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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 | 16,782 | 8,665 | 51.5 | 50.5-52.6 | 4,565 | 27.9 | 27.0-28.8 | 2,238 | 13.2 | 12.5-13.9 | 756 | 4.3 | 3.9- 4.8 | 558 | 3.1 | 2.7- 3.4 |
-Piedmont NC | 9,438 | 4,820 | 51.1 | 49.7-52.5 | 2,706 | 29.4 | 28.2-30.7 | 1,211 | 12.5 | 11.6-13.4 | 379 | 3.8 | 3.3- 4.4 | 322 | 3.2 | 2.8- 3.7 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 3,427 | 1,735 | 50.8 | 48.5-53.1 | 960 | 29.0 | 27.0-31.1 | 444 | 13.0 | 11.5-14.7 | 141 | 3.6 | 2.8- 4.5 | 147 | 3.6 | 2.9- 4.5 |
Female | 6,011 | 3,085 | 51.4 | 49.7-53.0 | 1,746 | 29.8 | 28.3-31.3 | 767 | 12.0 | 11.0-13.1 | 238 | 4.0 | 3.4- 4.8 | 175 | 2.8 | 2.3- 3.4 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 7,357 | 3,845 | 53.1 | 51.5-54.6 | 2,227 | 30.8 | 29.4-32.3 | 848 | 10.8 | 9.9-11.8 | 252 | 3.0 | 2.6- 3.6 | 185 | 2.2 | 1.8- 2.7 |
African American | 1,509 | 707 | 46.8 | 43.3-50.4 | 333 | 24.6 | 21.7-27.7 | 291 | 18.0 | 15.6-20.7 | 95 | 6.2 | 4.8- 8.0 | 83 | 4.4 | 3.3- 5.8 |
Other Minorities | 532 | 245 | 43.3 | 37.6-49.2 | 139 | 27.5 | 22.6-33.0 | 66 | 14.8 | 10.7-20.2 | 29 | 5.3 | 3.1- 8.9 | 53 | 9.0 | 6.5-12.5 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 545 | 246 | 40.7 | 35.2-46.5 | 151 | 30.8 | 25.7-36.4 | 70 | 14.0 | 10.1-19.1 | 36 | 6.8 | 4.4-10.5 | 42 | 7.6 | 5.3-10.9 |
Non-Hispanic | 8,887 | 4,569 | 52.2 | 50.8-53.6 | 2,555 | 29.3 | 28.0-30.6 | 1,140 | 12.3 | 11.4-13.2 | 343 | 3.5 | 3.0- 4.0 | 280 | 2.7 | 2.3- 3.2 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 424 | 212 | 51.7 | 45.6-57.8 | 123 | 29.7 | 24.4-35.6 | 52 | 11.2 | 8.1-15.3 | 22 | 5.0 | 2.9- 8.4 | 15 | 2.4 | 1.3- 4.4 |
25-34 | 1,324 | 648 | 49.4 | 46.0-52.7 | 415 | 31.5 | 28.4-34.7 | 161 | 12.0 | 9.9-14.5 | 62 | 4.1 | 3.0- 5.5 | 38 | 3.1 | 2.1- 4.6 |
35-44 | 1,847 | 856 | 46.8 | 44.0-49.7 | 636 | 33.6 | 31.0-36.3 | 236 | 13.3 | 11.2-15.8 | 68 | 3.2 | 2.4- 4.2 | 51 | 3.1 | 2.2- 4.4 |
45-54 | 1,812 | 863 | 48.3 | 45.4-51.2 | 554 | 31.0 | 28.4-33.7 | 272 | 14.2 | 12.3-16.3 | 81 | 3.9 | 3.0- 5.1 | 42 | 2.6 | 1.7- 3.9 |
55-64 | 1,698 | 867 | 52.7 | 49.8-55.5 | 485 | 28.6 | 26.1-31.3 | 208 | 11.4 | 9.7-13.3 | 64 | 3.2 | 2.4- 4.3 | 74 | 4.1 | 3.1- 5.5 |
65-74 | 1,267 | 745 | 59.8 | 56.5-63.0 | 273 | 20.2 | 17.8-22.9 | 162 | 13.3 | 11.1-15.8 | 42 | 3.5 | 2.5- 5.0 | 45 | 3.2 | 2.3- 4.5 |
