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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 | 14,283 | 12,614 | 85.4 | 84.4-86.4 | 928 | 8.3 | 7.5- 9.2 | 741 | 6.3 | 5.6- 7.0 |
| -Western NC | 2,792 | 2,500 | 89.3 | 87.4-90.9 | 149 | 5.2 | 4.1- 6.6 | 143 | 5.5 | 4.4- 6.9 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,032 | 898 | 86.5 | 83.0-89.3 | 74 | 6.8 | 4.8- 9.5 | 60 | 6.8 | 4.8- 9.5 |
| Female | 1,760 | 1,602 | 91.8 | 90.2-93.2 | 75 | 3.8 | 2.9- 5.0 | 83 | 4.4 | 3.4- 5.7 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,585 | 2,337 | 91.2 | 89.7-92.4 | 129 | 4.3 | 3.5- 5.4 | 119 | 4.5 | 3.6- 5.6 |
| African American | 87 | 76 | 76.1 | 52.0-90.4 | 5 | 9.0 | 2.8-25.8 | 6 | 14.8 | 3.6-44.8 |
| Other Minorities | 113 | 81 | 67.2 | 52.2-79.4 | 15 | 16.8 | 7.4-33.8 | 17 | 16.0 | 8.6-27.8 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 67 | 48 | 64.4 | 46.0-79.4 | 9 | 20.4 | 8.1-42.5 | 10 | 15.2 | 7.3-29.0 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,719 | 2,449 | 90.4 | 88.7-91.8 | 139 | 4.5 | 3.7- 5.6 | 131 | 5.1 | 4.0- 6.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 77 | 68 | 86.8 | 72.8-94.2 | 5 | 10.2 | 3.7-25.4 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.1- 8.0 |
| 25-34 | 227 | 202 | 87.6 | 80.8-92.2 | 11 | 4.3 | 2.1- 8.6 | 14 | 8.1 | 4.3-14.7 |
| 35-44 | 367 | 332 | 90.7 | 86.9-93.5 | 14 | 3.9 | 2.2- 6.8 | 21 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.5 |
| 45-54 | 506 | 468 | 91.2 | 87.3-93.9 | 17 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.5 | 21 | 5.6 | 3.3- 9.2 |
| 55-64 | 625 | 585 | 93.0 | 90.2-95.1 | 25 | 4.6 | 2.9- 7.1 | 15 | 2.4 | 1.4- 4.2 |
| 65-74 | 552 | 484 | 87.6 | 84.3-90.3 | 36 | 6.9 | 4.9- 9.7 | 32 | 5.5 | 3.8- 7.9 |
| 75+ | 426 | 352 | 84.4 | 80.1-87.9 | 39 | 7.7 | 5.5-10.7 | 35 | 8.0 | 5.4-11.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 440 | 352 | 81.6 | 76.5-85.8 | 37 | 7.4 | 5.1-10.6 | 51 | 11.0 | 7.7-15.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 865 | 768 | 88.2 | 84.3-91.2 | 50 | 6.9 | 4.3-10.7 | 47 | 5.0 | 3.5- 7.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 728 | 670 | 90.7 | 86.4-93.7 | 38 | 4.8 | 3.1- 7.4 | 20 | 4.5 | 2.2- 8.9 |
| College Graduate | 753 | 707 | 93.5 | 90.7-95.5 | 23 | 2.4 | 1.5- 3.8 | 23 | 4.1 | 2.4- 6.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 335 | 293 | 88.0 | 82.2-92.1 | 19 | 6.6 | 3.4-12.4 | 23 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 545 | 472 | 86.4 | 81.7-90.0 | 44 | 7.9 | 5.1-12.0 | 29 | 5.7 | 3.5- 9.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 307 | 275 | 83.5 | 73.2-90.4 | 15 | 7.5 | 3.1-16.9 | 17 | 9.0 | 4.2-18.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 437 | 400 | 90.9 | 86.5-93.9 | 17 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.3 | 20 | 6.2 | 3.6-10.4 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 387 | 359 | 92.4 | 88.3-95.1 | 20 | 5.3 | 3.2- 8.8 | 8 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.5 |
| $75,000+ | 423 | 405 | 95.3 | 92.5-97.2 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.6 | 10 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,101 | 985 | 90.0 | 87.5-92.0 | 58 | 5.1 | 3.7- 7.0 | 58 | 4.9 | 3.5- 6.8 |
| No | 1,646 | 1,487 | 89.9 | 87.4-91.9 | 83 | 4.7 | 3.4- 6.6 | 76 | 5.4 | 3.9- 7.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 428 | 383 | 91.7 | 88.4-94.1 | 24 | 3.7 | 2.4- 5.8 | 21 | 4.6 | 2.8- 7.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,364 | 2,117 | 88.9 | 86.8-90.7 | 125 | 5.5 | 4.2- 7.1 | 122 | 5.7 | 4.4- 7.3 |
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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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