State among adults who read scripture once or twice a month by race/ethnicity (2014) Switch to: Racial and ethnic composition among adults who read scripture once or twice a month by state

% of adults who read scripture once or twice a month who are in…

Racial and ethnic compositionAlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingSample size
White3%< 1%2%2%6%1%1%< 1%< 1%6%3%< 1%1%4%2%1%1%1%1%< 1%2%2%4%2%1%3%< 1%1%1%< 1%2%1%4%5%< 1%4%2%2%4%< 1%2%< 1%2%8%< 1%< 1%2%3%1%3%< 1%2,302
Black3%< 1%< 1%1%5%1%1%1%1%9%8%< 1%< 1%6%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%4%< 1%4%2%2%< 1%3%4%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1%< 1%6%7%< 1%6%2%< 1%2%< 1%2%< 1%2%8%< 1%< 1%6%1%< 1%1%< 1%439
Latino< 1%< 1%3%1%30%2%1%< 1%< 1%7%2%< 1%< 1%4%1%< 1%1%< 1%1%< 1%1%1%1%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%2%< 1%4%2%6%2%< 1%1%< 1%2%2%1%1%< 1%< 1%15%< 1%< 1%2%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%449
Other/Mixed1%1%5%1%6%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%13%3%2%< 1%< 1%3%< 1%< 1%2%< 1%< 1%3%1%6%< 1%< 1%1%< 1%< 1%7%1%4%1%4%6%1%1%7%1%1%2%< 1%< 1%2%5%< 1%< 1%4%3%1%1%< 1%138
Note: Whites, blacks, Asians and those in the other/mixed category include only those who are not Latinos. Latinos include people of all races.

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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