75+ | 1,022 | 609 | 62.0 | 58.4-65.5 | 205 | 18.6 | 16.0-21.5 | 116 | 10.4 | 8.4-12.7 | 38 | 4.0 | 2.7- 5.8 | 54 | 5.1 | 3.7- 6.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,449 | 660 | 44.8 | 40.8-48.9 | 316 | 24.3 | 20.8-28.2 | 258 | 16.6 | 13.8-19.7 | 95 | 7.0 | 5.2- 9.3 | 120 | 7.3 | 5.7- 9.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,679 | 1,387 | 50.6 | 48.0-53.2 | 681 | 26.4 | 24.1-28.7 | 370 | 14.5 | 12.7-16.6 | 142 | 4.9 | 4.0- 6.0 | 99 | 3.6 | 2.8- 4.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,256 | 1,182 | 53.2 | 50.4-56.1 | 660 | 29.5 | 27.0-32.2 | 272 | 11.0 | 9.4-12.7 | 87 | 3.9 | 3.0- 5.1 | 55 | 2.4 | 1.7- 3.4 |
College Graduate | 3,040 | 1,585 | 53.1 | 50.8-55.3 | 1,046 | 34.4 | 32.3-36.6 | 310 | 9.9 | 8.6-11.4 | 55 | 1.3 | 0.9- 1.8 | 44 | 1.3 | 0.9- 1.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,013 | 415 | 39.7 | 35.3-44.2 | 226 | 24.8 | 20.7-29.3 | 197 | 18.9 | 15.8-22.5 | 87 | 7.9 | 5.9-10.5 | 88 | 8.7 | 6.5-11.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,595 | 735 | 43.6 | 39.9-47.4 | 385 | 24.2 | 21.2-27.5 | 301 | 20.2 | 17.1-23.7 | 99 | 6.8 | 5.1- 9.0 | 75 | 5.1 | 3.8- 7.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,117 | 574 | 50.5 | 46.4-54.5 | 281 | 25.4 | 21.9-29.3 | 165 | 14.8 | 12.2-18.0 | 53 | 5.0 | 3.5- 6.9 | 44 | 4.3 | 2.9- 6.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,240 | 643 | 52.8 | 49.0-56.5 | 386 | 31.8 | 28.5-35.4 | 145 | 10.5 | 8.5-12.8 | 37 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.3 | 29 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,293 | 679 | 54.4 | 50.8-57.8 | 427 | 31.1 | 28.0-34.3 | 138 | 10.6 | 8.7-13.0 | 31 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.3 | 18 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.3 |
$75,000+ | 1,789 | 990 | 54.2 | 51.3-57.1 | 644 | 36.9 | 34.2-39.8 | 121 | 7.4 | 6.0- 9.1 | 19 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.5 | 15 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 2,782 | 1,246 | 43.7 | 41.2-46.3 | 734 | 27.3 | 25.0-29.6 | 485 | 17.4 | 15.5-19.5 | 175 | 6.7 | 5.4- 8.3 | 142 | 4.9 | 3.9- 6.1 |
No | 6,504 | 3,517 | 53.9 | 52.2-55.6 | 1,929 | 30.2 | 28.7-31.7 | 698 | 10.6 | 9.6-11.7 | 191 | 2.8 | 2.3- 3.3 | 169 | 2.6 | 2.1- 3.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 1,121 | 610 | 57.1 | 53.3-60.8 | 271 | 25.4 | 22.2-28.9 | 128 | 9.9 | 8.1-12.1 | 61 | 4.6 | 3.4- 6.2 | 51 | 3.0 | 2.2- 4.1 |
Non-Veteran | 8,313 | 4,208 | 50.3 | 48.8-51.8 | 2,434 | 29.9 | 28.6-31.3 | 1,083 | 12.8 | 11.8-13.9 | 318 | 3.7 | 3.2- 4.3 | 270 | 3.2 | 2.7- 3.8 |
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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: 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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