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Belief in GodAlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingSample size
Believe in God; absolutely certain2%< 1%2%1%9%2%1%< 1%< 1%6%4%< 1%1%4%3%1%1%2%2%< 1%2%1%3%2%1%2%< 1%1%1%< 1%2%1%5%3%< 1%4%1%1%4%< 1%2%< 1%3%9%1%< 1%3%2%1%2%< 1%10,908
Believe in God; fairly certain1%< 1%2%1%12%2%2%< 1%< 1%7%2%< 1%1%4%3%1%1%1%1%1%2%3%3%2%1%2%< 1%1%1%1%3%1%6%3%< 1%4%1%1%5%< 1%1%< 1%1%7%1%< 1%2%2%1%3%< 1%2,817
Believe in God; not too/not at all certain1%< 1%3%1%16%2%1%< 1%< 1%6%3%1%< 1%4%2%1%< 1%1%< 1%< 1%1%5%2%2%1%2%< 1%< 1%1%1%3%< 1%8%2%< 1%3%< 1%1%5%< 1%< 1%< 1%2%7%1%< 1%3%2%< 1%3%< 1%589
Believe in God; don't know3%< 1%< 1%< 1%19%2%1%< 1%< 1%9%2%1%< 1%< 1%1%4%< 1%< 1%3%< 1%1%3%5%< 1%2%1%< 1%1%< 1%1%2%< 1%11%2%< 1%1%< 1%< 1%1%< 1%3%< 1%2%11%3%< 1%1%< 1%< 1%1%< 1%101
Do not believe in God< 1%< 1%2%1%12%1%1%< 1%< 1%8%2%1%1%4%3%1%1%2%2%1%1%3%4%1%1%2%< 1%< 1%2%< 1%3%1%7%3%< 1%3%1%1%6%< 1%1%< 1%1%7%1%< 1%3%2%< 1%2%< 1%900
Other/don't know if they believe in God3%< 1%1%< 1%13%2%< 1%< 1%< 1%8%2%< 1%< 1%5%3%1%< 1%< 1%1%< 1%2%4%2%3%1%1%< 1%< 1%1%< 1%5%< 1%8%2%< 1%4%< 1%2%4%< 1%1%< 1%1%7%1%< 1%4%1%1%2%< 1%276
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