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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Don't know/Not Sure | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 14,283 | 12,614 | 85.4 | 84.4-86.4 | 928 | 8.3 | 7.5- 9.2 | 741 | 6.3 | 5.6- 7.0 |
| -Eastern NC | 4,634 | 4,032 | 84.3 | 82.5-86.0 | 338 | 9.4 | 8.0-11.0 | 264 | 6.3 | 5.3- 7.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,600 | 1,346 | 81.0 | 77.7-83.9 | 148 | 11.6 | 9.2-14.6 | 106 | 7.3 | 5.7- 9.4 |
| Female | 3,034 | 2,686 | 87.6 | 85.8-89.1 | 190 | 7.2 | 5.9- 8.6 | 158 | 5.3 | 4.3- 6.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 3,138 | 2,867 | 90.8 | 88.8-92.4 | 155 | 5.6 | 4.2- 7.4 | 116 | 3.6 | 2.8- 4.6 |
| African American | 1,050 | 829 | 77.1 | 73.1-80.6 | 115 | 13.2 | 10.2-16.8 | 106 | 9.7 | 7.6-12.3 |
| Other Minorities | 427 | 319 | 64.5 | 57.1-71.3 | 66 | 21.6 | 15.9-28.5 | 42 | 13.9 | 9.3-20.3 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 209 | 131 | 54.5 | 44.7-63.8 | 48 | 28.8 | 20.8-38.4 | 30 | 16.8 | 10.6-25.6 |
| Non-Hispanic | 4,408 | 3,887 | 87.0 | 85.3-88.5 | 288 | 7.6 | 6.3- 9.2 | 233 | 5.4 | 4.5- 6.4 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 165 | 123 | 74.1 | 64.9-81.5 | 28 | 18.9 | 12.3-27.7 | 14 | 7.1 | 3.8-12.8 |
| 25-34 | 536 | 449 | 80.9 | 75.7-85.2 | 53 | 11.6 | 8.1-16.3 | 34 | 7.5 | 5.0-11.2 |
| 35-44 | 735 | 665 | 89.6 | 86.5-92.1 | 49 | 6.8 | 4.9- 9.4 | 21 | 3.6 | 2.1- 6.0 |
| 45-54 | 904 | 814 | 88.6 | 85.5-91.1 | 47 | 5.7 | 4.0- 7.9 | 43 | 5.7 | 3.9- 8.3 |
| 55-64 | 975 | 889 | 91.0 | 88.6-93.0 | 37 | 4.0 | 2.7- 5.9 | 49 | 5.0 | 3.6- 6.8 |
| 65-74 | 758 | 665 | 87.8 | 84.8-90.3 | 59 | 7.2 | 5.4- 9.5 | 34 | 5.0 | 3.4- 7.3 |
| 75+ | 534 | 405 | 72.7 | 67.6-77.3 | 63 | 13.5 | 10.1-17.9 | 66 | 13.7 | 10.4-17.9 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 705 | 525 | 69.4 | 63.0-75.1 | 98 | 17.0 | 12.5-22.7 | 82 | 13.6 | 9.8-18.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,491 | 1,260 | 81.4 | 77.9-84.5 | 136 | 11.7 | 9.0-15.1 | 95 | 6.9 | 5.3- 8.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,229 | 1,115 | 89.7 | 86.7-92.1 | 64 | 6.8 | 4.8- 9.7 | 50 | 3.4 | 2.4- 4.9 |
| College Graduate | 1,202 | 1,127 | 92.5 | 90.2-94.3 | 40 | 3.8 | 2.7- 5.4 | 35 | 3.7 | 2.4- 5.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 524 | 401 | 67.9 | 60.5-74.5 | 70 | 19.5 | 13.5-27.4 | 53 | 12.6 | 9.0-17.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 817 | 674 | 79.2 | 74.5-83.2 | 77 | 11.1 | 8.3-14.7 | 66 | 9.7 | 6.9-13.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 572 | 502 | 86.7 | 82.4-90.1 | 47 | 9.0 | 6.2-13.0 | 23 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 651 | 590 | 86.4 | 81.6-90.1 | 37 | 8.5 | 5.5-12.9 | 24 | 5.1 | 3.1- 8.4 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 640 | 605 | 90.7 | 83.8-94.8 | 23 | 7.0 | 3.3-14.2 | 12 | 2.3 | 1.0- 5.2 |
| $75,000+ | 784 | 734 | 93.0 | 89.6-95.4 | 24 | 4.2 | 2.2- 7.7 | 26 | 2.8 | 1.8- 4.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,772 | 1,520 | 83.8 | 80.7-86.5 | 130 | 8.7 | 6.5-11.5 | 122 | 7.5 | 5.8- 9.5 |
| No | 2,781 | 2,460 | 85.8 | 83.6-87.7 | 193 | 8.9 | 7.3-10.8 | 128 | 5.3 | 4.2- 6.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 767 | 682 | 89.6 | 86.4-92.1 | 55 | 7.3 | 5.1-10.4 | 30 | 3.1 | 2.1- 4.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 3,866 | 3,349 | 83.2 | 81.1-85.2 | 283 | 9.8 | 8.2-11.7 | 234 | 7.0 | 5.8- 8.3 |
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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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