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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 | 14,691 | 7,817 | 53.9 | 52.9-54.9 | 4,742 | 31.4 | 30.4-32.3 | 1,299 | 9.2 | 8.6- 9.8 | 278 | 2.1 | 1.8- 2.4 | 555 | 3.5 | 3.2- 3.9 |
-Eastern NC | 4,919 | 2,568 | 52.6 | 50.9-54.3 | 1,563 | 31.5 | 29.9-33.1 | 491 | 10.0 | 9.1-11.1 | 109 | 2.4 | 1.9- 3.0 | 188 | 3.5 | 3.0- 4.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 1,759 | 838 | 49.3 | 46.5-52.1 | 584 | 32.1 | 29.6-34.7 | 224 | 12.2 | 10.6-14.1 | 46 | 2.8 | 1.9- 3.9 | 67 | 3.6 | 2.7- 4.8 |
Female | 3,160 | 1,730 | 55.5 | 53.4-57.5 | 979 | 31.0 | 29.1-33.0 | 267 | 8.1 | 7.0- 9.3 | 63 | 2.0 | 1.5- 2.7 | 121 | 3.4 | 2.8- 4.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 3,251 | 1,631 | 49.5 | 47.5-51.6 | 1,087 | 33.6 | 31.7-35.5 | 337 | 10.8 | 9.6-12.1 | 77 | 2.7 | 2.0- 3.5 | 119 | 3.5 | 2.8- 4.3 |
African American | 1,234 | 683 | 56.4 | 53.0-59.8 | 366 | 29.3 | 26.2-32.5 | 112 | 8.8 | 7.1-10.9 | 20 | 1.7 | 1.0- 3.0 | 53 | 3.7 | 2.7- 5.2 |
Other Minorities | 13 | 10 | 60.8 | 26.5-87.0 | 2 | 28.5 | 6.5-69.5 | 1 | 10.7 | 1.5-49.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 324 | 157 | 46.8 | 39.6-54.2 | 105 | 35.7 | 28.9-43.0 | 45 | 12.1 | 8.5-17.0 | 10 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.6 | 7 | 3.1 | 1.3- 7.1 |
25-34 | 801 | 484 | 60.8 | 56.7-64.7 | 220 | 27.7 | 24.1-31.5 | 65 | 7.9 | 6.0-10.2 | 16 | 2.2 | 1.2- 3.8 | 16 | 1.6 | 0.8- 2.8 |
35-44 | 868 | 454 | 51.8 | 47.9-55.7 | 273 | 31.6 | 28.0-35.3 | 94 | 10.5 | 8.4-13.2 | 21 | 2.5 | 1.5- 4.1 | 26 | 3.6 | 2.3- 5.6 |
45-54 | 904 | 455 | 50.8 | 46.9-54.8 | 271 | 29.6 | 26.2-33.3 | 111 | 12.4 | 10.0-15.4 | 25 | 3.2 | 2.0- 5.0 | 42 | 4.0 | 2.8- 5.6 |
55-64 | 856 | 442 | 52.9 | 48.8-57.0 | 299 | 34.7 | 31.0-38.7 | 75 | 8.4 | 6.4-11.0 | 19 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.7 | 21 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.4 |
65-74 | 668 | 337 | 50.3 | 45.7-54.8 | 222 | 31.4 | 27.4-35.7 | 65 | 10.9 | 8.3-14.2 | 9 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.2 | 35 | 5.9 | 3.9- 8.7 |
75+ | 480 | 228 | 49.2 | 43.9-54.4 | 168 | 33.6 | 28.9-38.7 | 34 | 7.2 | 4.8-10.6 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.8- 3.0 | 41 | 8.5 | 6.0-11.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 837 | 401 | 52.8 | 48.2-57.4 | 292 | 33.0 | 29.0-37.3 | 74 | 7.3 | 5.4- 9.9 | 22 | 2.1 | 1.4- 3.4 | 48 | 4.7 | 3.3- 6.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,569 | 813 | 50.9 | 47.9-53.9 | 506 | 32.4 | 29.6-35.3 | 167 | 11.3 | 9.5-13.4 | 28 | 1.8 | 1.2- 2.8 | 55 | 3.5 | 2.5- 4.9 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,298 | 655 | 50.7 | 47.5-53.9 | 418 | 31.8 | 28.9-34.9 | 142 | 11.2 | 9.3-13.4 | 35 | 2.8 | 1.9- 4.1 | 48 | 3.5 | 2.5- 4.8 |
College Graduate | 1,206 | 696 | 56.8 | 53.5-60.1 | 343 | 28.7 | 25.8-31.8 | 108 | 9.1 | 7.4-11.2 | 24 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.7 | 35 | 2.5 | 1.7- 3.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 656 | 331 | 51.3 | 46.1-56.5 | 193 | 27.1 | 23.1-31.5 | 69 | 11.6 | 8.5-15.6 | 20 | 3.3 | 2.0- 5.4 | 43 | 6.7 | 4.6- 9.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 922 | 486 | 55.3 | 51.2-59.4 | 293 | 31.0 | 27.3-34.9 | 95 | 9.5 | 7.5-11.9 | 17 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.1 | 31 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 583 | 314 | 55.7 | 51.0-60.3 | 193 | 31.9 | 27.8-36.4 | 49 | 8.3 | 6.0-11.4 | 11 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.3 | 16 | 2.3 | 1.3- 4.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 652 | 366 | 54.0 | 49.4-58.5 | 192 | 31.4 | 27.3-35.8 | 60 | 9.3 | 7.0-12.2 | 17 | 3.2 | 1.8- 5.5 | 17 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.7 |
$50,000-74,999 | 529 | 293 | 54.1 | 49.1-59.0 | 150 | 27.9 | 23.7-32.4 | 64 | 12.8 | 9.7-16.8 | 7 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.3 | 15 | 3.5 | 2.0- 6.2 |
$75,000+ | 546 | 303 | 54.7 | 49.9-59.4 | 161 | 30.1 | 25.9-34.7 | 57 | 11.0 | 8.3-14.5 | 18 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.7 | 7 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 1,729 | 862 | 50.1 | 47.2-53.0 | 566 | 32.4 | 29.7-35.1 | 175 | 10.9 | 9.2-13.0 | 44 | 2.6 | 1.8- 3.6 | 82 | 4.1 | 3.1- 5.3 |
No | 3,120 | 1,674 | 54.0 | 51.9-56.2 | 977 | 31.2 | 29.2-33.2 | 306 | 9.4 | 8.3-10.7 | 63 | 2.2 | 1.6- 3.1 | 100 | 3.1 | 2.5- 4.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 702 | 339 | 47.8 | 43.5-52.0 | 235 | 32.2 | 28.4-36.3 | 85 | 13.5 | 10.8-16.9 | 10 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.3 | 33 | 4.7 | 3.2- 6.9 |
Non-Veteran | 4,084 | 2,148 | 53.2 | 51.3-55.1 | 1,297 | 31.8 | 30.0-33.6 | 392 | 9.3 | 8.3-10.4 | 94 | 2.4 | 1.9- 3.0 | 153 | 3.3 | 2.7- 4.0 |
Currently Serving | 133 | 81 | 61.9 | 51.8-71.0 | 31 | 21.3 | 14.5-30.2 | 14 | 10.1 | 5.6-17.5 | 5 | 4.8 | 1.7-13.3 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.3- 9.5 |
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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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