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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 16,430 | 4,737 | 23.8 | 23.0-24.7 | 11,693 | 76.2 | 75.3-77.0 |
-Piedmont NC | 9,221 | 2,646 | 23.4 | 22.3-24.6 | 6,575 | 76.6 | 75.4-77.7 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 3,267 | 914 | 22.9 | 21.0-24.9 | 2,353 | 77.1 | 75.1-79.0 |
Female | 5,954 | 1,732 | 23.9 | 22.7-25.2 | 4,222 | 76.1 | 74.8-77.3 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 7,190 | 2,209 | 24.2 | 23.0-25.4 | 4,981 | 75.8 | 74.6-77.0 |
African American | 1,494 | 350 | 24.1 | 21.0-27.4 | 1,144 | 75.9 | 72.6-79.0 |
Other Minorities | 499 | 79 | 16.6 | 12.5-21.8 | 420 | 83.4 | 78.2-87.5 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 496 | 109 | 23.0 | 18.1-28.7 | 387 | 77.0 | 71.3-81.9 |
Non-Hispanic | 8,720 | 2,534 | 23.4 | 22.3-24.6 | 6,186 | 76.6 | 75.4-77.7 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 386 | 49 | 15.9 | 11.3-21.8 | 337 | 84.1 | 78.2-88.7 |
25-34 | 1,241 | 117 | 10.9 | 8.7-13.6 | 1,124 | 89.1 | 86.4-91.3 |
35-44 | 1,788 | 151 | 8.3 | 6.8-10.0 | 1,637 | 91.7 | 90.0-93.2 |
45-54 | 1,781 | 273 | 16.4 | 14.2-18.8 | 1,508 | 83.6 | 81.2-85.8 |
55-64 | 1,671 | 466 | 27.4 | 24.9-30.0 | 1,205 | 72.6 | 70.0-75.1 |
65-74 | 1,271 | 783 | 61.8 | 58.5-65.0 | 488 | 38.2 | 35.0-41.5 |
75+ | 1,035 | 790 | 76.7 | 73.3-79.7 | 245 | 23.3 | 20.3-26.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,435 | 576 | 30.3 | 26.9-33.9 | 859 | 69.7 | 66.1-73.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,647 | 827 | 25.9 | 23.8-28.2 | 1,820 | 74.1 | 71.8-76.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,192 | 606 | 23.0 | 20.6-25.6 | 1,586 | 77.0 | 74.4-79.4 |
College Graduate | 2,929 | 628 | 18.1 | 16.5-19.8 | 2,301 | 81.9 | 80.2-83.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 992 | 418 | 35.5 | 31.3-39.9 | 574 | 64.5 | 60.1-68.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,573 | 568 | 29.7 | 26.5-33.2 | 1,005 | 70.3 | 66.8-73.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,092 | 301 | 24.2 | 21.1-27.6 | 791 | 75.8 | 72.4-78.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,198 | 280 | 19.7 | 17.2-22.6 | 918 | 80.3 | 77.4-82.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,247 | 230 | 17.0 | 14.3-20.0 | 1,017 | 83.0 | 80.0-85.7 |
$75,000+ | 1,724 | 281 | 13.2 | 11.5-15.0 | 1,443 | 86.8 | 85.0-88.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 2,728 | 1,244 | 39.6 | 37.2-42.1 | 1,484 | 60.4 | 57.9-62.8 |
No | 6,235 | 1,343 | 17.9 | 16.7-19.2 | 4,892 | 82.1 | 80.8-83.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,091 | 476 | 37.4 | 34.0-40.9 | 615 | 62.6 | 59.1-66.0 |
Non-Veteran | 8,121 | 2,168 | 21.6 | 20.5-22.9 | 5,953 | 78.4 | 77.1-79.5 |
^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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