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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,684 | 4,981 | 82.3 | 80.5-84.0 | 703 | 17.7 | 16.0-19.5 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,983 | 1,749 | 85.0 | 82.6-87.2 | 234 | 15.0 | 12.8-17.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 678 | 587 | 81.9 | 77.4-85.6 | 91 | 18.1 | 14.4-22.6 |
| Female | 1,305 | 1,162 | 87.8 | 85.3-89.9 | 143 | 12.2 | 10.1-14.7 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,257 | 1,116 | 86.1 | 83.0-88.6 | 141 | 13.9 | 11.4-17.0 |
| African American | 583 | 521 | 85.5 | 80.8-89.2 | 62 | 14.5 | 10.8-19.2 |
| Other Minorities | 136 | 106 | 73.1 | 62.5-81.5 | 30 | 26.9 | 18.5-37.5 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 47 | 36 | 71.9 | 54.0-84.8 | 11 | 28.1 | 15.2-46.0 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,924 | 1,701 | 85.3 | 82.9-87.5 | 223 | 14.7 | 12.5-17.1 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 8 | 2 | 40.4 | 11.5-77.9 | 6 | 59.6 | 22.1-88.5 |
| 25-34 | 72 | 40 | 53.3 | 39.5-66.6 | 32 | 46.7 | 33.4-60.5 |
| 35-44 | 135 | 96 | 74.9 | 65.5-82.4 | 39 | 25.1 | 17.6-34.5 |
| 45-54 | 349 | 286 | 81.6 | 76.3-85.9 | 63 | 18.4 | 14.1-23.7 |
| 55-64 | 561 | 510 | 90.7 | 87.4-93.2 | 51 | 9.3 | 6.8-12.6 |
| 65-74 | 492 | 468 | 95.3 | 91.9-97.3 | 24 | 4.7 | 2.7- 8.1 |
| 75+ | 357 | 339 | 95.9 | 93.1-97.6 | 18 | 4.1 | 2.4- 6.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 413 | 383 | 92.0 | 87.8-94.9 | 30 | 8.0 | 5.1-12.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 702 | 609 | 82.5 | 78.1-86.2 | 93 | 17.5 | 13.8-21.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 471 | 408 | 84.2 | 78.8-88.4 | 63 | 15.8 | 11.6-21.2 |
| College Graduate | 393 | 345 | 83.8 | 77.9-88.4 | 48 | 16.2 | 11.6-22.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 322 | 291 | 90.2 | 85.0-93.7 | 31 | 9.8 | 6.3-15.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 395 | 346 | 83.1 | 77.2-87.7 | 49 | 16.9 | 12.3-22.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 245 | 209 | 78.4 | 69.3-85.4 | 36 | 21.6 | 14.6-30.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 249 | 217 | 84.7 | 77.4-90.0 | 32 | 15.3 | 10.0-22.6 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 226 | 194 | 83.6 | 76.8-88.7 | 32 | 16.4 | 11.3-23.2 |
| $75,000+ | 229 | 204 | 87.1 | 80.1-91.9 | 25 | 12.9 | 8.1-19.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 1,007 | 899 | 87.5 | 84.4-90.1 | 108 | 12.5 | 9.9-15.6 |
| No | 912 | 792 | 82.8 | 78.9-86.0 | 120 | 17.2 | 14.0-21.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 366 | 324 | 83.5 | 77.1-88.4 | 42 | 16.5 | 11.6-22.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,617 | 1,425 | 85.4 | 82.8-87.7 | 192 | 14.6 | 12.3-17.2 |
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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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