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% of adults who say humans evolved due to natural processes 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 | 7% | 9% | < 1% | 77% | 7% | 117 |
Arizona | 8% | 18% | < 1% | 65% | 9% | 225 |
California | 10% | 14% | 1% | 68% | 7% | 1,615 |
Colorado | 7% | 12% | < 1% | 74% | 7% | 199 |
Connecticut | 9% | 16% | < 1% | 68% | 7% | 174 |
Delaware | 5% | 14% | 4% | 72% | 5% | 111 |
District of Columbia | 12% | 16% | < 1% | 69% | 3% | 140 |
Florida | 13% | 15% | 1% | 66% | 5% | 678 |
Georgia | 20% | 17% | < 1% | 58% | 5% | 256 |
Hawaii | 8% | 22% | < 1% | 64% | 7% | 135 |
Illinois | 11% | 22% | < 1% | 62% | 5% | 488 |
Indiana | 11% | 16% | < 1% | 66% | 7% | 183 |
Iowa | 10% | 21% | 1% | 63% | 5% | 103 |
Kentucky | 18% | 11% | 3% | 64% | 4% | 107 |
Louisiana | 22% | 22% | < 1% | 51% | 5% | 116 |
Maine | 2% | 14% | < 1% | 73% | 11% | 150 |
Maryland | 10% | 18% | 1% | 65% | 6% | 254 |
Massachusetts | 6% | 11% | < 1% | 79% | 4% | 356 |
Michigan | 9% | 22% | 1% | 63% | 5% | 319 |
Minnesota | 7% | 12% | < 1% | 72% | 10% | 190 |
Missouri | 9% | 16% | 1% | 64% | 10% | 189 |
Montana | 7% | 27% | < 1% | 60% | 6% | 120 |
Nevada | 6% | 18% | 1% | 73% | 2% | 124 |
New Hampshire | 3% | 12% | 1% | 76% | 8% | 147 |
New Jersey | 10% | 20% | 1% | 62% | 7% | 342 |
New Mexico | 6% | 10% | < 1% | 80% | 3% | 111 |
New York | 8% | 13% | 1% | 74% | 5% | 783 |
North Carolina | 14% | 20% | < 1% | 61% | 4% | 283 |
Ohio | 12% | 23% | 1% | 57% | 7% | 302 |
Oregon | 8% | 15% | < 1% | 71% | 7% | 181 |
Pennsylvania | 12% | 14% | < 1% | 67% | 6% | 449 |
Rhode Island | 10% | 16% | < 1% | 73% | 1% | 122 |
South Carolina | 20% | 17% | 1% | 54% | 8% | 118 |
Tennessee | 17% | 18% | 3% | 52% | 9% | 122 |
Texas | 16% | 20% | 1% | 57% | 5% | 679 |
Vermont | 2% | 9% | 1% | 83% | 6% | 181 |
Virginia | 8% | 13% | 1% | 72% | 5% | 285 |
Washington | 5% | 11% | < 1% | 78% | 5% | 303 |
Wisconsin | 7% | 17% | < 1% | 69% | 7% | 206 |
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