1% | 34% | 1% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 7% | < 1% | 186 |
Maryland | < 1% | 13% | 33% | < 1% | 30% | < 1% | < 1% | 13% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 7% | < 1% | 154 |
Michigan | < 1% | 13% | 45% | < 1% | 16% | 2% | < 1% | 15% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 6% | 1% | 278 |
Minnesota | < 1% | 18% | 50% | < 1% | 5% | 1% | < 1% | 18% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 126 |
Mississippi | < 1% | 3% | 47% | < 1% | 29% | < 1% | < 1% | 9% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 10% | 1% | 169 |
Missouri | < 1% | 10% | 60% | < 1% | 10% | < 1% | < 1% | 10% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | 186 |
New Jersey | < 1% | 29% | 26% | 2% | 12% | 2% | 5% | 8% | 2% | 5% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 6% | 1% | 171 |
New York | 1% | 32% | 22% | 1% | 13% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 1% | 3% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 10% | < 1% | 400 |
North Carolina | < 1% | 5% | 52% | < 1% | 20% | < 1% | < 1% | 12% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 8% | < 1% | 352 |
Ohio | < 1% | 11% | 48% | 1% | 13% | 1% | < 1% | 16% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 10% | < 1% | 336 |
Oklahoma | < 1% | 8% | 60% | < 1% | 9% | 1% | < 1% | 14% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | 152 |
Pennsylvania | < 1% | 18% | 37% | 1% | 8% | 1% | < 1% | 24% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 8% | < 1% | 368 |
South Carolina | < 1% | 6% | 44% | < 1% | 21% | 1% | 1% | 11% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 14% | 1% | 230 |
Tennessee | < 1% | 3% | 67% | < 1% | 14% | < 1% | < 1% | 10% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 297 |
Texas | < 1% | 22% | 47% | < 1% | 10% | 2% | < 1% | 9% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | 935 |
Virginia | < 1% | 8% | 52% | < 1% | 18% | 1% | 1% | 10% | 2% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | 262 |
Washington | 1% | 17% | 60% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 8% | 4% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | 145 |
West Virginia | < 1% | 4% | 56% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | 29% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 8% | < 1% | 134 |
Wisconsin | < 1% | 18% | 44% | < 1% | 9% | 2% | < 1% | 20% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | 158 |
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