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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 5,847 | 1,001 | 13.6 | 12.5-14.7 | 769 | 10.1 | 9.2-11.1 | 4,077 | 76.3 | 74.9-77.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 2,244 | 320 | 11.3 | 9.8-13.1 | 228 | 7.9 | 6.7- 9.4 | 1,696 | 80.7 | 78.6-82.7 |
| Female | 3,603 | 681 | 15.6 | 14.2-17.0 | 541 | 12.1 | 10.9-13.5 | 2,381 | 72.3 | 70.5-74.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 4,868 | 858 | 14.1 | 13.0-15.3 | 682 | 10.6 | 9.7-11.7 | 3,328 | 75.2 | 73.8-76.6 |
| African American | 772 | 121 | 12.5 | 9.8-15.9 | 75 | 10.0 | 7.4-13.4 | 576 | 77.4 | 73.2-81.1 |
| Other Minorities | 195 | 21 | 9.6 | 5.0-17.9 | 12 | 3.8 | 1.9- 7.3 | 162 | 86.6 | 78.6-91.9 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 129 | 14 | 6.9 | 3.6-12.9 | 7 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.5 | 108 | 90.8 | 84.6-94.7 |
| Non-Hispanic | 5,707 | 984 | 13.7 | 12.7-14.9 | 759 | 10.3 | 9.4-11.3 | 3,964 | 75.9 | 74.5-77.3 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 40-44 | 647 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.4- 5.0 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.7 | 635 | 96.9 | 93.7-98.5 |
| 45-54 | 1,498 | 56 | 3.4 | 2.4- 4.6 | 28 | 2.3 | 1.3- 3.9 | 1,414 | 94.3 | 92.5-95.7 |
| 55-64 | 1,560 | 238 | 15.9 | 13.5-18.6 | 82 | 5.5 | 4.2- 7.1 | 1,240 | 78.6 | 75.8-81.3 |
| 65-74 | 1,215 | 428 | 35.1 | 31.8-38.5 | 208 | 16.6 | 14.2-19.3 | 579 | 48.4 | 44.9-51.9 |
| 75+ | 927 | 275 | 29.9 | 26.2-33.8 | 443 | 46.8 | 42.6-51.0 | 209 | 23.4 | 19.9-27.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 735 | 182 | 19.6 | 16.2-23.5 | 172 | 17.9 | 14.9-21.4 | 381 | 62.5 | 57.8-67.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,694 | 298 | 14.1 | 12.1-16.4 | 254 | 12.0 | 10.0-14.2 | 1,142 | 73.9 | 71.1-76.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,494 | 262 | 13.1 | 11.3-15.1 | 173 | 8.8 | 7.3-10.7 | 1,059 | 78.0 | 75.5-80.4 |
| College Graduate | 1,916 | 258 | 11.6 | 9.9-13.5 | 167 | 6.9 | 5.8- 8.4 | 1,491 | 81.5 | 79.3-83.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 583 | 128 | 18.2 | 14.2-23.0 | 124 | 17.7 | 14.0-22.2 | 331 | 64.1 | 58.5-69.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 901 | 212 | 19.0 | 16.0-22.3 | 163 | 16.0 | 12.8-19.7 | 526 | 65.1 | 60.7-69.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 570 | 103 | 15.3 | 11.6-20.0 | 89 | 12.5 | 9.7-16.0 | 378 | 72.2 | 67.1-76.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 773 | 129 | 14.2 | 11.5-17.4 | 109 | 12.4 | 9.8-15.6 | 535 | 73.4 | 69.3-77.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 806 | 115 | 11.7 | 9.4-14.5 | 61 | 6.6 | 4.8- 8.9 | 630 | 81.7 | 78.4-84.7 |
| $75,000+ | 1,404 | 138 | 7.6 | 6.2- 9.2 | 62 | 3.6 | 2.6- 5.0 | 1,204 | 88.9 | 86.9-90.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 2,252 | 512 | 19.8 | 17.7-22.0 | 425 | 16.3 | 14.3-18.4 | 1,315 | 64.0 | 61.2-66.6 |
| No | 3,527 | 476 | 10.1 | 9.0-11.3 | 337 | 6.7 | 5.9- 7.7 | 2,714 | 83.2 | 81.7-84.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 922 | 182 | 17.2 | 14.4-20.5 | 157 | 14.2 | 11.7-17.2 | 583 | 68.6 | 64.7-72.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 4,922 | 819 | 12.8 | 11.7-14.0 | 612 | 9.3 | 8.4-10.3 | 3,491 | 77.9 | 76.4-79.3 |
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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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