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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 5,431 | 1,695 | 29.7 | 28.3-31.2 | 3,736 | 70.3 | 68.8-71.7 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 4,115 | 1,473 | 35.8 | 34.0-37.6 | 2,642 | 64.2 | 62.4-66.0 |
African American | 863 | 139 | 15.1 | 12.6-18.1 | 724 | 84.9 | 81.9-87.4 |
Asian | 39 | 5 | 12.8 | 5.0-29.3 | 34 | 87.2 | 70.7-95.0 |
Native American | 89 | 40 | 33.8 | 23.2-46.4 | 49 | 66.2 | 53.6-76.8 |
Other Minorities | 296 | 33 | 8.1 | 5.3-12.2 | 263 | 91.9 | 87.8-94.7 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 299 | 34 | 7.7 | 5.3-11.2 | 265 | 92.3 | 88.8-94.7 |
-English Speaking | 100 | 22 | 20.3 | 12.9-30.5 | 78 | 79.7 | 69.5-87.1 |
-Spanish Speaking | 199 | 12 | 3.4 | 1.8- 6.3 | 187 | 96.6 | 93.7-98.2 |
Non-Hispanic | 5,125 | 1,660 | 31.8 | 30.3-33.4 | 3,465 | 68.2 | 66.6-69.7 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 328 | 112 | 29.6 | 24.0-35.8 | 216 | 70.4 | 64.2-76.0 |
25-34 | 880 | 341 | 34.1 | 30.5-37.9 | 539 | 65.9 | 62.1-69.5 |
35-44 | 1,066 | 408 | 36.4 | 33.0-39.9 | 658 | 63.6 | 60.1-67.0 |
45-54 | 1,026 | 281 | 27.2 | 24.1-30.6 | 745 | 72.8 | 69.4-75.9 |
55-64 | 990 | 266 | 26.9 | 23.6-30.4 | 724 | 73.1 | 69.6-76.4 |
65-74 | 685 | 167 | 23.2 | 19.7-27.1 | 518 | 76.8 | 72.9-80.3 |
75+ | 438 | 114 | 24.3 | 19.9-29.4 | 324 | 75.7 | 70.6-80.1 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 936 | 308 | 29.8 | 26.3-33.5 | 628 | 70.2 | 66.5-73.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,539 | 508 | 31.8 | 29.0-34.6 | 1,031 | 68.2 | 65.4-71.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,277 | 432 | 32.8 | 29.8-36.0 | 845 | 67.2 | 64.0-70.2 |
College Graduate | 1,666 | 444 | 25.5 | 23.1-28.1 | 1,222 | 74.5 | 71.9-76.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 498 | 157 | 27.7 | 22.9-33.1 | 341 | 72.3 | 66.9-77.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 809 | 247 | 29.0 | 25.3-33.0 | 562 | 71.0 | 67.0-74.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 657 | 210 | 33.4 | 29.2-37.9 | 447 | 66.6 | 62.1-70.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 813 | 291 | 33.7 | 30.0-37.6 | 522 | 66.3 | 62.4-70.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 775 | 262 | 32.3 | 28.6-36.3 | 513 | 67.7 | 63.7-71.4 |
$75,000+ | 888 | 270 | 27.9 | 24.6-31.4 | 618 | 72.1 | 68.6-75.4 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 1,645 | 552 | 33.0 | 30.3-35.9 | 1,093 | 67.0 | 64.1-69.7 |
No | 3,689 | 1,114 | 28.5 | 26.8-30.2 | 2,575 | 71.5 | 69.8-73.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,746 | 488 | 27.4 | 25.0-30.0 | 1,258 | 72.6 | 70.0-75.0 |
Non-Veteran | 3,553 | 1,145 | 30.2 | 28.4-32.0 | 2,408 | 69.8 | 68.0-71.6 |
Currently Serving | 130 | 62 | 47.1 | 37.5-56.9 | 68 | 52.9 | 43.1-62.5 |
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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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