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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 14,652 | 2,386 | 17.6 | 16.8-18.4 | 12,266 | 82.4 | 81.6-83.2 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 5,370 | 906 | 18.2 | 16.9-19.6 | 4,464 | 81.8 | 80.4-83.1 |
Female | 9,282 | 1,480 | 17.0 | 16.0-18.0 | 7,802 | 83.0 | 82.0-84.0 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 10,984 | 1,568 | 15.3 | 14.4-16.2 | 9,416 | 84.7 | 83.8-85.6 |
African American | 2,606 | 602 | 24.1 | 22.0-26.2 | 2,004 | 75.9 | 73.8-78.0 |
Asian | 83 | 19 | 20.2 | 12.1-31.7 | 64 | 79.8 | 68.3-87.9 |
Native American | 289 | 51 | 23.3 | 16.7-31.5 | 238 | 76.7 | 68.5-83.3 |
Other Minorities | 605 | 129 | 23.4 | 18.9-28.6 | 476 | 76.6 | 71.4-81.1 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 651 | 141 | 23.3 | 18.9-28.4 | 510 | 76.7 | 71.6-81.1 |
-English Speaking | 272 | 62 | 22.4 | 16.6-29.3 | 210 | 77.6 | 70.7-83.4 |
-Spanish Speaking | 379 | 79 | 23.8 | 18.1-30.6 | 300 | 76.2 | 69.4-81.9 |
Non-Hispanic | 13,986 | 2,239 | 17.2 | 16.4-18.0 | 11,747 | 82.8 | 82.0-83.6 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 818 | 246 | 31.1 | 27.0-35.5 | 572 | 68.9 | 64.5-73.0 |
25-34 | 2,342 | 512 | 21.8 | 19.7-24.0 | 1,830 | 78.2 | 76.0-80.3 |
35-44 | 2,750 | 508 | 18.7 | 16.9-20.6 | 2,242 | 81.3 | 79.4-83.1 |
45-54 | 2,734 | 485 | 18.6 | 16.8-20.6 | 2,249 | 81.4 | 79.4-83.2 |
55-64 | 2,496 | 354 | 15.1 | 13.4-17.1 | 2,142 | 84.9 | 82.9-86.6 |
65-74 | 1,961 | 182 | 9.2 | 7.8-11.0 | 1,779 | 90.8 | 89.0-92.2 |
75+ | 1,484 | 85 | 6.6 | 5.1- 8.5 | 1,399 | 93.4 | 91.5-94.9 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 2,404 | 372 | 17.7 | 15.6-20.0 | 2,032 | 82.3 | 80.0-84.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 4,290 | 629 | 16.3 | 14.9-17.8 | 3,661 | 83.7 | 82.2-85.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 3,690 | 660 | 19.0 | 17.4-20.7 | 3,030 | 81.0 | 79.3-82.6 |
College Graduate | 4,243 | 723 | 17.6 | 16.2-19.2 | 3,520 | 82.4 | 80.8-83.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,696 | 312 | 20.9 | 18.0-24.0 | 1,384 | 79.1 | 76.0-82.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 2,476 | 419 | 18.4 | 16.4-20.6 | 2,057 | 81.6 | 79.4-83.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,703 | 295 | 18.2 | 16.0-20.6 | 1,408 | 81.8 | 79.4-84.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,936 | 298 | 14.9 | 13.1-16.9 | 1,638 | 85.1 | 83.1-86.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,773 | 302 | 17.5 | 15.4-19.8 | 1,471 | 82.5 | 80.2-84.6 |
$75,000+ | 1,979 | 338 | 17.6 | 15.6-19.8 | 1,641 | 82.4 | 80.2-84.4 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 4,735 | 797 | 18.2 | 16.8-19.7 | 3,938 | 81.8 | 80.3-83.2 |
No | 9,734 | 1,551 | 17.2 | 16.3-18.3 | 8,183 | 82.8 | 81.7-83.7 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,888 | 292 | 15.9 | 14.0-18.0 | 1,596 | 84.1 | 82.0-86.0 |
Non-Veteran | 12,599 | 2,055 | 17.8 | 16.9-18.7 | 10,544 | 82.2 | 81.3-83.1 |
Currently Serving | 163 | 39 | 22.7 | 16.0-31.1 | 124 | 77.3 | 68.9-84.0 |
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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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