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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 9,231 | 8,341 | 84.1 | 82.7-85.5 | 890 | 15.9 | 14.5-17.3 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 7,164 | 6,606 | 87.1 | 85.5-88.6 | 558 | 12.9 | 11.4-14.5 |
| African American | 1,462 | 1,301 | 84.6 | 81.6-87.2 | 161 | 15.4 | 12.8-18.4 |
| Asian | 63 | 52 | 87.1 | 74.9-93.9 | 11 | 12.9 | 6.1-25.1 |
| Native American | 181 | 155 | 80.2 | 69.1-88.0 | 26 | 19.8 | 12.0-30.9 |
| Other Minorities | 330 | 197 | 48.5 | 41.1-56.1 | 133 | 51.5 | 43.9-58.9 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 344 | 214 | 51.1 | 43.5-58.6 | 130 | 48.9 | 41.4-56.5 |
| -English Speaking | 157 | 137 | 82.5 | 72.3-89.5 | 20 | 17.5 | 10.5-27.7 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 187 | 77 | 36.5 | 28.1-45.9 | 110 | 63.5 | 54.1-71.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 8,868 | 8,110 | 86.3 | 84.9-87.6 | 758 | 13.7 | 12.4-15.1 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 257 | 120 | 42.6 | 35.2-50.3 | 137 | 57.4 | 49.7-64.8 |
| 25-34 | 988 | 711 | 73.3 | 69.7-76.7 | 277 | 26.7 | 23.3-30.3 |
| 35-44 | 1,438 | 1,232 | 86.1 | 83.7-88.2 | 206 | 13.9 | 11.8-16.3 |
| 45-54 | 1,777 | 1,653 | 92.3 | 90.5-93.8 | 124 | 7.7 | 6.2- 9.5 |
| 55-64 | 1,887 | 1,821 | 96.1 | 94.9-97.1 | 66 | 3.9 | 2.9- 5.1 |
| 65-74 | 1,534 | 1,497 | 97.2 | 95.8-98.1 | 37 | 2.8 | 1.9- 4.2 |
| 75+ | 1,281 | 1,243 | 96.9 | 95.2-98.0 | 38 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 1,310 | 1,121 | 74.8 | 70.0-79.0 | 189 | 25.2 | 21.0-30.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,814 | 2,500 | 81.8 | 79.3-84.1 | 314 | 18.2 | 15.9-20.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 2,480 | 2,254 | 82.8 | 79.5-85.8 | 226 | 17.2 | 14.2-20.5 |
| College Graduate | 2,618 | 2,458 | 91.9 | 89.9-93.5 | 160 | 8.1 | 6.5-10.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 1,102 | 966 | 83.0 | 79.4-86.1 | 136 | 17.0 | 13.9-20.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,546 | 1,361 | 78.2 | 73.9-82.0 | 185 | 21.8 | 18.0-26.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 1,000 | 885 | 78.4 | 73.8-82.5 | 115 | 21.6 | 17.5-26.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 1,255 | 1,136 | 86.0 | 81.8-89.3 | 119 | 14.0 | 10.7-18.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 1,238 | 1,149 | 88.4 | 84.8-91.2 | 89 | 11.6 | 8.8-15.2 |
| $75,000+ | 1,579 | 1,489 | 92.7 | 90.5-94.4 | 90 | 7.3 | 5.6- 9.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 3,339 | 3,113 | 89.2 | 87.2-90.9 | 226 | 10.8 | 9.1-12.8 |
| No | 5,518 | 4,903 | 82.0 | 80.0-83.8 | 615 | 18.0 | 16.2-20.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 218 | 198 | 89.3 | 81.3-94.1 | 20 | 10.7 | 5.9-18.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 9,012 | 8,142 | 84.0 | 82.5-85.4 | 870 | 16.0 | 14.6-17.5 |
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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.
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