Age distribution among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by age group

% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who are ages…

State18-2930-4950-6465+Sample size
Alaska30%32%28%10%137
Arizona31%33%18%18%222
California29%35%22%13%1,588
Colorado31%35%22%12%219
Connecticut24%34%24%18%174
Delaware24%34%22%20%113
District of Columbia32%46%18%4%137
Florida23%32%25%19%719
Georgia31%39%21%10%228
Hawaii22%28%29%22%139
Idaho31%34%22%13%102
Illinois30%35%23%12%467
Indiana34%40%14%12%169
Kentucky40%31%22%7%112
Louisiana33%36%23%8%104
Maine24%27%30%18%142
Maryland31%36%25%8%254
Massachusetts29%38%20%14%381
Michigan27%34%25%14%313
Minnesota34%34%23%9%210
Missouri22%41%24%14%194
Montana21%39%28%13%117
Nevada26%34%27%13%136
New Hampshire23%39%25%13%146
New Jersey23%38%25%13%335
New Mexico26%30%28%15%119
New York28%36%23%13%827
North Carolina29%35%22%13%288
Ohio31%32%24%13%310
Oregon19%39%26%16%178
Pennsylvania31%31%24%15%466
Rhode Island20%42%26%13%133
Tennessee28%44%20%9%128
Texas33%37%20%10%652
Vermont21%31%34%13%175
Virginia33%33%22%12%292
Washington24%35%29%11%313
Wisconsin30%35%24%12%203
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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