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Within the past month | Within the past year | Within the past 2 years | 2 or more years ago | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 12,213 | 1,586 | 12.0 | 11.3-12.8 | 6,284 | 50.2 | 49.0-51.4 | 1,917 | 15.9 | 15.1-16.8 | 2,249 | 19.8 | 18.9-20.8 | 177 | 2.1 | 1.7- 2.5 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 4,613 | 559 | 11.5 | 10.4-12.7 | 2,232 | 47.8 | 45.9-49.7 | 698 | 15.1 | 13.8-16.6 | 1,020 | 23.0 | 21.5-24.7 | 104 | 2.5 | 2.0- 3.2 |
Female | 7,600 | 1,027 | 12.4 | 11.5-13.4 | 4,052 | 52.3 | 50.9-53.8 | 1,219 | 16.6 | 15.6-17.8 | 1,229 | 17.0 | 15.9-18.1 | 73 | 1.6 | 1.2- 2.3 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 9,869 | 1,271 | 11.7 | 10.9-12.5 | 5,121 | 51.2 | 49.9-52.5 | 1,590 | 16.4 | 15.5-17.4 | 1,773 | 19.2 | 18.2-20.3 | 114 | 1.4 | 1.1- 1.8 |
African American | 1,761 | 247 | 13.8 | 11.8-16.0 | 905 | 49.6 | 46.3-52.8 | 258 | 15.4 | 13.1-18.1 | 334 | 20.3 | 17.7-23.1 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.5- 1.7 |
Asian | 55 | 9 | 13.3 | 6.2-26.4 | 28 | 38.7 | 25.0-54.6 | 10 | 24.8 | 12.1-44.2 | 6 | 13.4 | 5.2-30.3 | 2 | 9.7 | 2.3-33.0 |
Native American | 229 | 32 | 17.0 | 10.6-26.2 | 110 | 47.1 | 37.7-56.7 | 28 | 8.6 | 4.9-14.6 | 52 | 22.4 | 15.7-31.0 | 7 | 4.8 | 1.9-11.5 |
Other Minorities | 259 | 25 | 7.4 | 4.5-11.9 | 96 | 34.7 | 27.0-43.3 | 25 | 9.5 | 5.8-15.3 | 76 | 30.2 | 23.0-38.5 | 37 | 18.2 | 12.1-26.4 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 249 | 26 | 6.4 | 4.0-10.0 | 92 | 33.9 | 26.4-42.2 | 31 | 11.9 | 7.5-18.4 | 65 | 28.0 | 20.9-36.5 | 35 | 19.8 | 13.1-28.8 |
-English Speaking | 133 | 20 | 11.6 | 6.9-18.9 | 63 | 48.8 | 38.3-59.3 | 19 | 14.0 | 7.9-23.6 | 30 | 25.0 | 16.9-35.4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.7 |
-Spanish Speaking | 116 | 6 | 3.3 | 1.3- 8.1 | 29 | 25.3 | 16.2-37.2 | 12 | 10.7 | 5.4-20.3 | 35 | 29.8 | 19.9-42.0 | 34 | 30.9 | 20.6-43.5 |
Non-Hispanic | 11,927 | 1,555 | 12.2 | 11.4-13.0 | 6,171 | 50.7 | 49.5-51.9 | 1,882 | 16.1 | 15.2-17.0 | 2,177 | 19.6 | 18.6-20.6 | 142 | 1.5 | 1.2- 1.8 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 1,236 | 114 | 9.7 | 7.8-12.0 | 551 | 44.4 | 41.0-47.9 | 209 | 16.3 | 14.0-18.9 | 306 | 24.9 | 21.9-28.1 | 56 | 4.7 | 3.4- 6.3 |
45-54 | 2,984 | 323 | 10.5 | 9.1-12.0 | 1,356 | 45.3 | 43.0-47.7 | 522 | 17.9 | 16.1-19.8 | 707 | 23.5 | 21.6-25.6 | 76 | 2.8 | 2.0- 3.9 |
55-64 | 3,303 | 377 | 10.8 | 9.6-12.2 | 1,633 | 50.6 | 48.4-52.8 | 599 | 17.2 | 15.7-18.9 | 658 | 20.0 | 18.3-21.8 | 36 | 1.4 | 0.9- 2.0 |
65-74 | 2,692 | 375 | 13.7 | 12.1-15.4 | 1,547 | 57.6 | 55.3-59.9 | 382 | 13.8 | 12.3-15.4 | 381 | 14.6 | 13.0-16.3 | 7 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.8 |
