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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 14,482 | 12,964 | 81.7 | 80.4-82.8 | 1,518 | 18.3 | 17.2-19.6 |
| -Western NC | 2,838 | 2,536 | 82.0 | 79.5-84.3 | 302 | 18.0 | 15.7-20.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,056 | 921 | 77.9 | 73.4-81.8 | 135 | 22.1 | 18.2-26.6 |
| Female | 1,782 | 1,615 | 85.9 | 83.3-88.2 | 167 | 14.1 | 11.8-16.7 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,619 | 2,363 | 83.6 | 81.1-85.9 | 256 | 16.4 | 14.1-18.9 |
| African American | 94 | 80 | 83.7 | 70.1-91.8 | 14 | 16.3 | 8.2-29.9 |
| Other Minorities | 115 | 83 | 56.6 | 42.2-69.9 | 32 | 43.4 | 30.1-57.8 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 69 | 42 | 42.3 | 28.1-57.9 | 27 | 57.7 | 42.1-71.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,763 | 2,488 | 83.8 | 81.4-86.0 | 275 | 16.2 | 14.0-18.6 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 74 | 29 | 32.6 | 21.4-46.2 | 45 | 67.4 | 53.8-78.6 |
| 25-34 | 230 | 157 | 67.2 | 59.6-74.1 | 73 | 32.8 | 25.9-40.4 |
| 35-44 | 373 | 299 | 80.6 | 75.6-84.7 | 74 | 19.4 | 15.3-24.4 |
| 45-54 | 518 | 470 | 90.7 | 87.3-93.3 | 48 | 9.3 | 6.7-12.7 |
| 55-64 | 640 | 611 | 95.1 | 92.7-96.7 | 29 | 4.9 | 3.3- 7.3 |
| 65-74 | 569 | 556 | 98.0 | 96.4-98.9 | 13 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.6 |
| 75+ | 424 | 404 | 96.3 | 94.2-97.7 | 20 | 3.7 | 2.3- 5.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 443 | 376 | 76.6 | 69.1-82.6 | 67 | 23.4 | 17.4-30.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 892 | 784 | 78.7 | 73.5-83.1 | 108 | 21.3 | 16.9-26.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 737 | 655 | 80.6 | 75.7-84.7 | 82 | 19.4 | 15.3-24.3 |
| College Graduate | 761 | 719 | 91.2 | 87.1-94.1 | 42 | 8.8 | 5.9-12.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 343 | 305 | 80.9 | 72.3-87.3 | 38 | 19.1 | 12.7-27.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 550 | 475 | 76.2 | 69.5-81.9 | 75 | 23.8 | 18.1-30.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 310 | 268 | 75.7 | 66.7-82.9 | 42 | 24.3 | 17.1-33.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 445 | 389 | 78.6 | 72.0-84.0 | 56 | 21.4 | 16.0-28.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 391 | 361 | 88.8 | 83.3-92.6 | 30 | 11.2 | 7.4-16.7 |
| $75,000+ | 428 | 412 | 94.9 | 91.4-97.0 | 16 | 5.1 | 3.0- 8.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 1,101 | 1,019 | 88.0 | 83.7-91.4 | 82 | 12.0 | 8.6-16.3 |
| No | 1,613 | 1,414 | 79.7 | 76.4-82.7 | 199 | 20.3 | 17.3-23.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 434 | 410 | 93.5 | 88.6-96.4 | 24 | 6.5 | 3.6-11.4 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,404 | 2,126 | 80.2 | 77.3-82.7 | 278 | 19.8 | 17.3-22.7 |
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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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