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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 14,482 | 12,964 | 81.7 | 80.4-82.8 | 1,518 | 18.3 | 17.2-19.6 |
| -Eastern NC | 4,680 | 4,106 | 78.6 | 76.4-80.7 | 574 | 21.4 | 19.3-23.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,608 | 1,392 | 76.3 | 72.6-79.7 | 216 | 23.7 | 20.3-27.4 |
| Female | 3,072 | 2,714 | 80.8 | 78.3-83.1 | 358 | 19.2 | 16.9-21.7 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 3,163 | 2,866 | 84.2 | 81.5-86.5 | 297 | 15.8 | 13.5-18.5 |
| African American | 1,064 | 918 | 77.4 | 73.0-81.3 | 146 | 22.6 | 18.7-27.0 |
| Other Minorities | 432 | 303 | 51.5 | 44.4-58.5 | 129 | 48.5 | 41.5-55.6 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 213 | 119 | 41.0 | 32.5-50.0 | 94 | 59.0 | 50.0-67.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 4,450 | 3,971 | 82.0 | 79.8-83.9 | 479 | 18.0 | 16.1-20.2 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 161 | 60 | 38.4 | 29.2-48.6 | 101 | 61.6 | 51.4-70.8 |
| 25-34 | 534 | 359 | 66.3 | 60.6-71.6 | 175 | 33.7 | 28.4-39.4 |
| 35-44 | 738 | 609 | 80.4 | 75.8-84.3 | 129 | 19.6 | 15.7-24.2 |
| 45-54 | 923 | 833 | 88.6 | 85.7-91.0 | 90 | 11.4 | 9.0-14.3 |
| 55-64 | 984 | 944 | 95.6 | 93.8-96.9 | 40 | 4.4 | 3.1- 6.2 |
| 65-74 | 770 | 752 | 97.8 | 96.1-98.8 | 18 | 2.2 | 1.2- 3.9 |
| 75+ | 541 | 521 | 95.8 | 93.3-97.4 | 20 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 711 | 585 | 68.4 | 61.6-74.5 | 126 | 31.6 | 25.5-38.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,512 | 1,278 | 73.7 | 69.7-77.3 | 234 | 26.3 | 22.7-30.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,240 | 1,106 | 79.7 | 74.9-83.7 | 134 | 20.3 | 16.3-25.1 |
| College Graduate | 1,211 | 1,131 | 91.4 | 88.9-93.4 | 80 | 8.6 | 6.6-11.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 523 | 437 | 73.2 | 66.1-79.3 | 86 | 26.8 | 20.7-33.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 826 | 703 | 73.6 | 67.7-78.7 | 123 | 26.4 | 21.3-32.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 580 | 495 | 74.4 | 68.2-79.8 | 85 | 25.6 | 20.2-31.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 651 | 572 | 83.7 | 79.1-87.4 | 79 | 16.3 | 12.6-20.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 652 | 595 | 82.2 | 75.6-87.4 | 57 | 17.8 | 12.6-24.4 |
| $75,000+ | 787 | 731 | 88.1 | 82.7-92.0 | 56 | 11.9 | 8.0-17.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 1,751 | 1,601 | 85.7 | 82.5-88.4 | 150 | 14.3 | 11.6-17.5 |
| No | 2,738 | 2,351 | 76.3 | 73.4-79.0 | 387 | 23.7 | 21.0-26.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 775 | 713 | 90.0 | 86.5-92.7 | 62 | 10.0 | 7.3-13.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 3,904 | 3,392 | 76.2 | 73.6-78.6 | 512 | 23.8 | 21.4-26.4 |
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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.
** 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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