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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 | 14,245 | 10,096 | 70.6 | 69.4-71.8 | 1,189 | 9.1 | 8.3- 9.9 | 2,960 | 20.3 | 19.3-21.4 |
| -Piedmont NC | 6,843 | 4,915 | 71.4 | 69.7-73.1 | 545 | 8.9 | 7.8-10.2 | 1,383 | 19.6 | 18.2-21.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 2,510 | 1,807 | 70.5 | 67.7-73.2 | 206 | 10.3 | 8.4-12.6 | 497 | 19.2 | 17.0-21.5 |
| Female | 4,333 | 3,108 | 72.3 | 70.2-74.2 | 339 | 7.7 | 6.6- 8.8 | 886 | 20.1 | 18.3-22.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 5,496 | 4,060 | 75.7 | 74.0-77.3 | 370 | 6.7 | 5.8- 7.8 | 1,066 | 17.6 | 16.2-19.0 |
| African American | 936 | 617 | 65.4 | 60.7-69.9 | 114 | 12.8 | 9.5-16.9 | 205 | 21.8 | 18.2-25.9 |
| Other Minorities | 391 | 227 | 54.3 | 47.1-61.3 | 59 | 16.7 | 11.9-22.9 | 105 | 29.0 | 22.9-36.0 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 296 | 165 | 52.8 | 44.7-60.9 | 49 | 18.1 | 12.5-25.6 | 82 | 29.1 | 22.1-37.2 |
| Non-Hispanic | 6,534 | 4,742 | 73.1 | 71.5-74.8 | 496 | 8.1 | 7.0- 9.3 | 1,296 | 18.8 | 17.4-20.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 224 | 139 | 64.0 | 55.8-71.5 | 27 | 12.6 | 8.1-19.0 | 58 | 23.4 | 17.2-31.1 |
| 25-34 | 681 | 489 | 71.5 | 66.6-75.9 | 60 | 10.8 | 7.6-15.2 | 132 | 17.7 | 14.4-21.6 |
| 35-44 | 1,164 | 879 | 73.9 | 70.4-77.2 | 83 | 8.0 | 6.0-10.5 | 202 | 18.1 | 15.3-21.3 |
| 45-54 | 1,417 | 1,068 | 75.6 | 72.6-78.3 | 109 | 7.6 | 6.1- 9.5 | 240 | 16.8 | 14.4-19.5 |
| 55-64 | 1,390 | 1,084 | 78.7 | 75.7-81.3 | 88 | 6.0 | 4.6- 7.8 | 218 | 15.4 | 13.1-18.0 |
| 65-74 | 1,080 | 750 | 67.5 | 63.7-71.1 | 78 | 7.6 | 5.9- 9.8 | 252 | 24.8 | 21.5-28.6 |
| 75+ | 847 | 475 | 55.4 | 51.0-59.8 | 98 | 11.5 | 9.1-14.5 | 274 | 33.0 | 28.9-37.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 896 | 442 | 49.8 | 44.3-55.3 | 139 | 16.0 | 12.3-20.5 | 315 | 34.2 | 29.3-39.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,890 | 1,255 | 64.4 | 60.8-67.8 | 174 | 11.6 | 9.4-14.2 | 461 | 24.1 | 21.0-27.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,735 | 1,324 | 76.7 | 73.3-79.7 | 115 | 8.2 | 5.9-11.2 | 296 | 15.1 | 12.9-17.7 |
| College Graduate | 2,316 | 1,888 | 82.2 | 79.9-84.2 | 117 | 4.4 | 3.5- 5.7 | 311 | 13.4 | 11.6-15.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 620 | 347 | 53.1 | 46.6-59.5 | 84 | 14.8 | 10.7-20.1 | 189 | 32.1 | 26.1-38.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 969 | 633 | 64.2 | 58.8-69.3 | 111 | 14.2 | 10.2-19.3 | 225 | 21.6 | 17.8-25.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 689 | 482 | 68.7 | 63.2-73.7 | 63 | 10.9 | 7.5-15.5 | 144 | 20.4 | 16.5-25.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 953 | 719 | 74.4 | 70.1-78.3 | 67 | 7.4 | 5.4-10.2 | 167 | 18.2 | 14.8-22.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 1,010 | 807 | 80.6 | 76.8-83.9 | 50 | 6.1 | 4.2- 8.6 | 153 | 13.4 | 10.7-16.6 |
| $75,000+ | 1,663 | 1,345 | 79.5 | 76.7-82.1 | 73 | 4.3 | 3.1- 5.9 | 245 | 16.2 | 13.8-18.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 2,322 | 1,567 | 67.3 | 64.1-70.3 | 218 | 10.7 | 8.5-13.4 | 537 | 22.0 | 19.6-24.6 |
| No | 4,422 | 3,285 | 73.4 | 71.3-75.4 | 317 | 8.2 | 7.0- 9.6 | 820 | 18.4 | 16.7-20.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 917 | 664 | 73.3 | 69.0-77.1 | 72 | 9.1 | 6.6-12.5 | 181 | 17.6 | 14.6-21.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 5,924 | 4,251 | 71.2 | 69.4-73.0 | 472 | 8.9 | 7.7-10.2 | 1,201 | 19.9 | 18.4-21.5 |
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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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