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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 16,780 | 13,877 | 74.7 | 73.6-75.7 | 2,903 | 25.3 | 24.3-26.4 |
-Piedmont NC | 9,423 | 7,825 | 75.0 | 73.6-76.4 | 1,598 | 25.0 | 23.6-26.4 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 3,442 | 2,796 | 73.0 | 70.6-75.3 | 646 | 27.0 | 24.7-29.4 |
Female | 5,981 | 5,029 | 77.0 | 75.3-78.6 | 952 | 23.0 | 21.4-24.7 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 7,322 | 6,361 | 80.9 | 79.3-82.3 | 961 | 19.1 | 17.7-20.7 |
African American | 1,534 | 1,181 | 69.3 | 65.6-72.7 | 353 | 30.7 | 27.3-34.4 |
Other Minorities | 529 | 252 | 40.9 | 35.4-46.6 | 277 | 59.1 | 53.4-64.6 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 539 | 188 | 28.6 | 24.0-33.8 | 351 | 71.4 | 66.2-76.0 |
Non-Hispanic | 8,878 | 7,631 | 80.1 | 78.7-81.4 | 1,247 | 19.9 | 18.6-21.3 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 406 | 145 | 34.5 | 28.8-40.6 | 261 | 65.5 | 59.4-71.2 |
25-34 | 1,285 | 779 | 56.9 | 53.5-60.4 | 506 | 43.1 | 39.6-46.5 |
35-44 | 1,844 | 1,470 | 78.2 | 75.5-80.7 | 374 | 21.8 | 19.3-24.5 |
45-54 | 1,816 | 1,606 | 87.8 | 85.8-89.5 | 210 | 12.2 | 10.5-14.2 |
55-64 | 1,709 | 1,607 | 93.8 | 92.0-95.1 | 102 | 6.2 | 4.9- 8.0 |
65-74 | 1,286 | 1,207 | 93.5 | 91.6-95.0 | 79 | 6.5 | 5.0- 8.4 |
75+ | 1,030 | 968 | 94.1 | 92.2-95.6 | 62 | 5.9 | 4.4- 7.8 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,467 | 1,040 | 54.7 | 50.5-58.9 | 427 | 45.3 | 41.1-49.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,675 | 2,155 | 70.9 | 68.1-73.5 | 520 | 29.1 | 26.5-31.9 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,250 | 1,929 | 78.6 | 75.6-81.2 | 321 | 21.4 | 18.8-24.4 |
College Graduate | 3,012 | 2,686 | 86.2 | 84.4-87.8 | 326 | 13.8 | 12.2-15.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,008 | 747 | 57.8 | 53.0-62.5 | 261 | 42.2 | 37.5-47.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,596 | 1,212 | 61.2 | 57.1-65.2 | 384 | 38.8 | 34.8-42.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,106 | 876 | 69.5 | 65.1-73.5 | 230 | 30.5 | 26.5-34.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,235 | 1,059 | 80.5 | 76.3-84.0 | 176 | 19.5 | 16.0-23.7 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,285 | 1,133 | 82.8 | 79.3-85.7 | 152 | 17.2 | 14.3-20.7 |
$75,000+ | 1,783 | 1,647 | 91.2 | 89.4-92.7 | 136 | 8.8 | 7.3-10.6 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 2,762 | 2,443 | 83.0 | 80.5-85.2 | 319 | 17.0 | 14.8-19.5 |
No | 6,397 | 5,183 | 72.5 | 70.8-74.2 | 1,214 | 27.5 | 25.8-29.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,126 | 1,030 | 89.1 | 85.4-92.0 | 96 | 10.9 | 8.0-14.6 |
Non-Veteran | 8,285 | 6,786 | 73.2 | 71.6-74.7 | 1,499 | 26.8 | 25.3-28.4 |
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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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