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Always | Nearly Always | Sometimes | Seldom | 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%) | ||
North Carolina | 15,719 | 14,242 | 88.3 | 87.4-89.1 | 975 | 7.4 | 6.7- 8.1 | 283 | 2.5 | 2.1- 3.0 | 100 | 0.9 | 0.7- 1.2 | 119 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.3 |
-Piedmont NC | 7,554 | 6,913 | 89.2 | 87.9-90.3 | 427 | 6.9 | 6.0- 7.9 | 128 | 2.5 | 2.0- 3.3 | 45 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.2 | 41 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.0 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 2,894 | 2,522 | 85.2 | 83.1-87.0 | 244 | 9.4 | 7.9-11.0 | 75 | 3.6 | 2.6- 5.0 | 30 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.7 | 23 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.3 |
Female | 4,660 | 4,391 | 92.9 | 91.5-94.1 | 183 | 4.5 | 3.5- 5.8 | 53 | 1.5 | 1.0- 2.2 | 15 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.0 | 18 | 0.5 | 0.3- 1.1 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 5,995 | 5,480 | 88.4 | 86.9-89.7 | 351 | 7.2 | 6.2- 8.4 | 90 | 2.6 | 1.9- 3.6 | 39 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.5 | 35 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.2 |
African American | 1,074 | 969 | 88.2 | 85.0-90.8 | 63 | 7.9 | 5.7-10.9 | 34 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.9 | 5 | 0.4 | 0.2- 1.2 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.9 |
Other Minorities | 462 | 444 | 95.1 | 91.4-97.3 | 11 | 3.4 | 1.6- 6.9 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.8 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.2 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 347 | 330 | 95.1 | 90.6-97.5 | 12 | 4.1 | 1.9- 8.7 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.3 |
Non-Hispanic | 7,188 | 6,568 | 88.6 | 87.3-89.8 | 413 | 7.1 | 6.2- 8.2 | 123 | 2.7 | 2.1- 3.5 | 44 | 0.8 | 0.6- 1.3 | 40 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.1 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 213 | 169 | 80.9 | 73.8-86.4 | 30 | 12.6 | 8.3-18.8 | 8 | 4.5 | 2.0-10.0 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 3.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.5 |
25-34 | 751 | 660 | 86.9 | 83.5-89.7 | 47 | 6.4 | 4.5- 9.0 | 30 | 4.5 | 3.0- 6.9 | 10 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.7 | 4 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.9 |
35-44 | 1,251 | 1,123 | 89.1 | 86.6-91.1 | 88 | 7.3 | 5.6- 9.4 | 22 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.3 | 9 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.4 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.1 |
45-54 | 1,521 | 1,411 | 91.8 | 89.8-93.4 | 79 | 5.7 | 4.4- 7.3 | 17 | 1.6 | 0.9- 2.9 | 9 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.4 |
55-64 | 1,584 | 1,463 | 91.3 | 89.0-93.2 | 78 | 6.0 | 4.4- 8.2 | 27 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.4 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.8 | 11 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.1 |
65-74 | 1,227 | 1,147 | 92.8 | 90.6-94.4 | 58 | 5.0 | 3.7- 6.8 | 14 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.3 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.7 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.3 |
75+ | 947 | 886 | 94.8 | 92.9-96.2 | 42 | 3.7 | 2.4- 5.5 | 9 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.8 | 4 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.1 | 6 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 961 | 877 | 89.2 | 85.0-92.4 | 45 | 6.1 | 3.8- 9.6 | 22 | 2.9 | 1.4- 6.0 | 9 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.6 | 8 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,090 | 1,881 | 86.5 | 83.6-88.9 | 130 | 8.3 | 6.3-10.8 | 44 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.5 | 18 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.3 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.5- 1.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,926 | 1,774 | 89.1 | 86.5-91.2 | 99 | 6.4 | 5.0- 8.2 | 32 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.3 | 9 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.4 | 12 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.8 |
College Graduate | 2,560 | 2,364 | 91.4 | 89.8-92.8 | 153 | 6.4 | 5.2- 7.8 | 30 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.4 | 9 | 0.4 | 0.2- 1.0 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 700 | 646 | 92.7 | 88.5-95.5 | 33 | 4.7 | 2.4- 8.9 | 13 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.3 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.2 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,155 | 1,076 | 92.4 | 89.5-94.6 | 42 | 4.6 | 2.9- 7.3 | 23 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.0 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 738 | 671 | 85.8 | 80.3-89.9 | 40 | 6.4 | 4.2- 9.5 | 16 | 6.3 | 3.2-12.1 | 8 | 0.9 | 0.4- 1.8 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,006 | 905 | 85.0 | 81.1-88.3 | 69 | 9.1 | 6.6-12.3 | 20 | 4.0 | 2.3- 6.8 | 8 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.3 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,061 | 954 | 87.4 | 84.4-89.9 | 73 | 8.7 | 6.7-11.3 | 22 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.7 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.7 | 7 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.9 |
$75,000+ | 1,864 | 1,719 | 91.5 | 89.4-93.1 | 104 | 5.5 | 4.3- 7.2 | 23 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.6 | 13 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.4 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.6 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 2,582 | 2,346 | 86.8 | 84.1-89.0 | 147 | 8.0 | 6.2-10.4 | 57 | 3.5 | 2.4- 5.0 | 15 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.4 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.5- 1.9 |
No | 4,805 | 4,415 | 90.1 | 88.7-91.4 | 269 | 6.4 | 5.4- 7.5 | 67 | 2.1 | 1.5- 3.0 | 30 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.3 | 24 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 1,009 | 900 | 86.1 | 82.5-89.1 | 78 | 10.2 | 7.7-13.4 | 18 | 2.1 | 1.1- 3.9 | 7 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.2 | 6 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.7 |
Non-Veteran | 6,542 | 6,011 | 89.6 | 88.3-90.8 | 348 | 6.4 | 5.5- 7.5 | 110 | 2.6 | 2.0- 3.4 | 38 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.1 | 35 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.0 |
^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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