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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 2,970 | 923 | 30.3 | 27.8-32.8 | 383 | 13.9 | 12.0-16.0 | 641 | 22.0 | 19.8-24.4 | 689 | 22.1 | 19.9-24.5 | 334 | 11.7 | 10.0-13.7 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 1,149 | 385 | 31.8 | 28.1-35.9 | 157 | 14.5 | 11.7-17.9 | 222 | 20.4 | 17.1-24.1 | 271 | 23.0 | 19.6-26.8 | 114 | 10.3 | 8.0-13.2 |
Female | 1,821 | 538 | 28.8 | 25.7-32.1 | 226 | 13.3 | 10.9-16.0 | 419 | 23.6 | 20.7-26.6 | 418 | 21.3 | 18.6-24.3 | 220 | 13.0 | 10.7-15.8 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 2,238 | 691 | 29.3 | 26.6-32.2 | 287 | 13.4 | 11.3-15.8 | 497 | 22.7 | 20.1-25.4 | 533 | 23.0 | 20.4-25.8 | 230 | 11.6 | 9.6-13.9 |
African American | 546 | 171 | 32.6 | 27.0-38.8 | 69 | 16.2 | 11.5-22.2 | 108 | 20.6 | 15.6-26.7 | 119 | 18.3 | 14.1-23.4 | 79 | 12.3 | 8.9-16.9 |
Other Minorities | 143 | 46 | 33.1 | 21.8-46.8 | 20 | 12.7 | 7.3-21.0 | 28 | 17.4 | 9.9-28.8 | 29 | 24.1 | 15.0-36.4 | 20 | 12.6 | 6.7-22.4 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 86 | 34 | 37.1 | 24.1-52.3 | 8 | 7.3 | 2.4-20.5 | 22 | 25.1 | 14.1-40.6 | 12 | 19.1 | 9.8-33.9 | 10 | 11.4 | 4.7-25.2 |
No | 2,878 | 887 | 30.0 | 27.5-32.6 | 374 | 14.1 | 12.2-16.3 | 617 | 21.9 | 19.6-24.3 | 676 | 22.3 | 20.0-24.7 | 324 | 11.8 | 10.0-13.7 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 275 | 42 | 16.9 | 10.8-25.4 | 34 | 11.0 | 5.9-19.6 | 61 | 25.7 | 18.2-34.9 | 99 | 33.8 | 25.6-43.1 | 39 | 12.5 | 7.5-20.2 |
25-34 | 558 | 103 | 18.8 | 14.5-24.0 | 63 | 10.0 | 6.6-15.0 | 146 | 25.4 | 20.3-31.4 | 168 | 28.7 | 23.2-34.9 | 78 | 17.1 | 12.7-22.7 |
35-44 | 626 | 131 | 23.2 | 18.5-28.7 | 101 | 17.7 | 13.8-22.5 | 155 | 24.4 | 19.9-29.5 | 158 | 21.9 | 17.6-26.8 | 81 | 12.8 | 9.4-17.1 |
45-54 | 561 | 145 | 25.7 | 20.7-31.3 | 95 | 20.2 | 15.5-26.0 | 125 | 22.1 | 17.3-27.8 | 126 | 18.5 | 14.4-23.4 | 70 | 13.5 | 9.5-18.8 |
55-64 | 370 | 162 | 41.5 | 34.5-48.7 | 40 | 14.4 | 9.6-21.0 | 78 | 19.6 | 14.7-25.6 | 62 | 17.5 | 12.6-23.8 | 28 | 7.1 | 4.1-11.9 |
65+ | 555 | 329 | 57.8 | 51.8-63.7 | 47 | 8.5 | 5.7-12.5 | 72 | 15.0 | 11.1-19.8 | 72 | 13.2 | 9.5-18.0 | 35 | 5.5 | 3.5- 8.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 367 | 170 | 43.8 | 36.5-51.5 | 22 | 7.6 | 4.3-13.2 | 45 | 13.9 | 9.0-21.0 | 79 | 20.2 | 14.8-26.9 | 51 | 14.5 | 9.9-20.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 859 | 293 | 34.4 | 29.7-39.4 | 112 | 14.0 | 10.6-18.4 | 183 | 21.9 | 18.0-26.4 | 166 | 16.4 | 13.0-20.4 | 105 | 13.3 | 9.9-17.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 780 | 214 | 24.1 | 20.2-28.4 | 106 | 13.1 | 10.1-16.8 | 165 | 21.6 | 17.6-26.3 | 203 | 28.6 | 23.9-33.9 | 92 | 12.5 | 9.5-16.4 |
