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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 6,841 | 5,866 | 85.1 | 83.7-86.4 | 354 | 5.9 | 4.9- 7.0 | 621 | 9.0 | 8.1-10.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 2,510 | 2,140 | 84.1 | 81.7-86.2 | 145 | 6.9 | 5.3- 8.9 | 225 | 9.0 | 7.6-10.8 |
| Female | 4,331 | 3,726 | 86.0 | 84.3-87.6 | 209 | 5.0 | 3.9- 6.2 | 396 | 9.0 | 7.8-10.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 5,494 | 4,806 | 88.6 | 87.4-89.8 | 243 | 4.1 | 3.4- 5.0 | 445 | 7.3 | 6.4- 8.3 |
| African American | 936 | 771 | 82.3 | 78.0-86.0 | 64 | 7.9 | 5.1-11.9 | 101 | 9.8 | 7.5-12.7 |
| Other Minorities | 391 | 275 | 68.2 | 61.2-74.4 | 44 | 13.2 | 8.8-19.2 | 72 | 18.7 | 13.9-24.6 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 296 | 207 | 66.3 | 58.1-73.6 | 35 | 15.0 | 9.7-22.3 | 54 | 18.7 | 13.3-25.8 |
| Non-Hispanic | 6,532 | 5,652 | 87.0 | 85.6-88.2 | 318 | 5.0 | 4.1- 6.0 | 562 | 8.1 | 7.2- 9.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 224 | 185 | 83.6 | 76.3-89.0 | 15 | 6.0 | 3.0-11.7 | 24 | 10.4 | 6.3-16.8 |
| 25-34 | 680 | 577 | 82.9 | 78.4-86.6 | 40 | 8.6 | 5.6-12.8 | 63 | 8.6 | 6.4-11.3 |
| 35-44 | 1,164 | 1,016 | 84.7 | 81.5-87.4 | 54 | 6.3 | 4.4- 8.9 | 94 | 9.1 | 7.1-11.5 |
| 45-54 | 1,417 | 1,267 | 89.9 | 87.8-91.6 | 52 | 3.7 | 2.6- 5.1 | 98 | 6.5 | 5.1- 8.2 |
| 55-64 | 1,390 | 1,263 | 91.4 | 89.4-93.1 | 49 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.3 | 78 | 5.6 | 4.2- 7.3 |
| 65-74 | 1,080 | 921 | 82.9 | 79.4-85.9 | 57 | 5.4 | 3.9- 7.6 | 102 | 11.7 | 9.1-14.9 |
| 75+ | 846 | 605 | 72.6 | 68.6-76.3 | 85 | 9.6 | 7.4-12.3 | 156 | 17.8 | 14.7-21.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 895 | 602 | 66.4 | 61.0-71.5 | 99 | 12.8 | 9.1-17.7 | 194 | 20.8 | 16.9-25.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,890 | 1,597 | 83.8 | 81.1-86.2 | 117 | 6.6 | 5.1- 8.4 | 176 | 9.6 | 7.7-11.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,734 | 1,545 | 87.8 | 84.6-90.5 | 75 | 5.8 | 3.8- 8.9 | 114 | 6.3 | 4.8- 8.4 |
| College Graduate | 2,316 | 2,119 | 91.9 | 90.3-93.2 | 61 | 2.4 | 1.7- 3.4 | 136 | 5.7 | 4.6- 7.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 619 | 477 | 77.8 | 72.4-82.4 | 48 | 6.2 | 4.0- 9.5 | 94 | 16.0 | 12.1-20.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 969 | 784 | 76.4 | 71.1-81.0 | 83 | 10.8 | 7.3-15.7 | 102 | 12.8 | 9.7-16.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 689 | 575 | 82.6 | 77.8-86.5 | 48 | 7.6 | 4.9-11.6 | 66 | 9.9 | 7.1-13.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 952 | 853 | 88.9 | 85.8-91.4 | 34 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.6 | 65 | 6.9 | 5.1- 9.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 1,010 | 936 | 91.8 | 88.8-94.0 | 28 | 3.6 | 2.2- 5.9 | 46 | 4.6 | 2.9- 7.1 |
| $75,000+ | 1,663 | 1,518 | 91.1 | 89.0-92.9 | 47 | 2.8 | 1.9- 4.3 | 98 | 6.0 | 4.7- 7.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 2,320 | 1,928 | 83.6 | 80.8-86.0 | 145 | 6.3 | 4.5- 8.7 | 247 | 10.1 | 8.4-12.1 |
| No | 4,422 | 3,862 | 85.9 | 84.1-87.4 | 203 | 5.7 | 4.6- 7.1 | 357 | 8.4 | 7.3- 9.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 917 | 788 | 87.7 | 84.8-90.2 | 57 | 5.4 | 3.8- 7.8 | 72 | 6.8 | 5.1- 9.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 5,922 | 5,078 | 84.8 | 83.2-86.2 | 296 | 5.9 | 4.9- 7.2 | 548 | 9.3 | 8.2-10.5 |
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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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