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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 12,231 | 684 | 4.8 | 4.4- 5.3 | 11,547 | 95.2 | 94.7-95.6 |
| -Piedmont NC | 5,838 | 305 | 4.6 | 3.9- 5.3 | 5,533 | 95.4 | 94.7-96.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 2,235 | 106 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.4 | 2,129 | 95.8 | 94.6-96.8 |
| Female | 3,603 | 199 | 4.9 | 4.1- 5.9 | 3,404 | 95.1 | 94.1-95.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 4,859 | 226 | 3.8 | 3.2- 4.4 | 4,633 | 96.2 | 95.6-96.8 |
| African American | 773 | 69 | 8.2 | 5.9-11.1 | 704 | 91.8 | 88.9-94.1 |
| Other Minorities | 194 | 10 | 3.3 | 1.4- 7.3 | 184 | 96.7 | 92.7-98.6 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 128 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.5- 6.0 | 124 | 98.2 | 94.0-99.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 5,699 | 301 | 4.7 | 4.0- 5.4 | 5,398 | 95.3 | 94.6-96.0 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 40-44 | 646 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.4 | 642 | 98.7 | 96.6-99.5 |
| 45-54 | 1,495 | 25 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.2 | 1,470 | 98.6 | 97.8-99.2 |
| 55-64 | 1,556 | 63 | 4.7 | 3.4- 6.6 | 1,493 | 95.3 | 93.4-96.6 |
| 65-74 | 1,212 | 92 | 8.0 | 6.3-10.2 | 1,120 | 92.0 | 89.8-93.7 |
| 75+ | 929 | 121 | 13.9 | 11.2-17.2 | 808 | 86.1 | 82.8-88.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 736 | 66 | 6.9 | 5.1- 9.2 | 670 | 93.1 | 90.8-94.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,690 | 95 | 5.2 | 4.0- 6.7 | 1,595 | 94.8 | 93.3-96.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,488 | 78 | 4.6 | 3.5- 6.1 | 1,410 | 95.4 | 93.9-96.5 |
| College Graduate | 1,916 | 64 | 3.1 | 2.2- 4.4 | 1,852 | 96.9 | 95.6-97.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 584 | 61 | 12.1 | 8.4-17.2 | 523 | 87.9 | 82.8-91.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 899 | 61 | 6.3 | 4.6- 8.5 | 838 | 93.7 | 91.5-95.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 569 | 50 | 7.3 | 5.1-10.2 | 519 | 92.7 | 89.8-94.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 772 | 34 | 4.2 | 2.7- 6.6 | 738 | 95.8 | 93.4-97.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 802 | 27 | 2.7 | 1.7- 4.3 | 775 | 97.3 | 95.7-98.3 |
| $75,000+ | 1,403 | 31 | 1.8 | 1.2- 2.8 | 1,372 | 98.2 | 97.2-98.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 2,247 | 166 | 7.4 | 6.0- 9.1 | 2,081 | 92.6 | 90.9-94.0 |
| No | 3,524 | 136 | 3.0 | 2.4- 3.7 | 3,388 | 97.0 | 96.3-97.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 920 | 62 | 6.6 | 4.7- 9.2 | 858 | 93.4 | 90.8-95.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 4,915 | 243 | 4.1 | 3.5- 4.9 | 4,672 | 95.9 | 95.1-96.5 |
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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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