State among Evangelical Protestants by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among Evangelical Protestants by state
% of Evangelical Protestants who are in…
Interpreting scripture | 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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Word of God; should be taken literally | 3% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | 9% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | 5% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | < 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 5% | 10% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 4,757 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 3% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | 10% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | 5% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | < 1% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 4% | 9% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 2,469 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 3% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 8% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 7% | 4% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 2% | 7% | < 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 8% | 8% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 381 |
Not the word of God | 3% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 8% | 3% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 4% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 3% | 3% | < 1% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 4% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 4% | 10% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 636 |
Other/don't know | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | 14% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 5% | 6% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 6% | < 1% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 6% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 350 |
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