College Graduate | 956 | 242 | 23.8 | 20.2-28.0 | 143 | 17.8 | 14.1-22.2 | 248 | 26.9 | 22.9-31.3 | 239 | 23.9 | 20.1-28.2 | 84 | 7.5 | 5.7- 9.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 257 | 88 | 31.1 | 23.2-40.4 | 27 | 10.4 | 6.0-17.4 | 40 | 25.2 | 16.9-35.8 | 65 | 22.7 | 15.7-31.6 | 37 | 10.6 | 6.5-16.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 477 | 142 | 30.1 | 24.2-36.7 | 54 | 15.9 | 10.5-23.3 | 109 | 20.3 | 15.0-26.8 | 108 | 20.6 | 15.8-26.5 | 64 | 13.1 | 9.2-18.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 454 | 146 | 32.9 | 27.0-39.4 | 55 | 12.2 | 8.5-17.3 | 93 | 20.1 | 15.1-26.3 | 97 | 20.3 | 15.6-26.0 | 63 | 14.4 | 10.3-19.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 477 | 135 | 25.6 | 20.7-31.2 | 64 | 14.2 | 10.3-19.3 | 114 | 23.5 | 18.4-29.4 | 120 | 24.3 | 19.0-30.5 | 44 | 12.4 | 8.2-18.4 |
$50,000+ | 786 | 189 | 22.8 | 18.8-27.3 | 124 | 17.7 | 13.9-22.3 | 205 | 26.7 | 22.4-31.5 | 204 | 25.9 | 21.2-31.2 | 64 | 6.9 | 4.9- 9.7 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
Buncombe | 207 | 68 | 30.1 | 23.7-37.4 | 20 | 8.5 | 5.3-13.5 | 45 | 20.7 | 15.2-27.6 | 55 | 31.1 | 23.7-39.6 | 19 | 9.6 | 5.9-15.4 |
Cumberland | 202 | 65 | 30.0 | 23.5-37.3 | 23 | 11.6 | 6.8-18.9 | 37 | 20.1 | 13.5-28.9 | 42 | 19.7 | 14.4-26.4 | 35 | 18.6 | 13.0-25.9 |
Durham | 204 | 59 | 29.4 | 22.0-38.1 | 23 | 9.9 | 6.3-15.3 | 55 | 24.0 | 17.5-32.0 | 56 | 31.4 | 22.5-42.0 | 11 | 5.2 | 2.7- 9.7 |
Forsyth | 219 | 67 | 29.3 | 22.7-36.9 | 25 | 12.4 | 8.2-18.3 | 54 | 24.6 | 18.7-31.5 | 50 | 23.3 | 17.7-30.0 | 23 | 10.4 | 6.5-16.2 |
Gaston | 224 | 77 | 32.0 | 25.6-39.1 | 31 | 15.0 | 10.3-21.5 | 44 | 17.4 | 12.8-23.3 | 49 | 24.3 | 18.2-31.8 | 23 | 11.3 | 7.2-17.4 |
Guilford | 188 | 67 | 37.6 | 30.0-45.8 | 24 | 14.5 | 9.5-21.6 | 37 | 16.7 | 11.9-23.0 | 38 | 19.6 | 13.7-27.4 | 22 | 11.5 | 7.3-17.9 |
Mecklenburg | 208 | 59 | 32.7 | 25.6-40.7 | 31 | 14.3 | 9.9-20.3 | 50 | 22.3 | 16.8-29.0 | 46 | 20.2 | 14.8-27.1 | 22 | 10.4 | 6.7-15.8 |
New Hanover | 191 | 48 | 24.1 | 17.4-32.4 | 26 | 12.6 | 8.1-19.0 | 39 | 27.6 | 17.0-41.6 | 56 | 26.8 | 19.7-35.4 | 22 | 8.9 | 5.6-13.8 |
Onslow | 206 | 53 | 27.0 | 18.9-37.1 | 34 | 15.8 | 10.6-22.8 | 37 | 15.6 | 10.9-21.8 | 52 | 22.9 | 16.7-30.4 | 30 | 18.7 | 10.3-31.5 |
Wake | 205 | 59 | 30.7 | 23.6-38.9 | 26 | 12.9 | 8.7-18.8 | 51 | 23.4 | 17.5-30.5 | 52 | 25.7 | 19.3-33.4 | 17 | 7.3 | 4.3-12.2 |
Western NC | 290 | 100 | 31.6 | 26.0-37.7 | 41 | 16.5 | 11.9-22.4 | 54 | 19.4 | 14.6-25.3 | 67 | 22.8 | 17.8-28.8 | 28 | 9.7 | 6.6-14.2 |
Piedmont NC | 315 | 95 | 28.6 | 23.0-34.9 | 46 | 14.8 | 10.6-20.4 | 66 | 22.1 | 17.2-28.0 | 62 | 20.3 | 15.3-26.3 | 46 | 14.3 | 10.0-19.9 |
Eastern NC | 311 | 106 | 30.2 | 24.6-36.6 | 33 | 13.2 | 9.0-19.0 | 72 | 23.9 | 18.5-30.2 | 64 | 21.1 | 16.1-27.2 | 36 | 11.6 | 8.1-16.4 |
+ Approximately half of the respondents received questions from this topic See Technical Notes for more information.
#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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