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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 14,627 | 2,623 | 18.2 | 17.4-19.0 | 12,004 | 81.8 | 81.0-82.6 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 5,364 | 834 | 15.9 | 14.7-17.1 | 4,530 | 84.1 | 82.9-85.3 |
Female | 9,263 | 1,789 | 20.4 | 19.4-21.5 | 7,474 | 79.6 | 78.5-80.6 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 10,965 | 2,468 | 23.4 | 22.4-24.4 | 8,497 | 76.6 | 75.6-77.6 |
African American | 2,599 | 41 | 1.8 | 1.2- 2.6 | 2,558 | 98.2 | 97.4-98.8 |
Asian | 87 | 6 | 3.5 | 1.4- 8.6 | 81 | 96.5 | 91.4-98.6 |
Native American | 287 | 34 | 14.3 | 9.2-21.6 | 253 | 85.7 | 78.4-90.8 |
Other Minorities | 607 | 64 | 9.4 | 6.7-12.9 | 543 | 90.6 | 87.1-93.3 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 651 | 81 | 11.2 | 8.4-14.9 | 570 | 88.8 | 85.1-91.6 |
-English Speaking | 269 | 55 | 20.2 | 14.7-27.0 | 214 | 79.8 | 73.0-85.3 |
-Spanish Speaking | 382 | 26 | 7.1 | 4.2-11.8 | 356 | 92.9 | 88.2-95.8 |
Non-Hispanic | 13,959 | 2,541 | 18.7 | 17.9-19.6 | 11,418 | 81.3 | 80.4-82.1 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 816 | 306 | 35.3 | 31.2-39.6 | 510 | 64.7 | 60.4-68.8 |
25-34 | 2,339 | 657 | 27.1 | 25.0-29.4 | 1,682 | 72.9 | 70.6-75.0 |
35-44 | 2,743 | 711 | 23.7 | 21.9-25.7 | 2,032 | 76.3 | 74.3-78.1 |
45-54 | 2,727 | 512 | 17.8 | 16.1-19.6 | 2,215 | 82.2 | 80.4-83.9 |
55-64 | 2,504 | 280 | 10.3 | 8.9-11.8 | 2,224 | 89.7 | 88.2-91.1 |
65-74 | 1,950 | 108 | 6.1 | 4.9- 7.7 | 1,842 | 93.9 | 92.3-95.1 |
75+ | 1,477 | 39 | 2.4 | 1.6- 3.5 | 1,438 | 97.6 | 96.5-98.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 2,398 | 168 | 8.2 | 6.8- 9.8 | 2,230 | 91.8 | 90.2-93.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 4,270 | 673 | 16.0 | 14.6-17.5 | 3,597 | 84.0 | 82.5-85.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 3,680 | 732 | 20.4 | 18.8-22.1 | 2,948 | 79.6 | 77.9-81.2 |
College Graduate | 4,253 | 1,044 | 24.1 | 22.6-25.7 | 3,209 | 75.9 | 74.3-77.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,686 | 120 | 7.1 | 5.4- 9.3 | 1,566 | 92.9 | 90.7-94.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 2,471 | 304 | 11.8 | 10.3-13.6 | 2,167 | 88.2 | 86.4-89.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,693 | 316 | 18.7 | 16.4-21.2 | 1,377 | 81.3 | 78.8-83.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,929 | 422 | 20.8 | 18.7-23.1 | 1,507 | 79.2 | 76.9-81.3 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,764 | 436 | 24.0 | 21.7-26.5 | 1,328 | 76.0 | 73.5-78.3 |
$75,000+ | 1,990 | 570 | 27.2 | 24.9-29.6 | 1,420 | 72.8 | 70.4-75.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 4,730 | 526 | 12.2 | 11.0-13.5 | 4,204 | 87.8 | 86.5-89.0 |
No | 9,784 | 2,085 | 20.9 | 19.9-21.9 | 7,699 | 79.1 | 78.1-80.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,880 | 233 | 11.6 | 10.1-13.4 | 1,647 | 88.4 | 86.6-89.9 |
Non-Veteran | 12,581 | 2,348 | 19.3 | 18.5-20.3 | 10,233 | 80.7 | 79.7-81.5 |
Currently Serving | 164 | 41 | 22.5 | 16.1-30.4 | 123 | 77.5 | 69.6-83.9 |
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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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