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Yes | No | Don't know/Not sure | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 15,275 | 9,192 | 60.5 | 59.4-61.5 | 3,481 | 22.8 | 21.9-23.8 | 2,602 | 16.7 | 15.9-17.6 |
-Piedmont NC | 8,613 | 5,287 | 61.4 | 60.0-62.9 | 1,935 | 22.7 | 21.4-23.9 | 1,391 | 15.9 | 14.8-17.0 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 3,115 | 1,899 | 61.1 | 58.6-63.4 | 758 | 24.3 | 22.2-26.4 | 458 | 14.7 | 13.0-16.6 |
Female | 5,498 | 3,388 | 61.8 | 60.1-63.4 | 1,177 | 21.1 | 19.8-22.5 | 933 | 17.1 | 15.8-18.5 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 6,704 | 4,299 | 66.1 | 64.5-67.6 | 1,434 | 21.0 | 19.7-22.3 | 971 | 13.0 | 12.0-14.1 |
African American | 1,365 | 730 | 53.9 | 50.2-57.6 | 383 | 28.6 | 25.2-32.2 | 252 | 17.5 | 15.0-20.4 |
Other Minorities | 508 | 239 | 40.7 | 35.1-46.5 | 109 | 24.5 | 19.5-30.3 | 160 | 34.8 | 29.1-41.0 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 503 | 235 | 41.3 | 35.6-47.2 | 107 | 23.2 | 18.3-28.9 | 161 | 35.5 | 29.8-41.7 |
Non-Hispanic | 8,105 | 5,050 | 63.7 | 62.3-65.1 | 1,826 | 22.6 | 21.4-23.9 | 1,229 | 13.7 | 12.7-14.7 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 391 | 233 | 58.1 | 51.6-64.3 | 76 | 19.1 | 14.4-24.8 | 82 | 22.8 | 17.8-28.7 |
25-34 | 1,244 | 822 | 64.4 | 61.0-67.7 | 250 | 22.2 | 19.3-25.4 | 172 | 13.4 | 11.2-15.8 |
35-44 | 1,760 | 1,138 | 63.1 | 60.2-66.0 | 402 | 24.2 | 21.6-26.9 | 220 | 12.7 | 10.9-14.8 |
45-54 | 1,645 | 1,088 | 65.4 | 62.5-68.3 | 352 | 22.1 | 19.7-24.7 | 205 | 12.5 | 10.6-14.7 |
55-64 | 1,506 | 929 | 62.3 | 59.3-65.2 | 348 | 22.6 | 20.1-25.2 | 229 | 15.2 | 13.1-17.5 |
65-74 | 1,126 | 619 | 56.3 | 52.9-59.8 | 258 | 22.8 | 20.0-25.8 | 249 | 20.9 | 18.2-23.7 |
75+ | 898 | 434 | 47.3 | 43.4-51.2 | 236 | 27.3 | 23.8-31.0 | 228 | 25.4 | 22.1-29.1 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,314 | 576 | 43.5 | 39.3-47.9 | 350 | 27.0 | 23.2-31.2 | 388 | 29.4 | 25.7-33.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,448 | 1,394 | 57.9 | 55.1-60.5 | 601 | 24.3 | 22.1-26.7 | 453 | 17.8 | 15.8-20.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,048 | 1,377 | 67.4 | 64.4-70.2 | 430 | 21.5 | 19.1-24.1 | 241 | 11.1 | 9.2-13.4 |
College Graduate | 2,788 | 1,935 | 69.1 | 66.9-71.3 | 548 | 19.9 | 18.1-21.9 | 305 | 10.9 | 9.6-12.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 901 | 457 | 51.4 | 46.5-56.3 | 234 | 26.0 | 22.0-30.5 | 210 | 22.6 | 18.8-26.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,440 | 790 | 50.4 | 46.4-54.4 | 361 | 25.6 | 22.2-29.3 | 289 | 24.0 | 20.5-28.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,016 | 598 | 58.8 | 54.6-62.9 | 252 | 26.1 | 22.5-29.9 | 166 | 15.1 | 12.4-18.2 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,124 | 740 | 65.1 | 61.0-69.0 | 248 | 23.9 | 20.2-28.1 | 136 | 11.0 | 9.0-13.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,180 | 813 | 69.6 | 66.1-73.0 | 236 | 20.5 | 17.5-23.8 | 131 | 9.9 | 8.0-12.1 |
$75,000+ | 1,675 | 1,183 | 70.8 | 68.1-73.4 | 319 | 19.3 | 17.0-21.7 | 173 | 9.9 | 8.4-11.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 2,500 | 1,445 | 59.9 | 57.2-62.5 | 614 | 23.6 | 21.5-25.8 | 441 | 16.5 | 14.5-18.7 |
No | 6,020 | 3,796 | 62.3 | 60.5-64.0 | 1,293 | 22.0 | 20.6-23.5 | 931 | 15.7 | 14.5-17.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 1,002 | 591 | 61.3 | 57.2-65.3 | 264 | 27.3 | 23.6-31.3 | 147 | 11.4 | 9.4-13.8 |
Non-Veteran | 7,607 | 4,694 | 61.5 | 59.9-63.0 | 1,670 | 22.1 | 20.8-23.4 | 1,243 | 16.5 | 15.3-17.7 |
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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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