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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,056 | 3,018 | 48.5 | 46.9-50.0 | 2,495 | 42.1 | 40.5-43.6 | 273 | 5.0 | 4.3- 5.7 | 270 | 4.5 | 3.9- 5.2 |
-Piedmont NC | 3,418 | 1,749 | 50.4 | 48.3-52.5 | 1,385 | 41.0 | 38.9-43.1 | 147 | 4.5 | 3.7- 5.4 | 137 | 4.2 | 3.4- 5.1 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 1,349 | 676 | 49.3 | 46.1-52.6 | 563 | 42.2 | 39.0-45.5 | 50 | 4.2 | 3.1- 5.8 | 60 | 4.2 | 3.1- 5.6 |
Female | 2,069 | 1,073 | 51.5 | 48.8-54.1 | 822 | 39.7 | 37.1-42.3 | 97 | 4.7 | 3.7- 5.9 | 77 | 4.1 | 3.1- 5.4 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 2,485 | 1,258 | 50.3 | 47.9-52.7 | 1,045 | 42.4 | 40.0-44.8 | 94 | 3.8 | 3.0- 4.8 | 88 | 3.5 | 2.7- 4.5 |
African American | 560 | 294 | 50.2 | 45.1-55.4 | 208 | 39.5 | 34.6-44.7 | 35 | 6.6 | 4.4- 9.7 | 23 | 3.7 | 2.2- 5.9 |
Other Minorities | 48 | 31 | 58.4 | 40.7-74.1 | 8 | 24.5 | 11.8-44.0 | 3 | 6.0 | 1.8-18.3 | 6 | 11.1 | 4.7-24.1 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 331 | 161 | 48.2 | 41.3-55.2 | 148 | 46.2 | 39.4-53.1 | 14 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.7 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.0- 6.0 |
25-34 | 1,178 | 647 | 54.6 | 51.1-58.1 | 446 | 37.8 | 34.4-41.3 | 49 | 4.3 | 3.1- 6.0 | 36 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.7 |
35-44 | 1,307 | 669 | 49.4 | 46.0-52.8 | 533 | 41.8 | 38.4-45.2 | 53 | 4.5 | 3.2- 6.2 | 52 | 4.3 | 3.1- 6.0 |
45-54 | 602 | 272 | 45.0 | 40.1-50.1 | 258 | 42.7 | 37.8-47.7 | 31 | 5.5 | 3.7- 8.2 | 41 | 6.7 | 4.7- 9.5 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 406 | 177 | 46.7 | 40.7-52.7 | 162 | 37.4 | 31.9-43.3 | 32 | 7.8 | 5.0-11.8 | 35 | 8.2 | 5.5-11.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 884 | 400 | 44.2 | 40.0-48.4 | 397 | 46.9 | 42.7-51.2 | 40 | 4.1 | 2.9- 5.8 | 47 | 4.8 | 3.4- 6.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 849 | 431 | 50.8 | 46.5-55.0 | 358 | 41.6 | 37.4-45.8 | 37 | 4.9 | 3.3- 7.1 | 23 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.5 |
College Graduate | 1,278 | 741 | 55.6 | 52.2-59.0 | 467 | 38.0 | 34.7-41.3 | 38 | 3.3 | 2.2- 4.8 | 32 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 218 | 95 | 43.8 | 34.9-53.1 | 94 | 46.2 | 37.1-55.4 | 16 | 5.1 | 2.9- 8.9 | 13 | 5.0 | 2.5- 9.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 476 | 234 | 47.9 | 42.1-53.8 | 191 | 40.3 | 34.7-46.2 | 30 | 7.2 | 4.7-10.9 | 21 | 4.5 | 2.8- 7.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 398 | 202 | 49.3 | 43.1-55.5 | 169 | 42.6 | 36.6-48.9 | 14 | 3.8 | 1.9- 7.5 | 13 | 4.3 | 2.2- 8.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 482 | 244 | 48.5 | 43.1-53.9 | 206 | 44.1 | 38.8-49.5 | 17 | 4.2 | 2.5- 7.0 | 15 | 3.2 | 1.7- 5.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 562 | 277 | 46.3 | 41.3-51.3 | 242 | 45.2 | 40.2-50.2 | 23 | 4.7 | 2.9- 7.7 | 20 | 3.8 | 2.3- 6.3 |
$75,000+ | 728 | 419 | 57.7 | 53.2-62.0 | 265 | 35.8 | 31.6-40.2 | 19 | 2.9 | 1.7- 4.9 | 25 | 3.6 | 2.3- 5.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 627 | 284 | 44.9 | 40.0-50.0 | 275 | 45.1 | 40.2-50.2 | 41 | 5.8 | 4.0- 8.2 | 27 | 4.1 | 2.7- 6.3 |
No | 2,776 | 1,462 | 51.7 | 49.4-54.0 | 1,103 | 40.1 | 37.8-42.4 | 102 | 4.0 | 3.2- 5.1 | 109 | 4.2 | 3.3- 5.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 192 | 90 | 41.2 | 33.3-49.7 | 83 | 46.6 | 38.3-55.1 | 9 | 7.4 | 3.7-14.3 | 10 | 4.8 | 2.3- 9.7 |
Non-Veteran | 3,206 | 1,648 | 51.0 | 48.8-53.2 | 1,295 | 40.6 | 38.5-42.8 | 138 | 4.3 | 3.5- 5.2 | 125 | 4.1 | 3.3- 5.0 |
Currently Serving | 19 | 11 | 61.3 | 36.7-81.3 | 7 | 35.0 | 16.0-60.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 3.7 | 0.5-22.7 |
^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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