Immigrant status among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by immigrant status

% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who are…

StateImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Alaska10%6%84%139
Arizona15%17%69%222
California26%20%54%1,603
Colorado10%12%78%221
Connecticut14%15%71%177
Delaware14%10%77%115
District of Columbia18%6%76%140
Florida18%16%66%721
Georgia12%13%76%232
Hawaii20%18%62%137
Idaho5%3%92%103
Illinois13%15%72%468
Indiana5%4%91%170
Kentucky4%3%93%111
Louisiana7%9%84%101
Maine2%12%86%142
Maryland15%12%73%251
Massachusetts12%14%73%388
Michigan8%9%83%319
Minnesota6%7%87%211
Missouri3%5%92%191
Montana1%4%95%117
Nevada12%13%75%137
New Hampshire4%9%87%145
New Jersey16%15%68%332
New Mexico17%9%74%119
New York19%19%62%841
North Carolina12%7%81%286
Ohio6%9%84%312
Oregon7%10%83%179
Pennsylvania8%8%84%466
Rhode Island8%24%68%131
Tennessee8%7%85%129
Texas18%13%69%654
Vermont2%15%83%174
Virginia11%9%80%295
Washington11%10%79%311
Wisconsin6%7%87%205
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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