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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 | 15,022 | 8,155 | 53.9 | 52.8-55.0 | 3,900 | 26.6 | 25.6-27.6 | 1,741 | 11.5 | 10.8-12.3 | 483 | 3.3 | 2.9- 3.8 | 743 | 4.7 | 4.2- 5.2 |
-Piedmont NC | 8,402 | 4,473 | 53.7 | 52.2-55.3 | 2,308 | 27.5 | 26.1-28.8 | 970 | 11.8 | 10.8-12.9 | 269 | 2.9 | 2.5- 3.5 | 382 | 4.0 | 3.5- 4.6 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 3,077 | 1,687 | 54.6 | 52.1-57.1 | 795 | 26.3 | 24.2-28.5 | 334 | 11.6 | 10.0-13.5 | 89 | 2.8 | 2.1- 3.7 | 172 | 4.7 | 3.8- 5.8 |
Female | 5,325 | 2,786 | 52.9 | 51.1-54.7 | 1,513 | 28.6 | 27.0-30.2 | 636 | 12.0 | 10.9-13.2 | 180 | 3.1 | 2.6- 3.7 | 210 | 3.4 | 2.8- 4.1 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 6,538 | 3,577 | 56.1 | 54.4-57.8 | 1,914 | 29.2 | 27.7-30.8 | 638 | 9.6 | 8.6-10.7 | 174 | 2.3 | 1.9- 2.8 | 235 | 2.8 | 2.3- 3.3 |
African American | 1,274 | 649 | 53.8 | 50.1-57.5 | 240 | 20.3 | 17.5-23.4 | 243 | 16.8 | 14.4-19.6 | 54 | 3.2 | 2.3- 4.5 | 88 | 5.8 | 4.2- 8.0 |
Other Minorities | 553 | 228 | 39.6 | 34.1-45.3 | 144 | 26.6 | 22.0-31.8 | 83 | 18.2 | 13.8-23.6 | 40 | 6.3 | 4.3- 9.4 | 58 | 9.3 | 6.8-12.5 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 454 | 213 | 44.8 | 38.7-51.1 | 115 | 25.9 | 20.9-31.6 | 60 | 16.2 | 11.8-21.9 | 21 | 4.0 | 2.3- 7.0 | 45 | 9.0 | 6.3-12.7 |
Non-Hispanic | 7,933 | 4,253 | 54.7 | 53.2-56.3 | 2,189 | 27.6 | 26.3-29.0 | 908 | 11.3 | 10.4-12.4 | 247 | 2.8 | 2.4- 3.3 | 336 | 3.5 | 3.0- 4.1 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 328 | 177 | 54.8 | 48.0-61.4 | 84 | 23.8 | 18.7-29.8 | 50 | 17.0 | 12.4-22.9 | 10 | 2.4 | 1.2- 4.4 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.8 |
25-34 | 1,027 | 527 | 50.5 | 46.7-54.4 | 314 | 30.1 | 26.7-33.7 | 118 | 12.4 | 9.9-15.2 | 30 | 2.8 | 1.8- 4.5 | 38 | 4.2 | 2.9- 6.1 |
35-44 | 1,535 | 722 | 50.1 | 47.0-53.2 | 523 | 33.0 | 30.2-35.9 | 184 | 10.0 | 8.5-11.8 | 56 | 3.3 | 2.4- 4.6 | 50 | 3.7 | 2.5- 5.3 |
45-54 | 1,670 | 803 | 50.4 | 47.4-53.4 | 504 | 29.4 | 26.7-32.1 | 232 | 13.2 | 11.3-15.2 | 68 | 3.6 | 2.7- 4.7 | 63 | 3.5 | 2.6- 4.6 |
55-64 | 1,643 | 892 | 57.4 | 54.4-60.3 | 438 | 25.4 | 22.9-28.0 | 199 | 10.6 | 9.0-12.5 | 47 | 2.8 | 2.0- 3.9 | 67 | 3.8 | 2.9- 5.0 |
65-74 | 1,227 | 763 | 63.1 | 59.8-66.2 | 249 | 20.7 | 18.1-23.5 | 102 | 8.3 | 6.7-10.2 | 32 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.2 | 81 | 5.8 | 4.5- 7.4 |
