Religious tradition among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by religious group
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm who are…
State | Buddhist | Catholic | Evangelical Protestant | Hindu | Historically Black Protestant | Jehovah's Witness | Jewish | Mainline Protestant | Mormon | Muslim | Orthodox Christian | Other Christian | Other Faiths | Other World Religions | Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | Don't know | Sample size |
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Alabama | < 1% | 6% | 32% | < 1% | 31% | 1% | < 1% | 15% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 13% | < 1% | 214 |
Alaska | 3% | 14% | 14% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 11% | 4% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | 39% | 2% | 150 |
Arizona | < 1% | 18% | 23% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 13% | 3% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 31% | < 1% | 287 |
Arkansas | < 1% | 6% | 39% | < 1% | 13% | < 1% | < 1% | 13% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 25% | < 1% | 138 |
California | 2% | 27% | 15% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 9% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 31% | 1% | 2,042 |
Colorado | 2% | 16% | 19% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 3% | 15% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | 3% | < 1% | 36% | 1% | 250 |
Connecticut | 1% | 34% | 13% | 1% | 6% | < 1% | 3% | 12% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 25% | 1% | 210 |
Delaware | < 1% | 19% | 14% | 3% | 14% | < 1% | 6% | 20% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 19% | 3% | 160 |
District of Columbia | < 1% | 21% | 8% | 2% | 22% | < 1% | 7% | 11% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 24% | 1% | 227 |
Florida | 1% | 19% | 20% | < 1% | 10% | 1% | 4% | 13% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 28% | < 1% | 952 |
Georgia | < 1% | 9% | 31% | < 1% | 23% | 2% | < 1% | 11% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 19% | < 1% | 449 |
Hawaii | 9% | 15% | 28% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | 12% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | 3% | < 1% | 25% | < 1% | 171 |
Idaho | < 1% | 12% | 17% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 15% | 13% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | 34% | 3% | 148 |
Illinois | 1% | 25% | 15% | 1% | 9% | 1% | 3% | 15% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 25% | 1% | 687 |
Indiana | 1% | 13% | 24% | < 1% | 7% | 1% | 1% | 16% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 33% | < 1% | 269 |
Iowa | < 1% | 19% | 21% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | 27% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 26% | 2% | 156 |
Kansas | < 1% | 21% | 26% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 17% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 26% | < 1% | 136 |
Kentucky | < 1% | 10% | 43% | < 1% | 8% | < 1% | < 1% | 10% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 26% | < 1% | 183 |
Louisiana | 1% | 28% | 17% | < 1% | 33% | 1% | 1% | 6% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 11% | < 1% | 197 |
Maine | 1% | 19% | 9% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 3% | 16% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 9% | < 1% | 35% | 1% | 160 |
Maryland | 1% | 14% | 17% | 1% | 18% | < 1% | 4% | 11% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 28% | < 1% | 357 |
Massachusetts | 1% | 26% | 7% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 11% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 39% | < 1% | 419 |
Michigan | 2% | 16% | 17% | < 1% | 11% | 2% | 2% | 18% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 26% | < 1% | 494 |
Minnesota | 1% | 19% | 10% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | 1% | 29% | 1% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 26% | 1% | 303 |
Mississippi | < 1% | 4% | 32% | < 1% | 32% | 1% | < 1% | 13% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 17% | < 1% | 132 |
Missouri | 1% | 17% | 28% | < 1% | 9% | < 1% | 1% | 17% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 23% | 1% | 300 |
Montana | 2% | 18% | 19% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 13% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 7% | < 1% | 38% | < 1% | 130 |
Nebraska | 2% | 21% | 16% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | 23% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 31% | 1% | 146 |
Nevada | 1% | 23% | 20% | < 1% | 9% | 1% | 2% | 11% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 28% | < 1% | 155 |
New Hampshire | < 1% | 24% | 9% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 3% | 14% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | 43% | < 1% | 175 |
New Jersey | < 1% | 32% | 14% | 2% | 7% | < 1% | 5% | 12% | 1% | 3% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 19% | 1% | 470 |
New Mexico | 2% | 37% | 19% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 9% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 25% | 1% | 161 |
New York | 1% | 28% | 9% | 1% | 6% | 1% | 7% | 10% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 30% | 1% | 1,083 |
North Carolina | 1% | 9% | 27% | 1% | 17% | < 1% | 1% | 18% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 24% | < 1% | 509 |
North Dakota | < 1% | 24% | 20% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 24% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 27% | < 1% | 137 |
Ohio | 1% | 15% | 25% | < 1% | 9% | 1% | 1% | 16% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 26% | 1% | 543 |
Oklahoma | < 1% | 9% | 38% | < 1% | 6% | 1% | < 1% | 21% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 21% | 2% | 174 |
Oregon | < 1% | 10% | 21% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 11% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 40% | < 1% | 242 |
Pennsylvania | 1% | 24% | 15% | < 1% | 7% | 1% | 2% | 19% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 25% | 1% | 631 |
Rhode Island | 1% | 45% | 11% | < 1% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 14% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 18% | 1% | 173 |
South Carolina | < 1% | 11% | 22% | < 1% | 21% | 1% | 1% | 14% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 25% | 1% | 234 |
South Dakota | 1% | 22% | 15% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 34% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 25% | < 1% | 129 |
Tennessee | 1% | 5% | 46% | < 1% | 12% | < 1% | 1% | 12% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 18% | 1% | 282 |
Texas | 1% | 26% | 24% | < 1% | 9% | 2% | 1% | 13% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 20% | < 1% | 1,137 |
Utah | 2% | 7% | 6% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 7% | 39% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 31% | 1% | 141 |
Vermont | 1% | 19% | 5% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | 16% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | 46% | 3% | 189 |
Virginia | 2% | 11% | 23% | < 1% | 18% | < 1% | 2% | 14% | 1% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 21% | 1% | 412 |
Washington | 2% | 16% | 17% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 13% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 40% | 1% | 400 |
West Virginia | < 1% | 9% | 32% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | < 1% | 32% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 18% | 1% | 145 |
Wisconsin | < 1% | 23% | 14% | < 1% | 7% | 1% | 1% | 15% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | 33% | 1% | 275 |
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