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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 7,735 | 446 | 6.8 | 6.0- 7.7 | 501 | 7.8 | 6.9- 8.8 | 6,788 | 85.4 | 84.1-86.6 |
-Eastern NC | 2,506 | 169 | 9.0 | 7.3-11.0 | 171 | 8.9 | 7.2-10.9 | 2,166 | 82.1 | 79.5-84.4 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 1,014 | 103 | 11.4 | 8.9-14.6 | 93 | 11.1 | 8.5-14.4 | 818 | 77.5 | 73.5-81.0 |
Female | 1,492 | 66 | 6.2 | 4.3- 8.9 | 78 | 6.3 | 4.5- 8.7 | 1,348 | 87.5 | 84.3-90.1 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 1,666 | 100 | 8.2 | 6.1-10.7 | 97 | 7.0 | 5.2- 9.3 | 1,469 | 84.9 | 81.8-87.5 |
African American | 581 | 44 | 10.5 | 7.1-15.3 | 44 | 12.8 | 8.7-18.5 | 493 | 76.7 | 70.6-81.9 |
Other Minorities | 246 | 24 | 10.9 | 6.7-17.2 | 29 | 11.7 | 7.2-18.6 | 193 | 77.4 | 69.4-83.8 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 120 | 12 | 12.0 | 6.3-21.8 | 13 | 10.8 | 5.6-19.9 | 95 | 77.2 | 66.0-85.4 |
Non-Hispanic | 2,382 | 156 | 8.8 | 7.0-10.8 | 158 | 8.7 | 7.0-10.9 | 2,068 | 82.5 | 79.8-84.9 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 100 | 16 | 17.6 | 9.9-29.3 | 18 | 20.6 | 12.4-32.0 | 66 | 61.8 | 49.3-72.9 |
25-34 | 367 | 31 | 9.8 | 6.6-14.4 | 24 | 8.4 | 5.4-12.8 | 312 | 81.7 | 76.2-86.2 |
35-44 | 596 | 23 | 5.1 | 3.2- 8.0 | 37 | 7.0 | 4.6-10.4 | 536 | 88.0 | 84.0-91.1 |
45-54 | 728 | 49 | 8.1 | 6.0-11.0 | 42 | 5.6 | 3.8- 8.0 | 637 | 86.3 | 82.9-89.1 |
55-64 | 499 | 39 | 8.4 | 6.0-11.8 | 40 | 8.2 | 5.6-11.9 | 420 | 83.3 | 78.9-87.0 |
65-74 | 155 | 7 | 4.4 | 1.7-10.7 | 5 | 2.4 | 1.0- 5.9 | 143 | 93.2 | 87.0-96.5 |
75+ | 44 | 4 | 10.4 | 2.8-32.0 | 3 | 10.5 | 3.0-30.5 | 37 | 79.1 | 58.3-91.1 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 206 | 21 | 10.1 | 5.9-16.6 | 41 | 22.8 | 15.5-32.2 | 144 | 67.1 | 57.3-75.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 741 | 80 | 15.0 | 11.0-20.2 | 73 | 10.8 | 7.8-14.8 | 588 | 74.2 | 68.6-79.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 744 | 45 | 7.9 | 5.6-11.1 | 42 | 8.4 | 5.4-12.8 | 657 | 83.7 | 79.0-87.5 |
College Graduate | 811 | 23 | 3.3 | 2.0- 5.4 | 15 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.5 | 773 | 95.3 | 93.1-96.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 134 | 14 | 16.1 | 8.0-29.8 | 16 | 12.4 | 6.3-22.9 | 104 | 71.5 | 57.8-82.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 335 | 27 | 6.9 | 4.3-10.9 | 44 | 16.8 | 11.1-24.5 | 264 | 76.3 | 68.5-82.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 272 | 23 | 8.8 | 5.3-14.1 | 24 | 8.3 | 4.6-14.4 | 225 | 82.9 | 75.9-88.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 410 | 37 | 11.9 | 8.1-17.3 | 29 | 9.3 | 5.9-14.4 | 344 | 78.7 | 72.5-83.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 492 | 34 | 10.7 | 6.3-17.4 | 20 | 4.9 | 2.4- 9.7 | 438 | 84.5 | 77.4-89.6 |
$75,000+ | 676 | 26 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.3 | 22 | 5.2 | 2.9- 9.3 | 628 | 89.4 | 85.0-92.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 587 | 38 | 6.9 | 4.8- 9.9 | 58 | 17.1 | 12.5-23.0 | 491 | 75.9 | 70.1-80.9 |
No | 1,876 | 131 | 9.8 | 7.8-12.3 | 109 | 6.5 | 4.9- 8.5 | 1,636 | 83.7 | 80.8-86.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 435 | 26 | 5.8 | 3.7- 9.0 | 19 | 3.0 | 1.7- 5.1 | 390 | 91.2 | 87.7-93.8 |
Non-Veteran | 2,069 | 143 | 9.8 | 7.8-12.2 | 151 | 10.1 | 8.1-12.5 | 1,775 | 80.1 | 77.1-82.9 |
This question was asked only of those employed for wages or self-employed.
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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