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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 16,780 | 12,461 | 75.1 | 74.2-76.0 | 1,382 | 8.6 | 8.0- 9.2 | 886 | 5.1 | 4.7- 5.6 | 2,051 | 11.2 | 10.6-11.9 |
-Piedmont NC | 9,427 | 7,121 | 77.3 | 76.1-78.4 | 716 | 7.6 | 6.9- 8.3 | 456 | 4.7 | 4.1- 5.3 | 1,134 | 10.5 | 9.7-11.3 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 3,439 | 2,536 | 76.5 | 74.6-78.3 | 258 | 7.7 | 6.6- 9.0 | 209 | 5.4 | 4.5- 6.5 | 436 | 10.4 | 9.2-11.7 |
Female | 5,988 | 4,585 | 78.0 | 76.6-79.3 | 458 | 7.4 | 6.6- 8.3 | 247 | 4.0 | 3.3- 4.7 | 698 | 10.6 | 9.6-11.6 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 7,356 | 5,555 | 76.5 | 75.2-77.8 | 528 | 7.4 | 6.6- 8.3 | 370 | 4.8 | 4.2- 5.6 | 903 | 11.3 | 10.4-12.3 |
African American | 1,500 | 1,051 | 72.5 | 69.4-75.4 | 167 | 10.4 | 8.6-12.6 | 77 | 6.1 | 4.5- 8.2 | 205 | 11.0 | 9.3-12.9 |
Other Minorities | 532 | 483 | 91.7 | 88.4-94.2 | 20 | 3.8 | 2.2- 6.5 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.3 | 21 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.8 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 544 | 490 | 90.6 | 86.9-93.3 | 25 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.8 | 11 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.4 | 18 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.9 |
Non-Hispanic | 8,878 | 6,627 | 75.8 | 74.6-77.0 | 691 | 7.8 | 7.1- 8.6 | 444 | 5.0 | 4.4- 5.7 | 1,116 | 11.4 | 10.5-12.2 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 423 | 331 | 79.5 | 74.4-83.8 | 39 | 8.4 | 5.7-12.2 | 17 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.6 | 36 | 7.8 | 5.3-11.3 |
25-34 | 1,312 | 1,074 | 81.7 | 78.8-84.3 | 111 | 7.8 | 6.2- 9.7 | 28 | 3.1 | 1.9- 5.0 | 99 | 7.4 | 5.7- 9.6 |
35-44 | 1,831 | 1,445 | 80.1 | 77.8-82.2 | 156 | 7.9 | 6.5- 9.5 | 73 | 3.9 | 3.0- 5.1 | 157 | 8.2 | 6.8- 9.9 |
45-54 | 1,804 | 1,296 | 72.6 | 70.0-75.1 | 158 | 9.1 | 7.5-10.9 | 106 | 5.6 | 4.4- 7.2 | 244 | 12.7 | 11.0-14.6 |
55-64 | 1,706 | 1,240 | 73.9 | 71.3-76.4 | 115 | 6.3 | 5.1- 7.8 | 111 | 7.3 | 5.8- 9.1 | 240 | 12.5 | 10.8-14.4 |
65-74 | 1,269 | 917 | 73.7 | 70.8-76.5 | 83 | 5.7 | 4.4- 7.2 | 72 | 5.6 | 4.3- 7.4 | 197 | 15.0 | 12.8-17.5 |
75+ | 1,035 | 782 | 75.0 | 71.7-78.1 | 48 | 5.0 | 3.7- 6.9 | 48 | 3.7 | 2.7- 5.2 | 157 | 16.2 | 13.6-19.1 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,463 | 1,015 | 71.6 | 68.0-74.9 | 99 | 7.6 | 5.6-10.2 | 116 | 6.5 | 4.9- 8.5 | 233 | 14.3 | 12.0-17.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,674 | 1,821 | 69.8 | 67.4-72.1 | 285 | 10.5 | 9.1-12.2 | 183 | 7.0 | 5.8- 8.5 | 385 | 12.7 | 11.1-14.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,251 | 1,680 | 75.9 | 73.5-78.2 | 188 | 8.1 | 6.8- 9.6 | 90 | 4.6 | 3.4- 6.2 | 293 | 11.4 | 9.8-13.2 |
College Graduate | 3,023 | 2,594 | 87.2 | 85.7-88.6 | 142 | 4.8 | 3.9- 5.8 | 65 | 1.8 | 1.3- 2.6 | 222 | 6.1 | 5.3- 7.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,015 | 685 | 67.3 | 62.7-71.5 | 94 | 12.5 | 9.2-16.8 | 81 | 6.9 | 5.2- 9.2 | 155 | 13.3 | 10.7-16.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,588 | 1,086 | 71.4 | 68.1-74.6 | 154 | 8.2 | 6.6-10.2 | 97 | 6.6 | 4.9- 8.8 | 251 | 13.8 | 11.6-16.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,117 | 740 | 68.4 | 64.6-71.9 | 115 | 10.3 | 8.2-12.7 | 68 | 5.7 | 4.0- 8.1 | 194 | 15.6 | 13.1-18.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,238 | 940 | 77.7 | 74.7-80.4 | 98 | 8.5 | 6.7-10.6 | 47 | 3.6 | 2.6- 5.1 | 153 | 10.3 | 8.5-12.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,291 | 1,042 | 80.4 | 77.4-83.1 | 84 | 6.6 | 5.0- 8.5 | 42 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.3 | 123 | 9.5 | 7.6-11.9 |
$75,000+ | 1,777 | 1,542 | 87.2 | 85.2-88.9 | 76 | 4.8 | 3.7- 6.1 | 43 | 2.6 | 1.8- 3.7 | 116 | 5.5 | 4.4- 6.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 2,806 | 1,926 | 69.3 | 66.9-71.6 | 241 | 8.7 | 7.3-10.3 | 196 | 7.6 | 6.3- 9.3 | 443 | 14.4 | 12.9-16.1 |
No | 6,554 | 5,148 | 80.0 | 78.7-81.3 | 468 | 7.1 | 6.4- 8.0 | 253 | 3.6 | 3.0- 4.3 | 685 | 9.2 | 8.3-10.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 1,127 | 805 | 71.6 | 68.0-74.9 | 86 | 8.5 | 6.6-10.9 | 67 | 6.4 | 4.5- 9.0 | 169 | 13.5 | 11.4-16.0 |
Non-Veteran | 8,296 | 6,314 | 78.0 | 76.8-79.2 | 629 | 7.4 | 6.7- 8.2 | 389 | 4.4 | 3.9- 5.1 | 964 | 10.1 | 9.3-11.0 |
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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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