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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 |
| -Western NC | 2,782 | 2,340 | 83.7 | 81.6-85.6 | 144 | 4.8 | 3.9- 6.0 | 298 | 11.4 | 9.7-13.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,029 | 860 | 83.3 | 79.7-86.4 | 59 | 5.1 | 3.7- 7.1 | 110 | 11.6 | 8.8-15.0 |
| Female | 1,753 | 1,480 | 84.1 | 81.6-86.3 | 85 | 4.6 | 3.6- 5.9 | 188 | 11.3 | 9.4-13.6 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,577 | 2,181 | 84.5 | 82.4-86.4 | 130 | 4.5 | 3.6- 5.5 | 266 | 11.0 | 9.4-13.0 |
| African American | 86 | 71 | 83.3 | 68.9-91.8 | 5 | 9.1 | 2.8-25.9 | 10 | 7.7 | 3.7-15.0 |
| Other Minorities | 112 | 83 | 71.8 | 56.6-83.2 | 8 | 8.2 | 3.5-18.1 | 21 | 20.0 | 10.0-36.0 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 66 | 48 | 67.8 | 49.2-82.1 | 5 | 9.3 | 3.4-23.2 | 13 | 22.9 | 10.4-43.0 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,710 | 2,292 | 84.5 | 82.4-86.3 | 137 | 4.6 | 3.7- 5.7 | 281 | 10.9 | 9.3-12.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 75 | 61 | 75.5 | 59.6-86.6 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.9- 8.9 | 11 | 21.6 | 10.9-38.1 |
| 25-34 | 226 | 190 | 82.2 | 75.5-87.4 | 11 | 6.0 | 3.2-10.9 | 25 | 11.8 | 7.7-17.8 |
| 35-44 | 367 | 319 | 87.9 | 83.7-91.1 | 19 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.1 | 29 | 7.7 | 5.2-11.4 |
| 45-54 | 506 | 438 | 85.8 | 81.6-89.2 | 25 | 4.5 | 2.9- 7.1 | 43 | 9.6 | 6.8-13.5 |
| 55-64 | 624 | 552 | 88.6 | 85.5-91.1 | 18 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.4 | 54 | 8.8 | 6.5-11.7 |
| 65-74 | 551 | 458 | 82.9 | 78.9-86.3 | 32 | 5.5 | 3.8- 8.0 | 61 | 11.6 | 8.7-15.2 |
| 75+ | 421 | 313 | 74.5 | 69.3-79.0 | 35 | 8.4 | 5.9-11.8 | 73 | 17.1 | 13.2-21.9 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 437 | 299 | 69.3 | 62.7-75.2 | 40 | 9.2 | 6.3-13.3 | 98 | 21.5 | 16.2-28.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 861 | 702 | 81.0 | 76.8-84.6 | 54 | 5.7 | 4.0- 8.1 | 105 | 13.2 | 10.1-17.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 726 | 654 | 89.2 | 85.6-91.9 | 28 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.7 | 44 | 6.6 | 4.5- 9.7 |
| College Graduate | 753 | 681 | 89.6 | 85.7-92.5 | 22 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.3 | 50 | 8.4 | 5.6-12.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 334 | 246 | 74.6 | 67.7-80.5 | 25 | 8.4 | 4.7-14.6 | 63 | 17.0 | 12.5-22.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 543 | 447 | 81.4 | 75.9-85.9 | 27 | 5.0 | 3.2- 7.7 | 69 | 13.6 | 9.6-19.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 307 | 258 | 79.7 | 71.2-86.2 | 21 | 6.5 | 3.5-11.5 | 28 | 13.8 | 8.2-22.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 436 | 382 | 87.0 | 82.3-90.6 | 25 | 6.0 | 3.8- 9.5 | 29 | 7.0 | 4.4-11.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 386 | 349 | 88.5 | 82.7-92.5 | 8 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.4 | 29 | 10.3 | 6.4-16.2 |
| $75,000+ | 422 | 390 | 92.4 | 88.7-94.9 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.3 | 24 | 6.1 | 3.7- 9.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,097 | 895 | 82.6 | 79.2-85.5 | 64 | 5.6 | 4.2- 7.4 | 138 | 11.9 | 9.3-15.1 |
| No | 1,646 | 1,422 | 84.8 | 82.0-87.2 | 76 | 4.3 | 3.2- 5.8 | 148 | 10.9 | 8.8-13.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 427 | 356 | 84.9 | 80.6-88.4 | 21 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.1 | 50 | 10.7 | 7.8-14.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,355 | 1,984 | 83.5 | 81.1-85.6 | 123 | 4.9 | 3.9- 6.2 | 248 | 11.6 | 9.7-13.8 |
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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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