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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 14,808 | 2,331 | 17.5 | 16.8-18.4 | 12,477 | 82.5 | 81.6-83.2 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 5,431 | 1,695 | 29.7 | 28.3-31.2 | 3,736 | 70.3 | 68.8-71.7 |
Female | 9,377 | 636 | 6.3 | 5.7- 6.9 | 8,741 | 93.7 | 93.1-94.3 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 11,098 | 1,803 | 19.6 | 18.6-20.5 | 9,295 | 80.4 | 79.5-81.4 |
African American | 2,638 | 369 | 13.4 | 11.9-15.1 | 2,269 | 86.6 | 84.9-88.1 |
Asian | 88 | 5 | 6.8 | 2.6-16.5 | 83 | 93.2 | 83.5-97.4 |
Native American | 287 | 102 | 28.8 | 22.9-35.6 | 185 | 71.2 | 64.4-77.1 |
Other Minorities | 613 | 40 | 5.7 | 3.8- 8.3 | 573 | 94.3 | 91.7-96.2 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 660 | 43 | 5.5 | 3.9- 7.7 | 617 | 94.5 | 92.3-96.1 |
-English Speaking | 275 | 30 | 12.2 | 8.2-17.8 | 245 | 87.8 | 82.2-91.8 |
-Spanish Speaking | 385 | 13 | 2.4 | 1.3- 4.4 | 372 | 97.6 | 95.6-98.7 |
Non-Hispanic | 14,131 | 2,286 | 18.4 | 17.6-19.3 | 11,845 | 81.6 | 80.7-82.4 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 825 | 134 | 17.6 | 14.5-21.2 | 691 | 82.4 | 78.8-85.5 |
25-34 | 2,360 | 410 | 18.9 | 17.0-21.0 | 1,950 | 81.1 | 79.0-83.0 |
35-44 | 2,771 | 499 | 20.3 | 18.4-22.2 | 2,272 | 79.7 | 77.8-81.6 |
45-54 | 2,758 | 401 | 15.6 | 14.0-17.4 | 2,357 | 84.4 | 82.6-86.0 |
55-64 | 2,530 | 375 | 17.4 | 15.5-19.4 | 2,155 | 82.6 | 80.6-84.5 |
65-74 | 1,983 | 283 | 15.9 | 13.9-18.1 | 1,700 | 84.1 | 81.9-86.1 |
75+ | 1,511 | 222 | 15.9 | 13.6-18.4 | 1,289 | 84.1 | 81.6-86.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 2,444 | 546 | 22.6 | 20.5-24.9 | 1,898 | 77.4 | 75.1-79.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 4,333 | 689 | 18.1 | 16.7-19.7 | 3,644 | 81.9 | 80.3-83.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 3,717 | 557 | 17.4 | 15.8-19.0 | 3,160 | 82.6 | 81.0-84.2 |
College Graduate | 4,288 | 535 | 14.2 | 12.9-15.6 | 3,753 | 85.8 | 84.4-87.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,717 | 327 | 19.5 | 17.1-22.2 | 1,390 | 80.5 | 77.8-82.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 2,501 | 413 | 18.8 | 16.8-21.0 | 2,088 | 81.2 | 79.0-83.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,713 | 267 | 18.7 | 16.4-21.3 | 1,446 | 81.3 | 78.7-83.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,953 | 341 | 19.0 | 16.9-21.2 | 1,612 | 81.0 | 78.8-83.1 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,779 | 297 | 18.9 | 16.7-21.2 | 1,482 | 81.1 | 78.8-83.3 |
$75,000+ | 2,003 | 293 | 16.1 | 14.2-18.2 | 1,710 | 83.9 | 81.8-85.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 4,781 | 893 | 20.7 | 19.2-22.2 | 3,888 | 79.3 | 77.8-80.8 |
No | 9,786 | 1,400 | 16.2 | 15.3-17.2 | 8,386 | 83.8 | 82.8-84.7 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,912 | 500 | 26.1 | 23.8-28.6 | 1,412 | 73.9 | 71.4-76.2 |
Non-Veteran | 12,730 | 1,764 | 15.6 | 14.8-16.5 | 10,966 | 84.4 | 83.5-85.2 |
Currently Serving | 164 | 67 | 43.3 | 34.7-52.4 | 97 | 56.7 | 47.6-65.3 |
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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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