Income 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 household income

% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who have a household income of…

StateLess than $30,000$30,000-$49,999$50,000-$99,999$100,000 or moreSample size
Alaska24%24%26%26%127
Arizona41%17%25%18%201
California26%18%25%30%1,445
Colorado21%18%30%31%199
Connecticut21%18%25%36%160
Delaware20%18%36%26%103
District of Columbia14%14%28%44%125
Florida28%21%30%22%637
Georgia26%16%28%30%217
Hawaii24%18%36%23%133
Illinois25%18%28%29%416
Indiana32%20%32%16%164
Kentucky41%22%20%16%104
Maine35%15%34%15%131
Maryland16%16%31%37%232
Massachusetts21%15%31%34%340
Michigan30%20%27%22%291
Minnesota24%18%26%32%195
Missouri29%24%21%26%181
Montana28%22%36%14%111
Nevada21%25%33%21%124
New Hampshire24%19%29%28%130
New Jersey12%16%30%42%301
New Mexico27%18%37%18%107
New York25%19%30%26%749
North Carolina29%19%33%19%264
Ohio39%18%26%17%288
Oregon26%24%31%18%169
Pennsylvania27%17%30%27%409
Rhode Island25%13%41%22%115
Tennessee35%22%25%18%120
Texas32%18%28%22%608
Vermont25%22%38%15%164
Virginia19%16%34%31%268
Washington23%23%27%27%287
Wisconsin31%19%31%19%192
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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