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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,568 | 2,233 | 80.3 | 77.4-82.9 | 335 | 19.7 | 17.1-22.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 948 | 802 | 75.9 | 70.7-80.4 | 146 | 24.1 | 19.6-29.3 |
| Female | 1,620 | 1,431 | 84.4 | 81.6-86.8 | 189 | 15.6 | 13.2-18.4 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,017 | 1,770 | 83.3 | 80.3-85.9 | 247 | 16.7 | 14.1-19.7 |
| African American | 478 | 414 | 79.3 | 72.9-84.6 | 64 | 20.7 | 15.4-27.1 |
| Other Minorities | 67 | 45 | 47.5 | 31.5-64.1 | 22 | 52.5 | 35.9-68.5 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 48 | 36 | 49.5 | 29.8-69.3 | 12 | 50.5 | 30.7-70.2 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,516 | 2,195 | 81.7 | 79.0-84.2 | 321 | 18.3 | 15.8-21.0 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 15 | 100 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 57 | 33 | 47.7 | 30.7-65.3 | 24 | 52.3 | 34.7-69.3 |
| 35-44 | 203 | 127 | 58.9 | 49.4-67.8 | 76 | 41.1 | 32.2-50.6 |
| 45-54 | 459 | 373 | 81.9 | 77.0-85.9 | 86 | 18.1 | 14.1-23.0 |
| 55-64 | 633 | 565 | 88.7 | 85.1-91.5 | 68 | 11.3 | 8.5-14.9 |
| 65-74 | 647 | 616 | 95.7 | 93.3-97.3 | 31 | 4.3 | 2.7- 6.7 |
| 75+ | 533 | 501 | 91.4 | 86.2-94.7 | 32 | 8.6 | 5.3-13.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 453 | 396 | 77.6 | 69.6-84.0 | 57 | 22.4 | 16.0-30.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 830 | 716 | 76.6 | 70.6-81.6 | 114 | 23.4 | 18.4-29.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 643 | 566 | 83.1 | 77.5-87.5 | 77 | 16.9 | 12.5-22.5 |
| College Graduate | 641 | 555 | 84.1 | 79.2-87.9 | 86 | 15.9 | 12.1-20.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 348 | 296 | 80.2 | 72.2-86.3 | 52 | 19.8 | 13.7-27.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 435 | 388 | 83.4 | 76.7-88.5 | 47 | 16.6 | 11.5-23.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 279 | 236 | 70.0 | 58.0-79.8 | 43 | 30.0 | 20.2-42.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 362 | 316 | 83.4 | 76.9-88.4 | 46 | 16.6 | 11.6-23.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 323 | 275 | 77.4 | 67.6-85.0 | 48 | 22.6 | 15.0-32.4 |
| $75,000+ | 412 | 362 | 86.1 | 81.2-89.9 | 50 | 13.9 | 10.1-18.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 1,214 | 1,073 | 83.7 | 80.1-86.7 | 141 | 16.3 | 13.3-19.9 |
| No | 1,263 | 1,085 | 77.9 | 73.4-81.9 | 178 | 22.1 | 18.1-26.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 440 | 390 | 83.2 | 76.0-88.6 | 50 | 16.8 | 11.4-24.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,127 | 1,842 | 79.7 | 76.5-82.6 | 285 | 20.3 | 17.4-23.5 |
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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.
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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