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| Total Respond.^ |
Past 12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5+ years | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 12,761 | 10,103 | 75.0 | 73.8-76.2 | 1,460 | 13.4 | 12.5-14.4 | 762 | 7.3 | 6.6- 8.2 | 436 | 4.2 | 3.7- 4.9 |
| -Eastern NC | 4,056 | 3,286 | 77.3 | 75.3-79.2 | 428 | 12.6 | 11.0-14.3 | 227 | 6.7 | 5.7- 7.9 | 115 | 3.5 | 2.7- 4.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 1,371 | 1,135 | 77.3 | 73.7-80.6 | 125 | 12.2 | 9.5-15.5 | 65 | 6.0 | 4.4- 8.0 | 46 | 4.5 | 3.2- 6.3 |
| Female | 2,685 | 2,151 | 77.3 | 75.1-79.3 | 303 | 12.9 | 11.3-14.7 | 162 | 7.3 | 6.1- 8.8 | 69 | 2.5 | 1.8- 3.4 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 2,835 | 2,263 | 75.0 | 72.4-77.4 | 302 | 13.1 | 11.1-15.4 | 175 | 7.6 | 6.3- 9.2 | 95 | 4.3 | 3.3- 5.6 |
| African American | 902 | 772 | 85.0 | 81.6-87.8 | 82 | 9.6 | 7.3-12.5 | 36 | 3.7 | 2.5- 5.4 | 12 | 1.8 | 0.8- 3.7 |
| Other Minorities | 300 | 236 | 74.4 | 66.9-80.7 | 42 | 17.0 | 11.8-24.0 | 14 | 6.8 | 3.6-12.4 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.1 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 117 | 86 | 69.4 | 57.0-79.5 | 16 | 13.4 | 7.4-23.1 | 13 | 16.0 | 8.2-28.7 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.2- 6.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,923 | 3,185 | 77.6 | 75.5-79.5 | 411 | 12.5 | 10.9-14.3 | 214 | 6.3 | 5.3- 7.4 | 113 | 3.6 | 2.8- 4.6 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 56 | 36 | 69.7 | 52.1-82.9 | 14 | 20.7 | 9.7-38.6 | 4 | 6.6 | 2.1-18.8 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.7-11.6 |
| 25-34 | 349 | 224 | 61.1 | 54.2-67.6 | 64 | 21.9 | 16.4-28.5 | 38 | 9.5 | 6.4-13.8 | 23 | 7.5 | 4.6-12.0 |
| 35-44 | 606 | 404 | 68.1 | 63.5-72.4 | 105 | 14.9 | 11.9-18.4 | 72 | 12.6 | 9.8-16.2 | 25 | 4.4 | 2.6- 7.2 |
| 45-54 | 822 | 636 | 77.6 | 73.9-80.9 | 96 | 11.7 | 9.3-14.7 | 60 | 7.5 | 5.5-10.1 | 30 | 3.2 | 2.1- 5.0 |
| 55-64 | 939 | 793 | 85.0 | 82.1-87.5 | 92 | 9.6 | 7.6-12.0 | 28 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.1 | 26 | 2.8 | 1.8- 4.4 |
| 65-74 | 746 | 694 | 93.3 | 90.8-95.1 | 34 | 4.6 | 3.1- 6.7 | 14 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.5 | 4 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.8 |
| 75+ | 510 | 478 | 92.9 | 89.7-95.2 | 21 | 4.7 | 2.9- 7.5 | 8 | 1.8 | 0.8- 3.9 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.3 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 574 | 504 | 85.1 | 79.1-89.6 | 34 | 8.0 | 4.5-13.9 | 24 | 4.3 | 2.6- 7.2 | 12 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,259 | 1,033 | 77.9 | 74.3-81.0 | 133 | 13.4 | 10.9-16.4 | 56 | 4.8 | 3.4- 6.8 | 37 | 3.9 | 2.5- 6.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,094 | 850 | 73.1 | 68.7-77.2 | 141 | 15.3 | 11.8-19.7 | 74 | 8.8 | 6.6-11.5 | 29 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.5 |
| College Graduate | 1,123 | 894 | 76.8 | 73.3-80.0 | 119 | 11.1 | 9.0-13.7 | 73 | 8.0 | 6.0-10.5 | 37 | 4.1 | 2.7- 6.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 434 | 373 | 83.6 | 77.9-88.0 | 29 | 7.6 | 4.9-11.5 | 21 | 7.3 | 4.2-12.6 | 11 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 696 | 572 | 75.4 | 68.4-81.3 | 64 | 14.8 | 9.4-22.4 | 44 | 7.2 | 4.8-10.6 | 16 | 2.6 | 1.4- 5.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 489 | 392 | 73.9 | 67.6-79.4 | 57 | 12.9 | 9.4-17.5 | 29 | 10.4 | 6.5-16.1 | 11 | 2.8 | 1.2- 6.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 570 | 455 | 78.2 | 73.2-82.5 | 70 | 12.4 | 9.2-16.5 | 25 | 4.3 | 2.6- 7.1 | 20 | 5.1 | 3.0- 8.5 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 595 | 464 | 77.1 | 72.6-81.1 | 67 | 12.3 | 9.3-16.0 | 44 | 7.2 | 5.1-10.1 | 20 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.9 |
| $75,000+ | 725 | 568 | 76.0 | 71.7-79.8 | 91 | 13.2 | 10.3-16.7 | 45 | 6.9 | 4.9- 9.5 | 21 | 4.0 | 2.3- 6.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,579 | 1,358 | 81.4 | 77.5-84.8 | 116 | 9.9 | 7.2-13.6 | 71 | 6.0 | 4.3- 8.3 | 34 | 2.6 | 1.7- 4.2 |
| No | 2,329 | 1,810 | 75.4 | 72.9-77.7 | 294 | 13.7 | 11.9-15.7 | 148 | 7.0 | 5.8- 8.5 | 77 | 3.9 | 2.9- 5.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 704 | 588 | 79.6 | 74.9-83.5 | 67 | 12.1 | 9.0-16.0 | 33 | 5.3 | 3.3- 8.4 | 16 | 3.1 | 1.6- 5.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 3,351 | 2,697 | 76.7 | 74.4-78.8 | 361 | 12.7 | 10.9-14.7 | 194 | 7.0 | 5.9- 8.4 | 99 | 3.6 | 2.7- 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.
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