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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 15,510 | 2,649 | 19.5 | 18.5-20.5 | 12,861 | 80.5 | 79.5-81.5 |
-Eastern NC | 5,200 | 907 | 20.4 | 18.7-22.2 | 4,293 | 79.6 | 77.8-81.3 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,880 | 601 | 33.0 | 29.9-36.3 | 1,279 | 67.0 | 63.7-70.1 |
Female | 3,320 | 306 | 8.5 | 7.2-10.0 | 3,014 | 91.5 | 90.0-92.8 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 3,496 | 585 | 23.3 | 20.9-25.8 | 2,911 | 76.7 | 74.2-79.1 |
African American | 1,194 | 213 | 15.0 | 12.6-17.7 | 981 | 85.0 | 82.3-87.4 |
Other Minorities | 484 | 101 | 15.4 | 11.7-19.9 | 383 | 84.6 | 80.1-88.3 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 221 | 14 | 5.7 | 3.0-10.3 | 207 | 94.3 | 89.7-97.0 |
Non-Hispanic | 4,959 | 883 | 21.5 | 19.7-23.4 | 4,076 | 78.5 | 76.6-80.3 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 183 | 27 | 20.4 | 13.4-29.7 | 156 | 79.6 | 70.3-86.6 |
25-34 | 519 | 84 | 19.5 | 15.6-24.2 | 435 | 80.5 | 75.8-84.4 |
35-44 | 808 | 163 | 25.5 | 21.8-29.7 | 645 | 74.5 | 70.3-78.2 |
45-54 | 996 | 161 | 19.7 | 16.6-23.2 | 835 | 80.3 | 76.8-83.4 |
55-64 | 1,076 | 191 | 18.8 | 16.1-21.9 | 885 | 81.2 | 78.1-83.9 |
65-74 | 930 | 164 | 18.3 | 15.6-21.5 | 766 | 81.7 | 78.5-84.4 |
75+ | 656 | 116 | 18.1 | 14.8-21.8 | 540 | 81.9 | 78.2-85.2 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 823 | 224 | 24.5 | 20.2-29.4 | 599 | 75.5 | 70.6-79.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,603 | 276 | 20.7 | 17.4-24.5 | 1,327 | 79.3 | 75.5-82.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,406 | 208 | 18.8 | 15.8-22.2 | 1,198 | 81.2 | 77.8-84.2 |
College Graduate | 1,355 | 196 | 18.7 | 15.9-21.9 | 1,159 | 81.3 | 78.1-84.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 675 | 139 | 17.8 | 14.1-22.2 | 536 | 82.2 | 77.8-85.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 839 | 144 | 19.7 | 14.8-25.6 | 695 | 80.3 | 74.4-85.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 580 | 105 | 24.9 | 19.0-31.9 | 475 | 75.1 | 68.1-81.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 742 | 108 | 15.5 | 12.4-19.2 | 634 | 84.5 | 80.8-87.6 |
$50,000-74,999 | 764 | 124 | 19.8 | 16.1-24.0 | 640 | 80.2 | 76.0-83.9 |
$75,000+ | 926 | 179 | 26.3 | 22.3-30.7 | 747 | 73.7 | 69.3-77.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 2,068 | 425 | 22.8 | 20.2-25.6 | 1,643 | 77.2 | 74.4-79.8 |
No | 3,047 | 465 | 19.0 | 16.8-21.5 | 2,582 | 81.0 | 78.5-83.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 935 | 283 | 33.9 | 29.6-38.4 | 652 | 66.1 | 61.6-70.4 |
Non-Veteran | 4,262 | 624 | 17.3 | 15.5-19.4 | 3,638 | 82.7 | 80.6-84.5 |
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^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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