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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 17,233 | 6,747 | 42.9 | 41.8-43.9 | 10,486 | 57.1 | 56.1-58.2 |
-Piedmont NC | 9,671 | 4,042 | 46.1 | 44.8-47.5 | 5,629 | 53.9 | 52.5-55.2 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 3,525 | 1,821 | 53.1 | 50.8-55.3 | 1,704 | 46.9 | 44.7-49.2 |
Female | 6,146 | 2,221 | 39.4 | 37.8-41.0 | 3,925 | 60.6 | 59.0-62.2 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 7,508 | 3,355 | 50.3 | 48.8-51.8 | 4,153 | 49.7 | 48.2-51.2 |
African American | 1,576 | 503 | 34.9 | 31.7-38.3 | 1,073 | 65.1 | 61.7-68.3 |
Other Minorities | 547 | 171 | 36.1 | 30.6-42.0 | 376 | 63.9 | 58.0-69.4 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 557 | 157 | 34.4 | 29.0-40.3 | 400 | 65.6 | 59.7-71.0 |
Non-Hispanic | 9,108 | 3,882 | 47.4 | 46.1-48.8 | 5,226 | 52.6 | 51.2-53.9 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 439 | 205 | 45.3 | 39.4-51.3 | 234 | 54.7 | 48.7-60.6 |
25-34 | 1,360 | 670 | 52.4 | 49.0-55.7 | 690 | 47.6 | 44.3-51.0 |
35-44 | 1,887 | 980 | 54.7 | 51.9-57.4 | 907 | 45.3 | 42.6-48.1 |
45-54 | 1,840 | 881 | 48.8 | 46.0-51.7 | 959 | 51.2 | 48.3-54.0 |
55-64 | 1,730 | 688 | 43.4 | 40.6-46.3 | 1,042 | 56.6 | 53.7-59.4 |
65-74 | 1,300 | 348 | 28.1 | 25.3-31.1 | 952 | 71.9 | 68.9-74.7 |
75+ | 1,067 | 251 | 24.4 | 21.5-27.6 | 816 | 75.6 | 72.4-78.5 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,514 | 284 | 25.4 | 21.9-29.3 | 1,230 | 74.6 | 70.7-78.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,753 | 878 | 35.9 | 33.4-38.4 | 1,875 | 64.1 | 61.6-66.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,297 | 993 | 48.6 | 45.7-51.5 | 1,304 | 51.4 | 48.5-54.3 |
College Graduate | 3,088 | 1,883 | 63.6 | 61.5-65.7 | 1,205 | 36.4 | 34.3-38.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,043 | 228 | 29.0 | 24.7-33.7 | 815 | 71.0 | 66.3-75.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,643 | 496 | 36.0 | 32.3-39.8 | 1,147 | 64.0 | 60.2-67.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,136 | 406 | 37.7 | 33.8-41.6 | 730 | 62.3 | 58.4-66.2 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,262 | 569 | 45.2 | 41.6-48.9 | 693 | 54.8 | 51.1-58.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,313 | 680 | 53.5 | 49.9-57.0 | 633 | 46.5 | 43.0-50.1 |
$75,000+ | 1,811 | 1,196 | 68.1 | 65.4-70.7 | 615 | 31.9 | 29.3-34.6 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 2,842 | 888 | 35.3 | 32.8-37.8 | 1,954 | 64.7 | 62.2-67.2 |
No | 6,559 | 3,053 | 50.0 | 48.3-51.6 | 3,506 | 50.0 | 48.4-51.7 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,150 | 536 | 49.2 | 45.4-53.0 | 614 | 50.8 | 47.0-54.6 |
Non-Veteran | 8,509 | 3,501 | 45.7 | 44.3-47.2 | 5,008 | 54.3 | 52.8-55.7 |
^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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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