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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | Yes, but had them removed | No | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 12,263 | 2,175 | 14.1 | 13.3-14.8 | 1,668 | 10.4 | 9.8-11.1 | 8,420 | 75.5 | 74.6-76.5 |
| -Eastern NC | 4,069 | 745 | 14.4 | 13.2-15.6 | 555 | 10.5 | 9.5-11.6 | 2,769 | 75.1 | 73.6-76.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,480 | 217 | 10.8 | 9.3-12.6 | 158 | 7.9 | 6.5- 9.5 | 1,105 | 81.3 | 79.0-83.3 |
| Female | 2,589 | 528 | 17.4 | 15.8-19.1 | 397 | 12.7 | 11.4-14.2 | 1,664 | 69.9 | 67.9-71.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,833 | 546 | 15.2 | 13.8-16.7 | 426 | 11.0 | 9.9-12.3 | 1,861 | 73.8 | 71.9-75.5 |
| African American | 936 | 156 | 13.4 | 11.2-16.1 | 100 | 10.0 | 7.8-12.6 | 680 | 76.6 | 73.3-79.6 |
| Other Minorities | 281 | 42 | 10.6 | 7.2-15.2 | 26 | 7.5 | 4.3-12.6 | 213 | 82.0 | 75.8-86.8 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 98 | 9 | 4.3 | 2.0- 9.1 | 7 | 7.1 | 2.8-16.7 | 82 | 88.6 | 79.3-94.0 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,953 | 732 | 14.7 | 13.6-16.0 | 541 | 10.6 | 9.6-11.7 | 2,680 | 74.7 | 73.1-76.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 40-44 | 433 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.9- 3.9 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.4 | 419 | 97.2 | 95.0-98.4 |
| 45-54 | 994 | 43 | 3.1 | 2.2- 4.5 | 19 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.7 | 932 | 94.8 | 92.9-96.2 |
| 55-64 | 1,069 | 168 | 16.0 | 13.6-18.7 | 48 | 4.6 | 3.4- 6.3 | 853 | 79.4 | 76.5-82.1 |
| 65-74 | 923 | 308 | 31.7 | 28.3-35.2 | 193 | 20.3 | 17.4-23.6 | 422 | 48.0 | 44.2-51.8 |
| 75+ | 650 | 217 | 33.5 | 29.4-37.9 | 290 | 43.1 | 38.7-47.6 | 143 | 23.4 | 19.8-27.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 680 | 164 | 18.3 | 15.3-21.9 | 167 | 18.7 | 15.6-22.3 | 349 | 63.0 | 58.3-67.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,310 | 231 | 14.2 | 12.3-16.4 | 177 | 10.1 | 8.5-11.9 | 902 | 75.7 | 73.0-78.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,055 | 184 | 14.0 | 11.9-16.4 | 114 | 8.5 | 6.8-10.7 | 757 | 77.5 | 74.5-80.2 |
| College Graduate | 1,016 | 166 | 12.4 | 10.4-14.6 | 94 | 7.4 | 5.8- 9.5 | 756 | 80.2 | 77.4-82.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 553 | 123 | 17.8 | 14.4-21.8 | 112 | 16.3 | 13.0-20.2 | 318 | 65.9 | 60.7-70.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 647 | 140 | 17.7 | 14.7-21.3 | 114 | 13.2 | 10.6-16.2 | 393 | 69.1 | 64.8-73.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 453 | 96 | 15.6 | 12.4-19.4 | 68 | 13.2 | 10.1-17.2 | 289 | 71.2 | 66.2-75.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 582 | 102 | 14.0 | 11.2-17.5 | 52 | 6.9 | 4.9- 9.5 | 428 | 79.1 | 75.1-82.6 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 568 | 75 | 10.2 | 7.9-13.0 | 49 | 6.5 | 4.7- 8.9 | 444 | 83.3 | 79.9-86.3 |
| $75,000+ | 705 | 80 | 9.1 | 7.1-11.5 | 40 | 5.3 | 3.6- 7.7 | 585 | 85.6 | 82.5-88.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,806 | 411 | 18.8 | 16.8-20.9 | 321 | 13.8 | 12.1-15.6 | 1,074 | 67.4 | 64.9-69.9 |
| No | 2,200 | 329 | 11.3 | 10.0-12.8 | 227 | 8.1 | 6.9- 9.5 | 1,644 | 80.6 | 78.7-82.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 779 | 146 | 15.5 | 12.9-18.5 | 107 | 10.6 | 8.4-13.2 | 526 | 73.9 | 70.3-77.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 3,288 | 599 | 14.1 | 12.9-15.4 | 448 | 10.5 | 9.4-11.7 | 2,241 | 75.4 | 73.7-77.0 |
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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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