State among adults with a household income of $50,000-$99,999 by views about environmental protection (2014) Switch to: Views about environmental regulation among adults with a household income of $50,000-$99,999 by state

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Views about environmental regulationAlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingSample size
Stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy2%< 1%2%1%10%2%1%< 1%< 1%5%3%< 1%1%4%2%1%1%2%2%1%2%2%3%2%1%2%1%1%1%< 1%2%1%4%3%< 1%5%2%1%4%< 1%2%< 1%3%7%1%< 1%3%2%1%2%< 1%3,156
Stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost1%< 1%2%1%11%1%1%< 1%< 1%6%3%1%1%4%2%1%1%1%1%1%3%2%3%2%1%2%< 1%1%1%1%3%1%8%3%< 1%3%1%1%4%1%1%< 1%1%8%1%< 1%3%3%< 1%3%< 1%5,231
Neither/both equally2%< 1%< 1%2%10%1%< 1%1%< 1%7%1%< 1%1%3%< 1%2%2%1%3%< 1%2%< 1%9%3%1%1%< 1%< 1%1%< 1%1%< 1%7%3%< 1%3%2%< 1%3%< 1%1%< 1%5%5%6%< 1%2%3%< 1%1%< 1%202
Don't know2%1%< 1%< 1%9%4%< 1%< 1%< 1%4%1%< 1%< 1%3%2%1%2%1%2%< 1%3%5%3%4%< 1%1%< 1%2%< 1%1%4%1%12%4%1%4%3%< 1%4%1%1%< 1%1%8%< 1%< 1%2%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%134
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