State among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by belief in God (2014) Switch to: Belief in God among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by state
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally who are in…
| Belief in God | Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | District of Columbia | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming | Sample size |
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| Believe in God; absolutely certain | 2% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 10% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | 4% | < 1% | 1% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | 6% | 3% | < 1% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 5% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | 8% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 7,431 |
| Believe in God; fairly certain | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 12% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 5% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | 5% | 3% | < 1% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 4% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 7% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 1,847 |
| Believe in God; not too/not at all certain | 1% | < 1% | 5% | 2% | 15% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 9% | 1% | < 1% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 7% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 155 |
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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