State among blacks by views about homosexuality (2014) Switch to: Views about homosexuality among blacks by state

% of blacks who are in…

Views about homosexualityAlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingSample size
Should be accepted3%< 1%1%1%6%< 1%1%< 1%1%7%7%< 1%< 1%5%2%< 1%1%< 1%3%< 1%5%1%3%< 1%2%2%< 1%< 1%1%< 1%3%< 1%8%5%< 1%4%< 1%< 1%4%< 1%3%< 1%2%6%< 1%< 1%5%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1,767
Should be discouraged3%< 1%< 1%1%6%< 1%< 1%1%1%8%9%< 1%< 1%5%1%< 1%< 1%1%3%< 1%4%1%4%1%4%1%< 1%< 1%1%< 1%3%< 1%7%5%< 1%3%1%< 1%2%< 1%4%< 1%4%10%< 1%< 1%3%< 1%< 1%1%< 1%1,332
Neither/both equally3%< 1%2%1%9%1%< 1%1%1%6%5%< 1%< 1%5%1%< 1%< 1%3%8%< 1%5%1%6%< 1%4%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1%< 1%5%10%< 1%1%< 1%< 1%4%< 1%2%< 1%2%8%< 1%< 1%3%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%168
Don't know2%< 1%< 1%1%2%3%< 1%1%1%11%10%< 1%< 1%3%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%4%< 1%4%1%3%2%< 1%2%< 1%< 1%1%< 1%4%< 1%9%10%< 1%7%1%< 1%4%< 1%4%< 1%< 1%6%< 1%< 1%2%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%127
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