Interpreting scripture among who do not believe in Heaven by state (2014) Switch to: State among who do not believe in Heaven by interpretation of scripture
% of who do not believe in Heaven who say the holy scripture is…
State | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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Alaska | 5% | 10% | 1% | 80% | 4% | 104 |
Arizona | 5% | 12% | < 1% | 71% | 12% | 161 |
California | 6% | 7% | 1% | 82% | 5% | 1,158 |
Colorado | 6% | 9% | 1% | 80% | 5% | 162 |
Connecticut | 3% | 3% | < 1% | 87% | 6% | 110 |
Florida | 8% | 11% | 1% | 75% | 5% | 499 |
Georgia | 11% | 8% | < 1% | 75% | 5% | 157 |
Illinois | 5% | 9% | 1% | 81% | 5% | 287 |
Indiana | 9% | 6% | < 1% | 80% | 5% | 107 |
Maine | 6% | 5% | < 1% | 82% | 8% | 100 |
Maryland | 6% | 7% | < 1% | 85% | 1% | 177 |
Massachusetts | 2% | 7% | < 1% | 87% | 4% | 263 |
Michigan | 7% | 12% | 1% | 74% | 6% | 180 |
Minnesota | 6% | 5% | 3% | 79% | 7% | 114 |
Missouri | 6% | 17% | 3% | 69% | 5% | 114 |
New Hampshire | 8% | 9% | < 1% | 77% | 6% | 102 |
New Jersey | 2% | 6% | < 1% | 86% | 6% | 209 |
New York | 5% | 6% | 1% | 83% | 6% | 545 |
North Carolina | 10% | 5% | < 1% | 79% | 6% | 179 |
Ohio | 6% | 12% | 1% | 76% | 4% | 194 |
Oregon | 5% | 6% | 1% | 83% | 5% | 145 |
Pennsylvania | 8% | 10% | < 1% | 77% | 6% | 281 |
Texas | 13% | 9% | 1% | 73% | 4% | 430 |
Vermont | 2% | 1% | 1% | 92% | 3% | 129 |
Virginia | 9% | 9% | 1% | 79% | 3% | 197 |
Washington | 5% | 6% | 1% | 82% | 6% | 235 |
Wisconsin | 4% | 9% | < 1% | 85% | 3% | 124 |
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