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…

StateHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Alabama57%27%11%4%242
Arizona42%40%11%7%171
Arkansas61%29%9%2%132
California56%29%10%5%813
Colorado46%35%15%4%106
Florida57%28%11%4%557
Georgia50%31%12%7%376
Illinois54%29%13%4%317
Indiana57%29%10%5%233
Kentucky63%23%8%5%181
Louisiana59%30%8%3%186
Maryland54%26%11%8%153
Michigan52%34%11%4%273
Minnesota47%30%16%7%125
Mississippi51%35%10%3%169
Missouri61%26%11%2%186
New Jersey61%20%9%9%169
New York61%22%11%6%396
North Carolina53%31%11%5%350
Ohio59%28%9%5%335
Oklahoma51%30%13%6%151
Pennsylvania62%27%7%3%367
South Carolina60%29%8%4%230
Tennessee58%25%9%7%295
Texas56%28%11%5%928
Virginia55%31%10%4%261
Washington47%36%14%3%145
West Virginia72%20%4%3%133
Wisconsin50%34%13%4%157
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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