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True | False | Don't know/Not sure | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 11,275 | 9,849 | 86.0 | 85.1-86.8 | 302 | 3.0 | 2.6- 3.4 | 1,124 | 11.0 | 10.3-11.8 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 4,303 | 3,716 | 84.5 | 83.0-85.8 | 122 | 3.1 | 2.5- 3.9 | 465 | 12.4 | 11.1-13.7 |
Female | 6,972 | 6,133 | 87.4 | 86.4-88.4 | 180 | 2.8 | 2.4- 3.4 | 659 | 9.7 | 8.9-10.7 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 8,212 | 7,404 | 89.6 | 88.7-90.4 | 143 | 1.7 | 1.4- 2.1 | 665 | 8.7 | 7.9- 9.5 |
African American | 2,092 | 1,767 | 84.1 | 82.0-86.1 | 106 | 5.8 | 4.6- 7.2 | 219 | 10.1 | 8.6-11.8 |
Asian | 85 | 59 | 63.7 | 50.1-75.4 | 3 | 4.0 | 1.2-12.6 | 23 | 32.3 | 21.1-46.0 |
Native American | 238 | 186 | 81.7 | 75.3-86.7 | 15 | 6.3 | 3.5-11.0 | 37 | 12.0 | 8.2-17.4 |
Other Minorities | 587 | 386 | 62.1 | 56.7-67.2 | 34 | 6.8 | 4.4-10.4 | 167 | 31.1 | 26.3-36.3 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 615 | 416 | 63.7 | 58.4-68.6 | 31 | 6.5 | 4.1-10.1 | 168 | 29.8 | 25.3-34.9 |
-English Speaking | 231 | 199 | 82.7 | 75.1-88.3 | 11 | 6.9 | 3.5-13.3 | 21 | 10.4 | 6.2-16.9 |
-Spanish Speaking | 384 | 217 | 56.0 | 49.4-62.5 | 20 | 6.3 | 3.6-11.0 | 147 | 37.6 | 31.6-44.1 |
Non-Hispanic | 10,652 | 9,427 | 87.9 | 87.1-88.7 | 271 | 2.7 | 2.3- 3.1 | 954 | 9.4 | 8.7-10.2 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 835 | 690 | 80.3 | 76.5-83.7 | 46 | 6.6 | 4.7- 9.2 | 99 | 13.1 | 10.3-16.4 |
25-34 | 2,373 | 2,096 | 85.6 | 83.5-87.5 | 47 | 2.4 | 1.6- 3.6 | 230 | 12.0 | 10.2-13.9 |
35-44 | 2,785 | 2,508 | 89.6 | 88.1-91.0 | 72 | 2.5 | 1.9- 3.4 | 205 | 7.8 | 6.7- 9.2 |
45-54 | 2,764 | 2,435 | 87.3 | 85.6-88.9 | 73 | 2.5 | 1.9- 3.3 | 256 | 10.2 | 8.8-11.8 |
55-64 | 2,518 | 2,120 | 83.0 | 80.9-84.9 | 64 | 3.0 | 2.3- 4.1 | 334 | 14.0 | 12.2-16.0 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,451 | 982 | 64.4 | 61.0-67.6 | 88 | 6.2 | 4.7- 8.2 | 381 | 29.4 | 26.3-32.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 3,279 | 2,748 | 83.2 | 81.5-84.8 | 125 | 4.6 | 3.7- 5.6 | 406 | 12.2 | 10.9-13.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,992 | 2,710 | 90.0 | 88.5-91.4 | 55 | 2.0 | 1.4- 2.8 | 227 | 8.0 | 6.8- 9.3 |
College Graduate | 3,544 | 3,404 | 95.5 | 94.5-96.3 | 34 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.2 | 106 | 3.7 | 2.9- 4.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,111 | 897 | 77.5 | 73.7-80.8 | 46 | 5.0 | 3.5- 7.0 | 168 | 17.6 | 14.5-21.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,774 | 1,420 | 75.4 | 72.4-78.1 | 62 | 3.8 | 2.8- 5.2 | 292 | 20.8 | 18.2-23.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,357 | 1,183 | 85.6 | 83.0-87.9 | 39 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.9 | 135 | 11.0 | 9.0-13.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,665 | 1,506 | 89.8 | 87.8-91.5 | 39 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.2 | 120 | 7.9 | 6.4- 9.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,570 | 1,477 | 93.1 | 91.2-94.6 | 16 | 1.1 | 0.6- 1.9 | 77 | 5.9 | 4.5- 7.6 |
$75,000+ | 1,849 | 1,765 | 96.2 | 95.1-97.1 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.6 | 64 | 2.8 | 2.1- 3.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 3,073 | 2,587 | 82.1 | 80.2-83.9 | 111 | 4.6 | 3.6- 5.8 | 375 | 13.3 | 11.7-15.0 |
No | 7,981 | 7,096 | 88.0 | 87.0-88.9 | 177 | 2.2 | 1.9- 2.7 | 708 | 9.8 | 9.0-10.7 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 1,130 | 1,003 | 87.5 | 84.8-89.8 | 29 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.7 | 98 | 9.5 | 7.5-12.0 |
Non-Veteran | 9,982 | 8,691 | 85.7 | 84.7-86.6 | 271 | 3.0 | 2.6- 3.5 | 1,020 | 11.4 | 10.5-12.2 |
Currently Serving | 161 | 153 | 93.7 | 87.4-97.0 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.2 | 6 | 4.2 | 1.8- 9.5 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being less than age 65.
^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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