Interpreting scripture among adults with a household income of $100,000 or more by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults with a household income of $100,000 or more by interpretation of scripture
% of adults with a household income of $100,000 or more 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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Arizona | 16% | 34% | 1% | 36% | 14% | 113 |
California | 13% | 23% | 1% | 56% | 7% | 916 |
Colorado | 11% | 32% | 2% | 50% | 5% | 138 |
Connecticut | 5% | 27% | 3% | 57% | 8% | 111 |
Florida | 18% | 28% | 2% | 46% | 6% | 357 |
Georgia | 25% | 29% | 2% | 39% | 6% | 192 |
Illinois | 12% | 28% | 3% | 53% | 5% | 259 |
Indiana | 24% | 29% | < 1% | 36% | 10% | 101 |
Maryland | 14% | 26% | 3% | 52% | 4% | 210 |
Massachusetts | 4% | 24% | 2% | 67% | 3% | 194 |
Michigan | 11% | 29% | 4% | 54% | 3% | 134 |
Minnesota | 12% | 27% | 2% | 53% | 6% | 137 |
New Jersey | 6% | 33% | 2% | 55% | 5% | 260 |
New York | 10% | 22% | 2% | 58% | 8% | 389 |
North Carolina | 27% | 30% | 1% | 35% | 6% | 188 |
Ohio | 22% | 29% | 3% | 39% | 7% | 175 |
Pennsylvania | 14% | 29% | 1% | 49% | 7% | 267 |
Tennessee | 40% | 31% | 3% | 22% | 2% | 113 |
Texas | 25% | 32% | 1% | 33% | 8% | 506 |
Virginia | 17% | 31% | 1% | 42% | 8% | 260 |
Washington | 11% | 28% | 2% | 53% | 5% | 141 |
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