75+ | 908 | 557 | 63.5 | 59.6-67.2 | 179 | 17.5 | 14.8-20.4 | 82 | 9.1 | 7.1-11.6 | 19 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.3 | 71 | 7.9 | 5.9-10.7 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,185 | 573 | 45.1 | 40.8-49.5 | 212 | 20.4 | 17.0-24.2 | 209 | 18.5 | 15.4-22.2 | 58 | 5.4 | 3.7- 7.7 | 133 | 10.6 | 8.3-13.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,414 | 1,309 | 54.6 | 51.7-57.5 | 557 | 22.9 | 20.6-25.4 | 337 | 14.7 | 12.7-17.1 | 85 | 3.1 | 2.4- 4.1 | 126 | 4.6 | 3.6- 5.9 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,051 | 1,095 | 55.3 | 51.9-58.5 | 583 | 27.6 | 24.8-30.5 | 225 | 11.4 | 9.4-13.8 | 74 | 2.8 | 2.1- 3.8 | 74 | 2.9 | 2.2- 3.9 |
College Graduate | 2,730 | 1,485 | 55.6 | 53.2-58.0 | 950 | 33.9 | 31.7-36.2 | 196 | 6.9 | 5.8- 8.2 | 51 | 1.9 | 1.3- 2.7 | 48 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 841 | 363 | 40.6 | 35.1-46.4 | 150 | 17.9 | 14.0-22.5 | 187 | 25.1 | 20.5-30.5 | 53 | 6.2 | 4.3- 9.0 | 88 | 10.1 | 7.2-14.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,320 | 608 | 43.3 | 39.4-47.3 | 337 | 27.3 | 23.8-31.1 | 216 | 17.7 | 14.8-21.1 | 68 | 4.9 | 3.7- 6.5 | 91 | 6.7 | 5.1- 8.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 932 | 511 | 55.1 | 50.5-59.6 | 227 | 24.4 | 20.7-28.7 | 125 | 13.8 | 11.1-17.1 | 29 | 2.9 | 1.8- 4.7 | 40 | 3.8 | 2.6- 5.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,156 | 624 | 53.2 | 49.1-57.2 | 343 | 29.5 | 25.9-33.2 | 115 | 11.8 | 9.1-15.3 | 39 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.3 | 35 | 2.7 | 1.8- 3.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,095 | 583 | 55.4 | 51.4-59.4 | 359 | 31.2 | 27.6-35.1 | 108 | 9.5 | 7.4-12.2 | 21 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.6 | 24 | 1.8 | 1.1- 2.9 |
$75,000+ | 1,855 | 1,077 | 59.5 | 56.6-62.3 | 622 | 32.2 | 29.6-34.9 | 112 | 6.0 | 4.7- 7.5 | 23 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.2 | 21 | 1.1 | 0.6- 1.9 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 2,880 | 1,376 | 47.2 | 44.5-49.9 | 730 | 25.2 | 23.0-27.5 | 468 | 16.8 | 14.8-18.9 | 150 | 5.0 | 4.0- 6.3 | 156 | 5.8 | 4.6- 7.3 |
No | 5,363 | 3,023 | 56.8 | 54.9-58.6 | 1,541 | 28.5 | 26.8-30.2 | 480 | 9.6 | 8.5-10.9 | 113 | 2.0 | 1.6- 2.5 | 206 | 3.1 | 2.6- 3.7 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 1,091 | 653 | 61.5 | 57.5-65.3 | 248 | 22.0 | 19.0-25.3 | 107 | 9.8 | 7.3-13.0 | 25 | 2.3 | 1.4- 3.8 | 58 | 4.5 | 3.2- 6.3 |
Non-Veteran | 7,304 | 3,817 | 52.7 | 51.0-54.4 | 2,059 | 28.2 | 26.8-29.7 | 862 | 12.1 | 11.0-13.3 | 244 | 3.0 | 2.6- 3.6 | 322 | 4.0 | 3.4- 4.6 |
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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.
** 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.
***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.
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