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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 5,958 | 279 | 5.2 | 4.4- 6.2 | 5,679 | 94.8 | 93.8-95.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 2,285 | 175 | 8.1 | 6.5-10.0 | 2,110 | 91.9 | 90.0-93.5 |
| Female | 3,673 | 104 | 2.6 | 1.9- 3.7 | 3,569 | 97.4 | 96.3-98.1 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 4,537 | 199 | 4.6 | 3.7- 5.6 | 4,338 | 95.4 | 94.4-96.3 |
| African American | 1,081 | 62 | 6.8 | 4.7- 9.8 | 1,019 | 93.2 | 90.2-95.3 |
| Other Minorities | 254 | 14 | 8.2 | 3.9-16.7 | 240 | 91.8 | 83.3-96.1 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 168 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.4- 6.1 | 165 | 98.3 | 93.9-99.6 |
| No | 5,776 | 276 | 5.4 | 4.5- 6.4 | 5,500 | 94.6 | 93.6-95.5 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 532 | 38 | 5.5 | 3.4- 8.8 | 494 | 94.5 | 91.2-96.6 |
| 25-34 | 1,114 | 61 | 7.3 | 5.0-10.3 | 1,053 | 92.7 | 89.7-95.0 |
| 35-44 | 1,239 | 72 | 5.7 | 3.9- 8.3 | 1,167 | 94.3 | 91.7-96.1 |
| 45-54 | 1,100 | 63 | 6.9 | 4.8-10.0 | 1,037 | 93.1 | 90.0-95.2 |
| 55-64 | 788 | 22 | 3.1 | 1.6- 6.0 | 766 | 96.9 | 94.0-98.4 |
| 65+ | 1,134 | 23 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.8 | 1,111 | 97.8 | 96.2-98.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 780 | 61 | 10.1 | 7.0-14.4 | 719 | 89.9 | 85.6-93.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,776 | 85 | 4.4 | 3.2- 6.0 | 1,691 | 95.6 | 94.0-96.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,540 | 83 | 6.3 | 4.6- 8.7 | 1,457 | 93.7 | 91.3-95.4 |
| College Graduate | 1,843 | 49 | 2.5 | 1.6- 3.8 | 1,794 | 97.5 | 96.2-98.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 562 | 49 | 10.2 | 6.2-16.2 | 513 | 89.8 | 83.8-93.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 973 | 80 | 10.5 | 7.7-14.2 | 893 | 89.5 | 85.8-92.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 863 | 47 | 5.3 | 3.5- 8.0 | 816 | 94.7 | 92.0-96.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 943 | 35 | 3.8 | 2.3- 6.3 | 908 | 96.2 | 93.7-97.7 |
| $50,000+ | 1,558 | 42 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.5 | 1,516 | 97.1 | 95.5-98.1 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 407 | 20 | 5.5 | 3.2- 9.4 | 387 | 94.5 | 90.6-96.8 |
| Cumberland | 416 | 19 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.2 | 397 | 96.3 | 93.8-97.8 |
| Durham | 386 | 13 | 3.0 | 1.6- 5.7 | 373 | 97.0 | 94.3-98.4 |
| Forsyth | 444 | 22 | 6.7 | 4.2-10.4 | 422 | 93.3 | 89.6-95.8 |
| Gaston | 444 | 22 | 6.1 | 3.9- 9.4 | 422 | 93.9 | 90.6-96.1 |
| Guilford | 394 | 21 | 5.9 | 3.7- 9.4 | 373 | 94.1 | 90.6-96.3 |
| Mecklenburg | 417 | 17 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.5 | 400 | 96.6 | 94.5-98.0 |
| New Hanover | 390 | 21 | 7.1 | 4.3-11.4 | 369 | 92.9 | 88.6-95.7 |
| Onslow | 420 | 29 | 10.0 | 5.2-18.5 | 391 | 90.0 | 81.5-94.8 |
| Wake | 409 | 17 | 4.6 | 2.8- 7.7 | 392 | 95.4 | 92.3-97.2 |
| Western NC | 598 | 22 | 4.7 | 2.9- 7.5 | 576 | 95.3 | 92.5-97.1 |
| Piedmont NC | 642 | 25 | 4.5 | 2.9- 7.0 | 617 | 95.5 | 93.0-97.1 |
| Eastern NC | 591 | 31 | 6.7 | 4.4-10.1 | 560 | 93.3 | 89.9-95.6 |
#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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