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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 5,364 | 834 | 15.9 | 14.7-17.1 | 4,530 | 84.1 | 82.9-85.3 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 4,064 | 785 | 20.4 | 18.9-21.9 | 3,279 | 79.6 | 78.1-81.1 |
African American | 849 | 6 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.9 | 843 | 99.6 | 99.1-99.8 |
Asian | 39 | 2 | 3.6 | 0.9-13.8 | 37 | 96.4 | 86.2-99.1 |
Native American | 90 | 10 | 16.1 | 7.7-30.7 | 80 | 83.9 | 69.3-92.3 |
Other Minorities | 294 | 26 | 8.6 | 5.1-14.0 | 268 | 91.4 | 86.0-94.9 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 296 | 28 | 9.8 | 6.1-15.3 | 268 | 90.2 | 84.7-93.9 |
-English Speaking | 98 | 14 | 16.5 | 9.1-27.9 | 84 | 83.5 | 72.1-90.9 |
-Spanish Speaking | 198 | 14 | 7.5 | 3.8-14.5 | 184 | 92.5 | 85.5-96.2 |
Non-Hispanic | 5,062 | 806 | 16.5 | 15.3-17.8 | 4,256 | 83.5 | 82.2-84.7 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 325 | 99 | 30.5 | 24.5-37.2 | 226 | 69.5 | 62.8-75.5 |
25-34 | 873 | 202 | 22.9 | 19.7-26.4 | 671 | 77.1 | 73.6-80.3 |
35-44 | 1,057 | 205 | 18.3 | 15.7-21.2 | 852 | 81.7 | 78.8-84.3 |
45-54 | 1,022 | 155 | 14.7 | 12.3-17.5 | 867 | 85.3 | 82.5-87.7 |
55-64 | 973 | 104 | 9.6 | 7.6-12.1 | 869 | 90.4 | 87.9-92.4 |
65-74 | 676 | 54 | 8.7 | 6.4-11.7 | 622 | 91.3 | 88.3-93.6 |
75+ | 420 | 13 | 2.8 | 1.4- 5.3 | 407 | 97.2 | 94.7-98.6 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 921 | 61 | 7.3 | 5.4- 9.8 | 860 | 92.7 | 90.2-94.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,516 | 216 | 14.8 | 12.7-17.3 | 1,300 | 85.2 | 82.7-87.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,261 | 216 | 18.2 | 15.6-21.0 | 1,045 | 81.8 | 79.0-84.4 |
College Graduate | 1,653 | 339 | 20.4 | 18.1-22.8 | 1,314 | 79.6 | 77.2-81.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 487 | 34 | 7.1 | 4.2-11.8 | 453 | 92.9 | 88.2-95.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 800 | 81 | 9.5 | 7.3-12.3 | 719 | 90.5 | 87.7-92.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 651 | 91 | 14.6 | 11.6-18.3 | 560 | 85.4 | 81.7-88.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 805 | 141 | 17.8 | 14.8-21.3 | 664 | 82.2 | 78.7-85.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 769 | 156 | 20.5 | 17.3-24.1 | 613 | 79.5 | 75.9-82.7 |
$75,000+ | 883 | 190 | 21.9 | 18.8-25.3 | 693 | 78.1 | 74.7-81.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 1,631 | 190 | 12.3 | 10.4-14.5 | 1,441 | 87.7 | 85.5-89.6 |
No | 3,691 | 641 | 17.4 | 16.0-19.0 | 3,050 | 82.6 | 81.0-84.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,716 | 203 | 11.3 | 9.6-13.1 | 1,513 | 88.7 | 86.9-90.4 |
Non-Veteran | 3,516 | 600 | 17.7 | 16.2-19.3 | 2,916 | 82.3 | 80.7-83.8 |
Currently Serving | 130 | 30 | 21.9 | 15.1-30.6 | 100 | 78.1 | 69.4-84.9 |
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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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