Marital status among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by marital status

% of adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services who are…

StateMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Alabama63%2%15%7%13%313
Alaska54%6%8%4%28%182
Arizona52%7%13%5%24%408
Arkansas63%5%14%6%13%170
California49%7%13%5%25%1,771
Colorado62%8%10%5%16%278
Connecticut55%5%17%7%17%193
Delaware57%16%11%8%9%146
Florida54%7%13%7%20%1,031
Georgia58%4%12%7%19%526
Hawaii46%7%12%5%29%159
Idaho66%3%13%3%15%209
Illinois55%6%9%6%25%714
Indiana53%4%12%10%21%380
Iowa64%6%8%6%16%201
Kansas57%3%12%6%22%204
Kentucky56%2%12%8%21%244
Louisiana50%6%15%8%21%262
Maine57%11%12%5%15%179
Maryland51%5%7%9%28%297
Massachusetts50%8%14%8%21%324
Michigan58%7%10%6%18%542
Minnesota57%5%9%5%23%331
Mississippi59%5%11%7%19%178
Missouri54%5%10%11%19%400
Montana61%8%9%5%17%215
Nebraska58%4%12%6%20%201
Nevada49%10%13%6%21%194
New Hampshire49%7%14%5%25%179
New Jersey56%5%11%6%23%435
New Mexico52%11%16%4%17%152
New York54%7%8%6%25%877
North Carolina60%4%13%5%17%558
North Dakota57%3%9%7%24%233
Ohio54%6%12%6%22%679
Oklahoma58%5%12%8%17%240
Oregon60%5%12%7%16%227
Pennsylvania57%5%9%9%20%789
Rhode Island40%8%14%9%29%154
South Carolina56%7%14%6%17%270
South Dakota55%4%9%10%22%212
Tennessee61%7%9%4%18%404
Texas58%5%11%6%20%1,323
Utah62%6%9%3%20%222
Vermont58%8%12%7%14%142
Virginia60%6%10%5%19%514
Washington56%8%10%7%18%385
West Virginia59%6%15%8%11%187
Wisconsin62%3%11%6%18%369
Wyoming61%7%11%5%16%230
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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