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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 | 14,282 | 12,355 | 86.0 | 85.0-86.9 | 1,020 | 7.6 | 6.8- 8.3 | 907 | 6.4 | 5.8- 7.2 |
| -Western NC | 2,791 | 2,404 | 87.4 | 85.6-89.0 | 200 | 6.2 | 5.2- 7.5 | 187 | 6.4 | 5.2- 7.9 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,032 | 884 | 87.2 | 84.2-89.8 | 91 | 7.0 | 5.3- 9.2 | 57 | 5.7 | 3.9- 8.3 |
| Female | 1,759 | 1,520 | 87.5 | 85.3-89.4 | 109 | 5.5 | 4.4- 6.9 | 130 | 7.0 | 5.5- 8.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,584 | 2,239 | 88.4 | 86.8-89.9 | 180 | 5.7 | 4.8- 6.8 | 165 | 5.9 | 4.8- 7.2 |
| African American | 87 | 73 | 82.5 | 67.6-91.4 | 8 | 13.4 | 5.6-29.0 | 6 | 4.1 | 1.6-10.3 |
| Other Minorities | 113 | 88 | 74.4 | 58.3-85.8 | 11 | 10.3 | 4.1-23.8 | 14 | 15.3 | 6.5-32.0 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 67 | 54 | 78.6 | 58.9-90.3 | 5 | 6.6 | 2.5-15.9 | 8 | 14.9 | 4.9-37.4 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,718 | 2,348 | 87.8 | 86.1-89.3 | 194 | 6.2 | 5.2- 7.5 | 176 | 6.0 | 4.9- 7.3 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 77 | 69 | 85.4 | 70.3-93.5 | 1 | 3.2 | 0.5-19.4 | 7 | 11.4 | 4.5-25.7 |
| 25-34 | 227 | 200 | 88.9 | 83.3-92.8 | 12 | 4.2 | 2.1- 8.0 | 15 | 7.0 | 4.0-12.0 |
| 35-44 | 367 | 329 | 90.0 | 85.9-93.0 | 19 | 5.0 | 2.9- 8.3 | 19 | 5.1 | 3.1- 8.2 |
| 45-54 | 506 | 451 | 89.8 | 86.3-92.4 | 31 | 6.4 | 4.3- 9.3 | 24 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.3 |
| 55-64 | 625 | 554 | 88.8 | 85.8-91.3 | 43 | 6.8 | 5.0- 9.3 | 28 | 4.3 | 2.8- 6.6 |
| 65-74 | 552 | 465 | 84.5 | 80.8-87.6 | 44 | 7.9 | 5.7-10.8 | 43 | 7.6 | 5.4-10.6 |
| 75+ | 425 | 328 | 77.7 | 72.9-81.8 | 48 | 12.2 | 9.0-16.3 | 49 | 10.1 | 7.4-13.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 440 | 348 | 80.0 | 74.1-84.8 | 38 | 10.2 | 6.4-15.7 | 54 | 9.9 | 7.0-13.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 865 | 729 | 86.4 | 82.7-89.4 | 70 | 6.0 | 4.4- 8.2 | 66 | 7.6 | 5.1-11.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 727 | 660 | 90.7 | 87.5-93.2 | 41 | 5.0 | 3.5- 7.1 | 26 | 4.3 | 2.5- 7.3 |
| College Graduate | 753 | 665 | 89.5 | 86.5-91.9 | 50 | 5.5 | 4.0- 7.5 | 38 | 5.0 | 3.2- 7.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 335 | 272 | 81.4 | 74.8-86.6 | 26 | 8.6 | 4.9-14.7 | 37 | 10.0 | 6.6-14.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 545 | 462 | 85.1 | 80.3-88.8 | 47 | 8.9 | 5.9-13.2 | 36 | 6.1 | 3.9- 9.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 307 | 261 | 84.2 | 76.0-90.0 | 24 | 7.1 | 4.2-11.7 | 22 | 8.7 | 4.1-17.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 437 | 386 | 88.5 | 84.1-91.8 | 29 | 5.7 | 3.8- 8.6 | 22 | 5.7 | 3.3- 9.8 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 387 | 340 | 88.7 | 83.5-92.4 | 28 | 5.0 | 3.4- 7.4 | 19 | 6.3 | 3.3-11.8 |
| $75,000+ | 423 | 395 | 93.9 | 90.9-95.9 | 14 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.6 | 14 | 3.5 | 1.9- 6.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,101 | 925 | 86.0 | 83.4-88.3 | 92 | 7.8 | 6.0-10.0 | 84 | 6.2 | 4.8- 8.0 |
| No | 1,646 | 1,449 | 88.3 | 85.8-90.3 | 103 | 5.4 | 4.2- 7.0 | 94 | 6.3 | 4.7- 8.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 428 | 367 | 88.5 | 84.9-91.3 | 41 | 7.8 | 5.6-10.9 | 20 | 3.7 | 2.3- 6.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,363 | 2,037 | 87.2 | 85.1-89.0 | 159 | 6.0 | 4.9- 7.3 | 167 | 6.8 | 5.5- 8.6 |
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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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