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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,978 | 996 | 24.4 | 22.8-26.1 | 521 | 13.0 | 11.8-14.3 | 1,112 | 27.2 | 25.6-29.0 | 613 | 16.0 | 14.6-17.4 | 736 | 19.4 | 17.9-21.1 |
-Piedmont NC | 2,255 | 525 | 22.8 | 20.8-25.1 | 308 | 13.2 | 11.7-15.0 | 650 | 27.8 | 25.6-30.1 | 366 | 17.0 | 15.1-19.1 | 406 | 19.1 | 17.1-21.3 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 1,088 | 232 | 22.2 | 19.3-25.4 | 184 | 15.7 | 13.4-18.4 | 259 | 23.5 | 20.6-26.7 | 196 | 18.5 | 15.9-21.5 | 217 | 20.0 | 17.2-23.1 |
Female | 1,167 | 293 | 23.7 | 20.8-26.8 | 124 | 9.8 | 8.0-11.9 | 391 | 33.7 | 30.4-37.1 | 170 | 14.9 | 12.5-17.7 | 189 | 17.9 | 15.2-21.0 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 1,690 | 361 | 20.8 | 18.5-23.3 | 289 | 17.3 | 15.2-19.6 | 523 | 30.0 | 27.4-32.8 | 233 | 14.3 | 12.3-16.6 | 284 | 17.5 | 15.4-19.9 |
African American | 340 | 127 | 36.1 | 30.0-42.7 | 11 | 3.5 | 1.8- 6.7 | 70 | 21.5 | 16.6-27.5 | 69 | 21.9 | 16.8-28.0 | 63 | 17.0 | 12.7-22.4 |
Other Minorities | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.0 | 0.3-13.3 | 7 | 26.5 | 11.8-49.2 | 15 | 48.9 | 28.0-70.1 | 5 | 22.6 | 7.6-51.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 219 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.8 | 104 | 44.5 | 36.4-52.8 | 69 | 36.8 | 28.9-45.4 | 39 | 16.0 | 11.0-22.6 |
25-34 | 793 | 139 | 16.7 | 13.8-20.1 | 50 | 4.6 | 3.3- 6.3 | 312 | 40.5 | 36.4-44.7 | 147 | 20.2 | 16.9-23.9 | 145 | 18.0 | 15.1-21.4 |
35-44 | 874 | 262 | 29.0 | 25.3-33.0 | 158 | 18.1 | 15.2-21.4 | 201 | 20.8 | 17.8-24.2 | 113 | 12.6 | 10.1-15.7 | 140 | 19.5 | 15.9-23.5 |
45-54 | 265 | 84 | 31.4 | 25.2-38.3 | 69 | 27.6 | 21.6-34.6 | 28 | 9.0 | 5.8-13.6 | 30 | 10.9 | 7.1-16.4 | 54 | 21.0 | 15.8-27.4 |
55-64 | 104 | 34 | 38.2 | 26.7-51.2 | 30 | 25.4 | 17.0-36.1 | 5 | 7.9 | 3.2-18.3 | 7 | 3.5 | 1.5- 7.9 | 28 | 25.0 | 16.2-36.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 244 | 75 | 30.9 | 24.4-38.3 | 7 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.7 | 52 | 20.7 | 15.3-27.3 | 49 | 21.8 | 16.1-28.9 | 61 | 24.5 | 18.6-31.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 579 | 190 | 31.0 | 26.7-35.7 | 62 | 10.3 | 7.6-13.7 | 136 | 23.7 | 19.6-28.2 | 84 | 14.0 | 10.8-17.9 | 107 | 21.0 | 16.8-26.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 549 | 147 | 24.8 | 20.6-29.6 | 80 | 13.4 | 10.4-17.2 | 151 | 27.8 | 23.4-32.8 | 71 | 14.9 | 11.4-19.3 | 100 | 19.0 | 15.2-23.5 |
College Graduate | 882 | 113 | 14.2 | 11.3-17.7 | 159 | 18.2 | 15.4-21.5 | 311 | 32.5 | 28.9-36.4 | 162 | 18.8 | 15.8-22.2 | 137 | 16.3 | 13.4-19.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 124 | 39 | 24.6 | 16.9-34.4 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.9- 8.6 | 29 | 23.1 | 14.7-34.4 | 22 | 17.9 | 10.9-27.8 | 31 | 31.6 | 21.2-44.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 293 | 92 | 30.4 | 24.1-37.4 | 9 | 2.3 | 1.1- 4.9 | 67 | 22.4 | 17.0-28.7 | 55 | 22.2 | 16.3-29.3 | 70 | 22.8 | 17.4-29.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 258 | 58 | 20.0 | 14.7-26.6 | 13 | 4.8 | 2.6- 8.6 | 80 | 30.1 | 23.7-37.4 | 56 | 22.5 | 16.6-29.8 | 51 | 22.6 | 16.9-29.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 366 | 89 | 26.1 | 21.0-31.9 | 49 | 12.9 | 9.4-17.5 | 113 | 30.0 | 24.4-36.1 | 63 | 14.9 | 11.3-19.5 | 52 | 16.1 | 11.8-21.5 |
$50,000-74,999 | 382 | 66 | 16.4 | 12.4-21.3 | 67 | 17.6 | 13.4-22.8 | 123 | 30.7 | 25.5-36.4 | 52 | 14.3 | 10.6-19.0 | 74 | 21.0 | 16.4-26.6 |
$75,000+ | 492 | 88 | 18.3 | 14.3-23.3 | 122 | 22.9 | 18.9-27.6 | 139 | 26.3 | 22.0-31.1 | 67 | 16.7 | 12.8-21.5 | 76 | 15.7 | 11.9-20.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 363 | 113 | 27.7 | 22.7-33.3 | 49 | 14.2 | 10.3-19.2 | 71 | 19.4 | 15.0-24.8 | 56 | 16.9 | 12.3-22.8 | 74 | 21.7 | 16.9-27.5 |
No | 1,849 | 397 | 21.6 | 19.3-24.1 | 252 | 13.0 | 11.3-14.9 | 571 | 29.5 | 27.0-32.1 | 306 | 17.2 | 15.1-19.4 | 323 | 18.6 | 16.4-21.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 219 | 47 | 24.2 | 18.0-31.7 | 50 | 22.1 | 16.4-29.2 | 41 | 21.3 | 15.4-28.7 | 23 | 7.3 | 4.5-11.6 | 58 | 25.1 | 18.9-32.6 |
Non-Veteran | 2,021 | 474 | 22.7 | 20.5-25.1 | 256 | 12.0 | 10.5-13.8 | 605 | 28.7 | 26.4-31.2 | 339 | 18.1 | 16.0-20.4 | 347 | 18.4 | 16.3-20.7 |
Currently Serving | 15 | 4 | 21.4 | 7.3-48.6 | 2 | 19.3 | 4.9-52.3 | 4 | 17.1 | 5.8-41.1 | 4 | 32.8 | 12.7-62.0 | 1 | 9.4 | 1.3-44.5 |
* This question was asked of female respondents who reported being ages 18-44 years old and not pregnant
and of male respondents who reported being ages 18-59 years old.
^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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