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% of third generation immigrants or higher 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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Alabama | 53% | 26% | 4% | 13% | 4% | 460 |
Alaska | 23% | 22% | 2% | 46% | 7% | 251 |
Arizona | 27% | 33% | 1% | 29% | 10% | 503 |
Arkansas | 43% | 30% | 2% | 20% | 5% | 282 |
California | 22% | 24% | 2% | 44% | 8% | 2,235 |
Colorado | 22% | 26% | 1% | 42% | 9% | 403 |
Connecticut | 18% | 28% | 2% | 45% | 7% | 252 |
Delaware | 23% | 32% | 2% | 35% | 7% | 251 |
District of Columbia | 31% | 23% | 2% | 41% | 4% | 212 |
Florida | 31% | 26% | 3% | 34% | 6% | 1,363 |
Georgia | 43% | 28% | 2% | 21% | 6% | 823 |
Hawaii | 26% | 24% | 3% | 38% | 9% | 226 |
Idaho | 25% | 30% | 2% | 37% | 6% | 282 |
Illinois | 25% | 32% | 2% | 33% | 8% | 1,044 |
Indiana | 35% | 28% | 3% | 28% | 6% | 584 |
Iowa | 25% | 36% | 2% | 29% | 7% | 304 |
Kansas | 30% | 36% | 4% | 24% | 6% | 273 |
Kentucky | 42% | 24% | 3% | 26% | 5% | 414 |
Louisiana | 45% | 28% | 3% | 19% | 5% | 417 |
Maine | 19% | 22% | 3% | 47% | 10% | 251 |
Maryland | 26% | 29% | 2% | 35% | 8% | 490 |
Massachusetts | 9% | 23% | 1% | 59% | 8% | 474 |
Michigan | 30% | 30% | 3% | 30% | 7% | 826 |
Minnesota | 21% | 28% | 3% | 39% | 9% | 504 |
Mississippi | 55% | 23% | 5% | 12% | 4% | 299 |
Missouri | 31% | 30% | 3% | 28% | 9% | 571 |
Montana | 19% | 33% | 4% | 36% | 8% | 284 |
Nebraska | 30% | 36% | 3% | 24% | 6% | 264 |
Nevada | 18% | 27% | 1% | 47% | 7% | 226 |
New Hampshire | 13% | 22% | 2% | 53% | 11% | 249 |
New Jersey | 18% | 29% | 2% | 43% | 8% | 563 |
New Mexico | 32% | 22% | 5% | 33% | 8% | 246 |
New York | 19% | 26% | 1% | 46% | 8% | 1,209 |
North Carolina | 38% | 27% | 3% | 25% | 8% | 886 |
North Dakota | 25% | 35% | 2% | 33% | 5% | 301 |
Ohio | 32% | 31% | 3% | 27% | 7% | 971 |
Oklahoma | 35% | 30% | 3% | 26% | 7% | 357 |
Oregon | 21% | 27% | 4% | 39% | 9% | 345 |
Pennsylvania | 29% | 29% | 2% | 33% | 6% | 1,160 |
Rhode Island | 19% | 31% | 1% | 44% | 5% | 229 |
South Carolina | 48% | 24% | 2% | 19% | 7% | 446 |
South Dakota | 28% | 37% | 2% | 22% | 11% | 274 |
Tennessee | 47% | 23% | 5% | 18% | 6% | 584 |
Texas | 38% | 26% | 2% | 27% | 6% | 1,791 |
Utah | 20% | 39% | 4% | 32% | 5% | 271 |
Vermont | 16% | 21% | 2% | 56% | 4% | 246 |
Virginia | 39% | 23% | 3% | 30% | 5% | 709 |
Washington | 20% | 27% | 3% | 43% | 8% | 547 |
West Virginia | 48% | 23% | 4% | 18% | 7% | 289 |
Wisconsin | 28% | 29% | 3% | 35% | 5% | 516 |
Wyoming | 33% | 28% | 4% | 27% | 8% | 287 |
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