Educational distribution 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 educational group
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally who have completed…
State | High school or less | Some college | College | Post-graduate degree | Sample size |
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Alabama | 57% | 27% | 11% | 4% | 242 |
Arizona | 42% | 40% | 11% | 7% | 171 |
Arkansas | 61% | 29% | 9% | 2% | 132 |
California | 56% | 29% | 10% | 5% | 813 |
Colorado | 46% | 35% | 15% | 4% | 106 |
Florida | 57% | 28% | 11% | 4% | 557 |
Georgia | 50% | 31% | 12% | 7% | 376 |
Illinois | 54% | 29% | 13% | 4% | 317 |
Indiana | 57% | 29% | 10% | 5% | 233 |
Kentucky | 63% | 23% | 8% | 5% | 181 |
Louisiana | 59% | 30% | 8% | 3% | 186 |
Maryland | 54% | 26% | 11% | 8% | 153 |
Michigan | 52% | 34% | 11% | 4% | 273 |
Minnesota | 47% | 30% | 16% | 7% | 125 |
Mississippi | 51% | 35% | 10% | 3% | 169 |
Missouri | 61% | 26% | 11% | 2% | 186 |
New Jersey | 61% | 20% | 9% | 9% | 169 |
New York | 61% | 22% | 11% | 6% | 396 |
North Carolina | 53% | 31% | 11% | 5% | 350 |
Ohio | 59% | 28% | 9% | 5% | 335 |
Oklahoma | 51% | 30% | 13% | 6% | 151 |
Pennsylvania | 62% | 27% | 7% | 3% | 367 |
South Carolina | 60% | 29% | 8% | 4% | 230 |
Tennessee | 58% | 25% | 9% | 7% | 295 |
Texas | 56% | 28% | 11% | 5% | 928 |
Virginia | 55% | 31% | 10% | 4% | 261 |
Washington | 47% | 36% | 14% | 3% | 145 |
West Virginia | 72% | 20% | 4% | 3% | 133 |
Wisconsin | 50% | 34% | 13% | 4% | 157 |
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