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| Total Respond.^ |
Allowed in all areas | Allowed in some areas | Not allowed at all | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,834 | 136 | 2.0 | 1.5- 2.5 | 2,038 | 32.3 | 30.6-34.1 | 4,660 | 65.7 | 63.9-67.4 |
| -Eastern NC | 2,205 | 50 | 2.4 | 1.7- 3.5 | 657 | 32.3 | 29.5-35.3 | 1,498 | 65.3 | 62.3-68.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 753 | 30 | 3.6 | 2.3- 5.8 | 276 | 37.1 | 32.4-42.0 | 447 | 59.3 | 54.3-64.1 |
| Female | 1,452 | 20 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.2 | 381 | 27.7 | 24.5-31.1 | 1,051 | 71.1 | 67.7-74.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,500 | 35 | 2.5 | 1.6- 3.7 | 467 | 34.9 | 31.4-38.6 | 998 | 62.6 | 58.9-66.2 |
| African American | 496 | 8 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.5 | 129 | 28.8 | 23.2-35.1 | 359 | 69.9 | 63.5-75.5 |
| Other Minorities | 201 | 7 | 4.4 | 1.6-11.9 | 58 | 25.3 | 18.2-34.0 | 136 | 70.2 | 60.9-78.2 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 96 | 2 | 4.6 | 1.1-17.1 | 18 | 14.3 | 8.1-24.2 | 76 | 81.1 | 69.4-89.0 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,099 | 48 | 2.3 | 1.6- 3.2 | 637 | 34.0 | 31.0-37.1 | 1,414 | 63.8 | 60.7-66.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 78 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 32 | 43.0 | 30.9-56.0 | 46 | 57.0 | 44.0-69.1 |
| 25-34 | 266 | 6 | 3.7 | 1.4- 9.4 | 78 | 29.5 | 23.0-36.9 | 182 | 66.8 | 59.1-73.8 |
| 35-44 | 362 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.7- 4.9 | 109 | 30.8 | 24.9-37.3 | 248 | 67.4 | 60.8-73.3 |
| 45-54 | 447 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.6- 4.0 | 144 | 34.0 | 28.9-39.6 | 296 | 64.4 | 58.9-69.6 |
| 55-64 | 455 | 12 | 3.0 | 1.6- 5.5 | 129 | 30.2 | 25.3-35.7 | 314 | 66.8 | 61.3-71.9 |
| 65-74 | 343 | 10 | 3.7 | 1.8- 7.4 | 101 | 29.4 | 24.0-35.5 | 232 | 66.9 | 60.6-72.6 |
| 75+ | 242 | 10 | 5.3 | 2.6-10.6 | 64 | 27.5 | 21.0-35.2 | 168 | 67.2 | 59.3-74.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 312 | 10 | 3.8 | 1.6- 9.1 | 105 | 33.4 | 25.5-42.5 | 197 | 62.7 | 53.5-71.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 739 | 17 | 2.3 | 1.3- 4.1 | 252 | 37.8 | 32.8-43.1 | 470 | 59.9 | 54.7-64.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 581 | 11 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.5 | 165 | 30.5 | 25.3-36.4 | 405 | 66.9 | 61.0-72.4 |
| College Graduate | 571 | 12 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.0 | 135 | 25.3 | 20.9-30.3 | 424 | 73.1 | 68.1-77.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 246 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.6 | 87 | 30.2 | 22.6-39.2 | 154 | 67.6 | 58.5-75.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 380 | 15 | 4.5 | 2.2- 9.1 | 144 | 40.9 | 33.5-48.8 | 221 | 54.5 | 46.7-62.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 300 | 8 | 3.6 | 1.4- 8.5 | 91 | 34.1 | 27.0-41.9 | 201 | 62.4 | 54.5-69.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 310 | 6 | 2.6 | 0.9- 7.4 | 90 | 33.8 | 26.5-41.9 | 214 | 63.7 | 55.5-71.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 311 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.2 | 84 | 27.1 | 21.5-33.6 | 224 | 72.3 | 65.7-78.0 |
| $75,000+ | 366 | 10 | 2.0 | 1.0- 4.0 | 82 | 24.7 | 18.8-31.7 | 274 | 73.3 | 66.3-79.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 844 | 33 | 4.7 | 3.0- 7.3 | 287 | 36.0 | 31.4-40.9 | 524 | 59.3 | 54.3-64.1 |
| No | 1,343 | 17 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.5 | 364 | 30.5 | 26.9-34.3 | 962 | 68.2 | 64.4-71.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 352 | 19 | 7.3 | 4.2-12.3 | 118 | 33.2 | 27.2-39.8 | 215 | 59.5 | 52.7-65.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,853 | 31 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.4 | 539 | 32.1 | 29.0-35.4 | 1,283 | 66.4 | 63.1-69.6 |
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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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