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| Total Respond.# |
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,186 | 1,405 | 21.6 | 20.1-23.2 | 2,028 | 33.7 | 31.9-35.6 | 1,706 | 28.3 | 26.5-30.2 | 658 | 10.6 | 9.5-11.8 | 389 | 5.7 | 5.0- 6.6 |
| Buncombe County | 421 | 83 | 19.4 | 15.6-24.0 | 157 | 37.4 | 32.3-42.8 | 105 | 26.0 | 21.3-31.4 | 44 | 11.0 | 8.0-14.8 | 32 | 6.1 | 4.2- 8.9 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 165 | 38 | 22.1 | 16.1-29.7 | 64 | 36.9 | 29.3-45.2 | 37 | 26.9 | 19.6-35.7 | 19 | 10.9 | 6.8-16.9 | 7 | 3.2 | 1.4- 6.9 |
| Female | 256 | 45 | 16.7 | 12.4-22.2 | 93 | 37.9 | 31.4-45.0 | 68 | 25.2 | 19.5-31.7 | 25 | 11.1 | 7.3-16.4 | 25 | 9.1 | 6.0-13.6 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 376 | 79 | 21.3 | 17.0-26.3 | 138 | 36.3 | 31.1-41.9 | 93 | 25.6 | 20.6-31.3 | 38 | 10.8 | 7.7-15.0 | 28 | 6.0 | 4.0- 8.8 |
| Other | 41 | 4 | 8.8 | 2.9-23.5 | 18 | 46.4 | 29.9-63.7 | 11 | 27.4 | 14.7-45.3 | 5 | 10.8 | 4.3-24.4 | 3 | 6.6 | 2.0-19.3 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 180 | 42 | 21.6 | 15.7-28.9 | 80 | 43.5 | 35.3-52.0 | 45 | 29.1 | 21.5-38.1 | 9 | 4.4 | 2.1- 8.9 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.3 |
| 45+ | 239 | 41 | 17.6 | 12.8-23.6 | 77 | 32.1 | 26.0-38.9 | 59 | 23.0 | 17.6-29.4 | 34 | 16.8 | 12.0-23.1 | 28 | 10.5 | 7.1-15.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 174 | 22 | 12.5 | 7.8-19.5 | 44 | 25.6 | 18.9-33.7 | 52 | 32.9 | 24.7-42.2 | 33 | 19.5 | 13.6-27.0 | 23 | 9.6 | 6.1-14.7 |
| Some College + | 245 | 61 | 24.9 | 19.4-31.2 | 113 | 46.8 | 39.9-53.7 | 52 | 20.7 | 15.6-26.9 | 10 | 4.1 | 2.1- 7.8 | 9 | 3.6 | 1.8- 7.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 250 | 43 | 15.7 | 11.4-21.2 | 95 | 37.2 | 30.7-44.2 | 65 | 29.5 | 22.9-37.1 | 27 | 11.7 | 7.9-17.0 | 20 | 5.9 | 3.6- 9.4 |
| $50,000+ | 94 | 28 | 31.9 | 22.4-43.2 | 44 | 46.7 | 35.9-57.8 | 18 | 17.9 | 11.0-27.8 | 3 | 2.6 | 0.8- 8.3 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.2 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
| Cumberland | 427 | 93 | 30.2 | 21.5-40.5 | 123 | 27.2 | 22.0-33.2 | 140 | 28.9 | 23.4-35.0 | 43 | 8.2 | 5.4-12.1 | 28 | 5.5 | 3.5- 8.5 |
| Durham | 400 | 109 | 30.5 | 24.0-37.8 | 129 | 32.3 | 26.8-38.4 | 112 | 26.8 | 21.8-32.4 | 29 | 6.1 | 4.0- 9.1 | 21 | 4.4 | 2.6- 7.4 |
| Forsyth | 454 | 94 | 21.5 | 17.4-26.2 | 143 | 33.2 | 28.1-38.8 | 134 | 28.5 | 24.1-33.5 | 56 | 11.7 | 8.6-15.7 | 27 | 5.1 | 3.3- 7.8 |
| Gaston | 464 | 82 | 18.8 | 14.9-23.4 | 144 | 32.0 | 27.3-37.0 | 151 | 32.5 | 27.9-37.4 | 52 | 10.2 | 7.5-13.6 | 35 | 6.6 | 4.6- 9.3 |
| Guilford | 417 | 92 | 23.7 | 19.2-28.9 | 148 | 37.8 | 32.5-43.5 | 100 | 22.1 | 17.9-26.8 | 56 | 12.0 | 9.1-15.6 | 21 | 4.4 | 2.8- 6.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 431 | 128 | 28.7 | 24.0-34.0 | 148 | 36.0 | 30.8-41.6 | 105 | 24.4 | 20.2-29.3 | 37 | 8.0 | 5.4-11.7 | 13 | 2.8 | 1.5- 5.0 |
| New Hanover | 405 | 107 | 22.2 | 17.9-27.0 | 149 | 42.0 | 35.2-49.2 | 98 | 24.2 | 19.5-29.6 | 30 | 7.4 | 4.9-11.0 | 21 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.7 |
| Onslow | 434 | 118 | 25.7 | 21.0-30.9 | 137 | 33.1 | 26.6-40.2 | 118 | 29.5 | 22.9-37.2 | 42 | 8.2 | 5.8-11.5 | 19 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.8 |
| Wake | 428 | 130 | 31.6 | 26.6-37.1 | 154 | 36.2 | 31.1-41.7 | 105 | 24.2 | 19.9-29.1 | 30 | 6.6 | 4.3- 9.8 | 9 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.9 |
| Western NC | 617 | 117 | 19.6 | 16.2-23.4 | 190 | 32.1 | 28.0-36.4 | 167 | 27.1 | 23.2-31.3 | 76 | 11.8 | 9.3-14.9 | 67 | 9.5 | 7.3-12.3 |
| Piedmont NC | 669 | 135 | 18.6 | 15.4-22.3 | 222 | 34.6 | 30.3-39.3 | 197 | 31.3 | 26.7-36.3 | 78 | 10.6 | 8.2-13.6 | 37 | 4.9 | 3.4- 7.1 |
| Eastern NC | 619 | 117 | 17.5 | 14.3-21.3 | 184 | 31.2 | 26.8-35.9 | 174 | 29.8 | 25.5-34.4 | 85 | 13.4 | 10.5-17.0 | 59 | 8.1 | 6.0-10.9 |
#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange,
Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
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