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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 15,265 | 3,574 | 30.1 | 28.9-31.3 | 11,691 | 69.9 | 68.7-71.1 |
| -Piedmont NC | 7,344 | 1,778 | 30.3 | 28.6-32.0 | 5,566 | 69.7 | 68.0-71.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 2,814 | 874 | 34.4 | 31.8-37.1 | 1,940 | 65.6 | 62.9-68.2 |
| Female | 4,530 | 904 | 26.4 | 24.2-28.7 | 3,626 | 73.6 | 71.3-75.8 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 5,865 | 1,669 | 39.3 | 37.3-41.4 | 4,196 | 60.7 | 58.6-62.7 |
| African American | 1,013 | 47 | 6.3 | 4.3- 9.1 | 966 | 93.7 | 90.9-95.7 |
| Other Minorities | 447 | 60 | 14.2 | 10.2-19.5 | 387 | 85.8 | 80.5-89.8 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 335 | 34 | 11.0 | 7.1-16.7 | 301 | 89.0 | 83.3-92.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 6,993 | 1,742 | 32.2 | 30.5-34.1 | 5,251 | 67.8 | 65.9-69.5 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 209 | 104 | 51.8 | 43.2-60.3 | 105 | 48.2 | 39.7-56.8 |
| 25-34 | 723 | 281 | 37.5 | 33.1-42.1 | 442 | 62.5 | 57.9-66.9 |
| 35-44 | 1,204 | 472 | 35.7 | 32.4-39.0 | 732 | 64.3 | 61.0-67.6 |
| 45-54 | 1,477 | 474 | 32.1 | 29.1-35.3 | 1,003 | 67.9 | 64.7-70.9 |
| 55-64 | 1,544 | 284 | 17.7 | 15.4-20.3 | 1,260 | 82.3 | 79.7-84.6 |
| 65-74 | 1,207 | 106 | 9.1 | 7.2-11.3 | 1,101 | 90.9 | 88.7-92.8 |
| 75+ | 923 | 46 | 5.4 | 3.8- 7.6 | 877 | 94.6 | 92.4-96.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 923 | 120 | 15.8 | 12.0-20.5 | 803 | 84.2 | 79.5-88.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,023 | 409 | 27.8 | 24.4-31.5 | 1,614 | 72.2 | 68.5-75.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,888 | 453 | 32.2 | 28.7-35.8 | 1,435 | 67.8 | 64.2-71.3 |
| College Graduate | 2,494 | 793 | 36.6 | 34.0-39.3 | 1,701 | 63.4 | 60.7-66.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 678 | 71 | 14.5 | 9.5-21.5 | 607 | 85.5 | 78.5-90.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,126 | 165 | 17.2 | 13.6-21.5 | 961 | 82.8 | 78.5-86.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 714 | 135 | 22.7 | 17.8-28.6 | 579 | 77.3 | 71.4-82.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 982 | 239 | 31.4 | 27.0-36.3 | 743 | 68.6 | 63.7-73.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 1,043 | 330 | 35.5 | 31.5-39.6 | 713 | 64.5 | 60.4-68.5 |
| $75,000+ | 1,829 | 689 | 42.7 | 39.5-46.0 | 1,140 | 57.3 | 54.0-60.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 2,523 | 471 | 25.8 | 22.9-29.0 | 2,052 | 74.2 | 71.0-77.1 |
| No | 4,785 | 1,300 | 32.0 | 30.0-34.1 | 3,485 | 68.0 | 65.9-70.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 983 | 206 | 24.5 | 20.7-28.8 | 777 | 75.5 | 71.2-79.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 6,358 | 1,570 | 31.1 | 29.2-33.0 | 4,788 | 68.9 | 67.0-70.8 |
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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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