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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 | 14,240 | 12,100 | 84.6 | 83.6-85.5 | 767 | 5.8 | 5.2- 6.6 | 1,373 | 9.6 | 8.9-10.3 |
| -Eastern NC | 4,617 | 3,894 | 83.9 | 82.2-85.5 | 269 | 6.2 | 5.2- 7.4 | 454 | 9.9 | 8.6-11.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,594 | 1,327 | 83.1 | 80.3-85.7 | 117 | 7.3 | 5.7- 9.5 | 150 | 9.5 | 7.6-11.8 |
| Female | 3,023 | 2,567 | 84.7 | 82.7-86.4 | 152 | 5.1 | 4.1- 6.4 | 304 | 10.2 | 8.8-11.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 3,128 | 2,733 | 87.4 | 85.5-89.2 | 144 | 4.7 | 3.5- 6.1 | 251 | 7.9 | 6.6- 9.5 |
| African American | 1,045 | 837 | 81.0 | 77.4-84.1 | 75 | 7.4 | 5.6- 9.7 | 133 | 11.6 | 9.1-14.8 |
| Other Minorities | 425 | 307 | 70.6 | 64.1-76.5 | 49 | 12.3 | 8.5-17.6 | 69 | 17.0 | 12.6-22.6 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 208 | 136 | 64.9 | 55.7-73.0 | 29 | 15.3 | 9.8-23.0 | 43 | 19.9 | 13.9-27.6 |
| Non-Hispanic | 4,392 | 3,746 | 85.6 | 83.9-87.1 | 239 | 5.4 | 4.5- 6.6 | 407 | 9.0 | 7.8-10.3 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 165 | 131 | 79.5 | 71.0-86.1 | 10 | 7.7 | 3.7-15.3 | 24 | 12.8 | 8.0-19.8 |
| 25-34 | 534 | 447 | 84.2 | 79.7-87.8 | 36 | 6.2 | 4.2- 9.2 | 51 | 9.6 | 6.7-13.6 |
| 35-44 | 733 | 646 | 88.2 | 85.2-90.7 | 32 | 4.1 | 2.8- 6.1 | 55 | 7.7 | 5.7-10.3 |
| 45-54 | 900 | 789 | 86.2 | 82.9-89.0 | 57 | 6.6 | 4.8- 9.1 | 54 | 7.2 | 5.1-10.0 |
| 55-64 | 970 | 843 | 87.2 | 84.4-89.5 | 47 | 6.1 | 4.4- 8.5 | 80 | 6.7 | 5.2- 8.6 |
| 65-74 | 758 | 628 | 84.1 | 80.8-86.9 | 44 | 5.7 | 4.0- 8.1 | 86 | 10.2 | 7.9-13.0 |
| 75+ | 530 | 389 | 70.3 | 65.2-74.9 | 41 | 8.0 | 5.6-11.4 | 100 | 21.8 | 17.7-26.5 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 700 | 474 | 68.4 | 62.6-73.8 | 80 | 12.4 | 9.3-16.5 | 146 | 19.1 | 14.9-24.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,488 | 1,235 | 82.0 | 78.7-84.9 | 95 | 7.3 | 5.2-10.2 | 158 | 10.7 | 8.6-13.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,226 | 1,079 | 88.8 | 86.0-91.1 | 57 | 3.9 | 2.7- 5.4 | 90 | 7.4 | 5.5- 9.9 |
| College Graduate | 1,197 | 1,103 | 91.6 | 89.3-93.5 | 37 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.6 | 57 | 5.1 | 3.6- 7.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 523 | 393 | 70.3 | 63.5-76.4 | 53 | 11.8 | 8.2-16.6 | 77 | 17.9 | 12.7-24.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 816 | 645 | 80.2 | 76.1-83.7 | 59 | 7.9 | 5.8-10.7 | 112 | 11.9 | 9.1-15.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 571 | 491 | 87.9 | 84.2-90.9 | 39 | 6.3 | 4.2- 9.3 | 41 | 5.8 | 3.9- 8.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 651 | 578 | 88.3 | 84.4-91.4 | 26 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.2 | 47 | 8.0 | 5.4-11.5 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 640 | 590 | 90.6 | 84.6-94.4 | 17 | 3.9 | 1.3-11.1 | 33 | 5.5 | 3.3- 8.9 |
| $75,000+ | 780 | 716 | 90.2 | 86.8-92.8 | 25 | 3.4 | 2.1- 5.5 | 39 | 6.4 | 4.3- 9.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,767 | 1,441 | 82.6 | 79.8-85.0 | 126 | 6.8 | 5.4- 8.4 | 200 | 10.6 | 8.6-13.1 |
| No | 2,781 | 2,410 | 85.5 | 83.5-87.3 | 133 | 5.2 | 4.2- 6.5 | 238 | 9.3 | 7.8-11.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 766 | 655 | 88.0 | 85.3-90.4 | 54 | 6.0 | 4.4- 8.1 | 57 | 6.0 | 4.4- 8.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 3,850 | 3,238 | 83.0 | 81.1-84.8 | 215 | 6.3 | 5.1- 7.7 | 397 | 10.7 | 9.3-12.3 |
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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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