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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 6,155 | 1,033 | 15.5 | 14.2-16.9 | 5,122 | 84.5 | 83.1-85.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 2,367 | 351 | 13.6 | 11.7-15.7 | 2,016 | 86.4 | 84.3-88.3 |
| Female | 3,788 | 682 | 17.3 | 15.5-19.2 | 3,106 | 82.7 | 80.8-84.5 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 4,669 | 815 | 15.8 | 14.3-17.4 | 3,854 | 84.2 | 82.6-85.7 |
| African American | 1,130 | 172 | 16.0 | 12.9-19.7 | 958 | 84.0 | 80.3-87.1 |
| Other Minorities | 261 | 33 | 9.1 | 5.2-15.7 | 228 | 90.9 | 84.3-94.8 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 173 | 24 | 9.2 | 4.7-17.5 | 149 | 90.8 | 82.5-95.3 |
| No | 5,968 | 1,008 | 15.7 | 14.4-17.2 | 4,960 | 84.3 | 82.8-85.6 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 546 | 33 | 5.4 | 2.9- 9.9 | 513 | 94.6 | 90.1-97.1 |
| 25-34 | 1,151 | 80 | 6.9 | 4.7-10.1 | 1,071 | 93.1 | 89.9-95.3 |
| 35-44 | 1,275 | 151 | 10.7 | 8.3-13.7 | 1,124 | 89.3 | 86.3-91.7 |
| 45-54 | 1,130 | 233 | 18.8 | 15.5-22.6 | 897 | 81.2 | 77.4-84.5 |
| 55-64 | 815 | 199 | 21.2 | 17.7-25.2 | 616 | 78.8 | 74.8-82.3 |
| 65+ | 1,180 | 331 | 30.6 | 26.9-34.6 | 849 | 69.4 | 65.4-73.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 831 | 272 | 28.1 | 23.9-32.8 | 559 | 71.9 | 67.2-76.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,839 | 323 | 15.6 | 13.1-18.4 | 1,516 | 84.4 | 81.6-86.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,580 | 236 | 13.3 | 11.0-15.9 | 1,344 | 86.7 | 84.1-89.0 |
| College Graduate | 1,883 | 198 | 9.9 | 8.1-12.0 | 1,685 | 90.1 | 88.0-91.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 589 | 221 | 34.7 | 29.0-40.9 | 368 | 65.3 | 59.1-71.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,008 | 226 | 21.0 | 17.5-25.0 | 782 | 79.0 | 75.0-82.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 877 | 106 | 9.9 | 7.6-12.8 | 771 | 90.1 | 87.2-92.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 964 | 104 | 9.5 | 7.2-12.5 | 860 | 90.5 | 87.5-92.8 |
| $50,000+ | 1,588 | 161 | 9.8 | 7.7-12.2 | 1,427 | 90.2 | 87.8-92.3 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 419 | 73 | 16.3 | 12.8-20.5 | 346 | 83.7 | 79.5-87.2 |
| Cumberland | 428 | 72 | 14.0 | 10.6-18.2 | 356 | 86.0 | 81.8-89.4 |
| Durham | 395 | 62 | 12.3 | 9.2-16.3 | 333 | 87.7 | 83.7-90.8 |
| Forsyth | 456 | 85 | 16.0 | 12.7-20.0 | 371 | 84.0 | 80.0-87.3 |
| Gaston | 464 | 87 | 16.6 | 13.3-20.5 | 377 | 83.4 | 79.5-86.7 |
| Guilford | 412 | 64 | 12.2 | 9.4-15.7 | 348 | 87.8 | 84.3-90.6 |
| Mecklenburg | 425 | 48 | 11.0 | 8.1-14.6 | 377 | 89.0 | 85.4-91.9 |
| New Hanover | 402 | 72 | 15.8 | 12.2-20.2 | 330 | 84.2 | 79.8-87.8 |
| Onslow | 433 | 66 | 12.8 | 9.7-16.7 | 367 | 87.2 | 83.3-90.3 |
| Wake | 424 | 45 | 9.7 | 7.0-13.2 | 379 | 90.3 | 86.8-93.0 |
| Western NC | 615 | 122 | 17.6 | 14.6-21.0 | 493 | 82.4 | 79.0-85.4 |
| Piedmont NC | 667 | 119 | 15.9 | 12.9-19.4 | 548 | 84.1 | 80.6-87.1 |
| Eastern NC | 615 | 118 | 18.8 | 15.4-22.9 | 497 | 81.2 | 77.1-84.6 |
#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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