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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 | 14,258 | 12,925 | 87.8 | 86.7-88.8 | 392 | 4.2 | 3.6- 4.9 | 941 | 8.0 | 7.2- 8.9 |
| -Piedmont NC | 6,849 | 6,223 | 87.5 | 85.9-88.9 | 182 | 4.3 | 3.4- 5.4 | 444 | 8.2 | 7.1- 9.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 2,513 | 2,213 | 83.5 | 80.6-86.0 | 87 | 5.4 | 3.9- 7.4 | 213 | 11.1 | 9.0-13.6 |
| Female | 4,336 | 4,010 | 91.2 | 89.7-92.5 | 95 | 3.2 | 2.4- 4.4 | 231 | 5.6 | 4.6- 6.7 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 5,500 | 5,127 | 93.0 | 91.8-94.1 | 105 | 2.6 | 1.9- 3.5 | 268 | 4.4 | 3.6- 5.3 |
| African American | 938 | 821 | 85.3 | 80.9-88.8 | 31 | 5.0 | 2.7- 9.2 | 86 | 9.7 | 7.3-12.8 |
| Other Minorities | 391 | 259 | 56.2 | 48.8-63.3 | 44 | 13.7 | 9.6-19.1 | 88 | 30.1 | 23.4-37.9 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 296 | 181 | 51.0 | 42.9-59.1 | 37 | 14.8 | 10.1-21.2 | 78 | 34.2 | 26.6-42.7 |
| Non-Hispanic | 6,540 | 6,034 | 91.0 | 89.6-92.2 | 145 | 3.3 | 2.5- 4.4 | 361 | 5.7 | 4.8- 6.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 224 | 173 | 75.3 | 67.0-82.0 | 20 | 8.4 | 5.0-13.9 | 31 | 16.3 | 10.6-24.3 |
| 25-34 | 682 | 592 | 83.0 | 78.0-87.0 | 29 | 6.9 | 4.2-11.3 | 61 | 10.1 | 7.3-13.9 |
| 35-44 | 1,165 | 1,076 | 89.7 | 86.8-92.0 | 31 | 3.8 | 2.4- 6.1 | 58 | 6.5 | 4.7- 8.8 |
| 45-54 | 1,417 | 1,349 | 94.7 | 93.0-96.0 | 21 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.7 | 47 | 3.6 | 2.5- 5.1 |
| 55-64 | 1,391 | 1,332 | 94.8 | 92.9-96.3 | 12 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.5 | 47 | 4.0 | 2.7- 5.7 |
| 65-74 | 1,080 | 982 | 89.3 | 86.2-91.8 | 24 | 2.5 | 1.3- 5.1 | 74 | 8.1 | 6.2-10.7 |
| 75+ | 850 | 683 | 79.0 | 75.1-82.5 | 45 | 6.5 | 4.6- 9.0 | 122 | 14.5 | 11.5-18.1 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 898 | 663 | 67.7 | 62.1-72.8 | 62 | 8.7 | 6.1-12.3 | 173 | 23.6 | 18.9-29.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,893 | 1,699 | 85.2 | 82.0-87.9 | 58 | 5.4 | 3.7- 7.8 | 136 | 9.5 | 7.4-12.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,736 | 1,637 | 92.0 | 88.7-94.4 | 29 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.7 | 70 | 3.7 | 2.5- 5.4 |
| College Graduate | 2,316 | 2,221 | 94.4 | 92.3-96.0 | 32 | 1.5 | 1.0- 2.3 | 63 | 4.1 | 2.6- 6.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 620 | 528 | 78.0 | 71.6-83.4 | 20 | 7.1 | 3.9-12.6 | 72 | 14.8 | 10.6-20.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 969 | 812 | 78.0 | 72.6-82.5 | 54 | 7.9 | 4.8-12.9 | 103 | 14.1 | 10.8-18.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 690 | 624 | 86.7 | 81.6-90.6 | 18 | 5.2 | 2.6-10.1 | 48 | 8.1 | 5.5-11.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 953 | 889 | 90.2 | 86.5-92.9 | 18 | 3.9 | 2.1- 7.0 | 46 | 6.0 | 4.0- 8.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 1,011 | 974 | 94.4 | 90.9-96.7 | 13 | 2.0 | 1.0- 4.3 | 24 | 3.5 | 1.8- 6.9 |
| $75,000+ | 1,663 | 1,605 | 94.4 | 91.5-96.3 | 20 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.7 | 38 | 4.2 | 2.5- 7.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 2,326 | 2,071 | 86.4 | 83.1-89.1 | 64 | 4.5 | 2.7- 7.4 | 191 | 9.1 | 7.1-11.6 |
| No | 4,422 | 4,071 | 88.3 | 86.4-89.9 | 113 | 4.0 | 3.1- 5.1 | 238 | 7.8 | 6.4- 9.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 918 | 828 | 87.8 | 83.8-90.9 | 25 | 5.2 | 2.9- 9.2 | 65 | 7.0 | 5.1- 9.4 |
| Non-Veteran | 5,929 | 5,395 | 87.5 | 85.8-89.0 | 156 | 4.1 | 3.2- 5.3 | 378 | 8.4 | 7.1- 9.9 |
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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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