75+ | 1,998 | 397 | 19.2 | 17.2-21.5 | 1,197 | 60.5 | 57.7-63.2 | 205 | 10.6 | 9.0-12.5 | 197 | 9.5 | 7.9-11.4 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,777 | 228 | 10.2 | 8.6-12.0 | 837 | 43.3 | 40.2-46.5 | 241 | 13.6 | 11.6-15.9 | 417 | 27.4 | 24.4-30.7 | 54 | 5.5 | 3.8- 7.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 3,705 | 444 | 11.3 | 10.1-12.8 | 1,854 | 47.2 | 45.0-49.4 | 599 | 17.9 | 16.2-19.8 | 743 | 21.1 | 19.3-23.0 | 65 | 2.5 | 1.8- 3.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 3,139 | 415 | 11.8 | 10.4-13.2 | 1,627 | 52.7 | 50.4-55.0 | 524 | 16.5 | 14.9-18.3 | 544 | 17.9 | 16.2-19.8 | 29 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.8 |
College Graduate | 3,571 | 496 | 13.6 | 12.2-15.1 | 1,956 | 54.0 | 51.8-56.1 | 551 | 14.6 | 13.2-16.1 | 540 | 16.9 | 15.3-18.6 | 28 | 0.9 | 0.6- 1.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,440 | 168 | 10.9 | 9.0-13.3 | 650 | 42.6 | 39.0-46.2 | 203 | 14.1 | 11.7-16.9 | 383 | 28.3 | 25.0-31.9 | 36 | 4.0 | 2.7- 5.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,974 | 250 | 10.3 | 8.8-12.0 | 954 | 44.6 | 41.6-47.6 | 285 | 15.8 | 13.6-18.2 | 443 | 25.6 | 22.9-28.5 | 42 | 3.8 | 2.3- 6.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,298 | 172 | 12.4 | 10.3-14.9 | 644 | 48.2 | 44.6-51.9 | 230 | 18.2 | 15.6-21.1 | 224 | 18.3 | 15.7-21.1 | 28 | 2.9 | 1.8- 4.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,705 | 226 | 12.4 | 10.4-14.6 | 841 | 46.8 | 43.7-50.0 | 305 | 17.9 | 15.5-20.5 | 315 | 21.3 | 18.7-24.1 | 18 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.7 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,675 | 213 | 11.8 | 10.1-13.7 | 888 | 53.2 | 50.2-56.3 | 270 | 15.5 | 13.5-17.8 | 285 | 18.4 | 16.1-21.0 | 19 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.8 |
$75,000+ | 2,441 | 313 | 12.7 | 11.1-14.5 | 1,420 | 57.2 | 54.7-59.7 | 366 | 14.6 | 13.0-16.5 | 323 | 14.4 | 12.7-16.2 | 19 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 5,082 | 693 | 12.7 | 11.6-14.0 | 2,621 | 50.7 | 48.8-52.6 | 748 | 15.2 | 13.8-16.6 | 965 | 20.1 | 18.6-21.7 | 55 | 1.3 | 0.9- 1.7 |
No | 6,960 | 866 | 11.5 | 10.6-12.5 | 3,583 | 50.1 | 48.5-51.7 | 1,142 | 16.3 | 15.2-17.5 | 1,251 | 19.6 | 18.4-20.9 | 118 | 2.5 | 1.9- 3.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 2,094 | 316 | 14.6 | 12.8-16.8 | 1,104 | 52.3 | 49.5-55.2 | 298 | 14.9 | 12.9-17.0 | 366 | 17.7 | 15.7-20.0 | 10 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.9 |
Non-Veteran | 10,113 | 1,269 | 11.4 | 10.6-12.2 | 5,179 | 49.8 | 48.5-51.1 | 1,619 | 16.2 | 15.2-17.2 | 1,880 | 20.3 | 19.2-21.4 | 166 | 2.4 | 2.0- 3.0 |
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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.
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