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| Total Respond.^ |
Past 12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5+ years | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 12,761 | 10,103 | 75.0 | 73.8-76.2 | 1,460 | 13.4 | 12.5-14.4 | 762 | 7.3 | 6.6- 8.2 | 436 | 4.2 | 3.7- 4.9 |
| -Western NC | 2,488 | 1,947 | 73.2 | 70.6-75.7 | 285 | 13.5 | 11.7-15.5 | 136 | 7.4 | 5.9- 9.3 | 120 | 5.8 | 4.5- 7.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 905 | 717 | 71.1 | 66.6-75.3 | 100 | 14.3 | 11.4-17.8 | 41 | 7.7 | 5.2-11.4 | 47 | 6.9 | 4.6-10.2 |
| Female | 1,583 | 1,230 | 75.0 | 72.1-77.7 | 185 | 12.8 | 10.8-15.1 | 95 | 7.2 | 5.6- 9.2 | 73 | 5.0 | 3.8- 6.5 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 2,319 | 1,812 | 73.7 | 71.1-76.2 | 265 | 13.1 | 11.3-15.0 | 127 | 7.5 | 6.0- 9.5 | 115 | 5.7 | 4.5- 7.1 |
| African American | 78 | 67 | 71.6 | 48.3-87.2 | 8 | 14.7 | 6.4-30.3 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.3- 8.0 | 1 | 12.1 | 1.9-50.0 |
| Other Minorities | 83 | 60 | 62.3 | 44.4-77.3 | 12 | 22.3 | 10.9-40.2 | 7 | 10.7 | 2.7-34.1 | 4 | 4.7 | 0.9-20.3 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 41 | 34 | 76.8 | 52.5-90.8 | 5 | 20.7 | 7.3-46.3 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-10.9 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.2 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,443 | 1,909 | 73.1 | 70.5-75.6 | 280 | 13.3 | 11.6-15.3 | 135 | 7.6 | 6.0- 9.5 | 119 | 6.0 | 4.6- 7.7 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 29 | 18 | 59.1 | 37.0-78.1 | 8 | 23.5 | 11.1-43.0 | 3 | 17.4 | 5.0-45.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 153 | 97 | 56.8 | 47.0-66.1 | 23 | 15.8 | 10.2-23.6 | 23 | 17.3 | 10.9-26.3 | 10 | 10.1 | 4.9-19.8 |
| 35-44 | 297 | 173 | 60.1 | 53.4-66.4 | 60 | 21.2 | 16.1-27.4 | 35 | 10.0 | 6.8-14.7 | 29 | 8.7 | 5.7-13.0 |
| 45-54 | 465 | 340 | 72.6 | 67.3-77.4 | 68 | 14.1 | 10.6-18.4 | 23 | 5.8 | 3.5- 9.4 | 34 | 7.6 | 5.1-11.0 |
| 55-64 | 607 | 477 | 77.5 | 73.2-81.2 | 68 | 12.6 | 9.6-16.4 | 33 | 5.5 | 3.8- 7.9 | 29 | 4.5 | 2.9- 6.7 |
| 65-74 | 544 | 490 | 91.0 | 87.9-93.3 | 32 | 6.0 | 4.1- 8.9 | 8 | 0.9 | 0.4- 1.9 | 14 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.6 |
| 75+ | 385 | 345 | 91.2 | 87.7-93.8 | 25 | 5.7 | 3.7- 8.7 | 11 | 1.7 | 0.9- 3.3 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 362 | 307 | 81.2 | 74.2-86.6 | 27 | 9.4 | 6.1-14.3 | 15 | 5.8 | 2.4-13.3 | 13 | 3.6 | 1.9- 6.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 768 | 592 | 74.8 | 70.1-79.0 | 87 | 11.9 | 9.0-15.5 | 42 | 7.8 | 5.1-11.7 | 47 | 5.5 | 3.9- 7.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 645 | 514 | 73.7 | 68.2-78.6 | 77 | 14.5 | 11.1-18.7 | 32 | 6.0 | 3.7- 9.5 | 22 | 5.8 | 2.9-11.1 |
| College Graduate | 711 | 532 | 67.4 | 62.4-72.0 | 94 | 16.2 | 12.8-20.4 | 47 | 9.0 | 6.3-12.9 | 38 | 7.3 | 4.9-10.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 293 | 244 | 82.4 | 76.3-87.2 | 24 | 9.0 | 5.7-14.0 | 12 | 5.3 | 2.7-10.2 | 13 | 3.3 | 1.8- 6.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 469 | 366 | 71.5 | 65.1-77.2 | 53 | 14.6 | 10.5-20.1 | 23 | 6.6 | 3.4-12.2 | 27 | 7.3 | 4.6-11.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 266 | 203 | 69.4 | 59.6-77.8 | 38 | 16.0 | 11.0-22.7 | 14 | 5.9 | 2.8-11.9 | 11 | 8.6 | 3.2-21.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 385 | 295 | 68.3 | 61.2-74.7 | 42 | 15.1 | 10.5-21.4 | 24 | 10.4 | 6.1-17.2 | 24 | 6.2 | 4.0- 9.5 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 358 | 270 | 71.5 | 64.8-77.3 | 41 | 11.0 | 7.8-15.4 | 28 | 10.6 | 6.6-16.6 | 19 | 6.9 | 3.9-11.8 |
| $75,000+ | 408 | 326 | 77.4 | 71.6-82.3 | 50 | 14.4 | 10.4-19.7 | 21 | 5.0 | 3.1- 7.9 | 11 | 3.2 | 1.4- 7.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 993 | 811 | 78.8 | 75.1-82.2 | 94 | 10.1 | 7.9-12.9 | 47 | 6.1 | 4.1- 8.9 | 41 | 5.0 | 3.4- 7.2 |
| No | 1,397 | 1,059 | 70.1 | 66.5-73.4 | 179 | 15.5 | 13.0-18.3 | 85 | 7.9 | 6.0-10.5 | 74 | 6.5 | 4.6- 9.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 402 | 345 | 82.0 | 76.1-86.8 | 36 | 11.6 | 7.6-17.4 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.7 | 11 | 3.9 | 2.0- 7.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,086 | 1,602 | 71.6 | 68.6-74.3 | 249 | 13.8 | 11.9-16.0 | 126 | 8.4 | 6.6-10.6 | 109 | 6.2 | 4.7- 8.1 |
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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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