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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 15,414 | 173 | 1.2 | 1.0- 1.5 | 3,651 | 24.3 | 23.2-25.4 | 11,293 | 73.0 | 71.9-74.1 | 297 | 1.4 | 1.2- 1.7 |
-Western NC | 2,844 | 38 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.5 | 706 | 26.0 | 23.7-28.5 | 2,044 | 70.7 | 68.2-73.1 | 56 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.5 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 1,131 | 31 | 3.0 | 1.8- 4.8 | 359 | 33.7 | 29.7-37.9 | 711 | 60.9 | 56.7-65.0 | 30 | 2.4 | 1.4- 4.1 |
Female | 1,713 | 7 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.6 | 347 | 18.9 | 16.6-21.5 | 1,333 | 79.8 | 77.2-82.1 | 26 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.6 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 2,628 | 37 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.6 | 651 | 26.1 | 23.7-28.6 | 1,890 | 70.5 | 67.9-73.0 | 50 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.6 |
African American | 79 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.4-19.0 | 25 | 25.1 | 15.7-37.7 | 52 | 71.0 | 57.6-81.5 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.2 |
Other Minorities | 127 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 27 | 25.5 | 15.3-39.3 | 96 | 73.2 | 59.5-83.6 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.3 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 60 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 12 | 21.1 | 9.9-39.4 | 46 | 77.3 | 59.3-88.9 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.3- 8.0 |
Non-Hispanic | 2,776 | 37 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.6 | 693 | 26.3 | 24.0-28.7 | 1,994 | 70.4 | 67.9-72.8 | 52 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.5 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 75 | 4 | 5.0 | 1.7-13.4 | 19 | 29.0 | 16.6-45.6 | 52 | 66.0 | 50.1-79.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
25-34 | 222 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.7 | 48 | 23.0 | 16.9-30.5 | 171 | 75.1 | 67.4-81.4 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.0 |
35-44 | 363 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.3 | 102 | 29.5 | 24.2-35.4 | 251 | 68.1 | 62.2-73.5 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.9 |
45-54 | 514 | 8 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.9 | 163 | 30.6 | 26.1-35.5 | 337 | 65.8 | 60.7-70.6 | 6 | 2.2 | 0.8- 6.4 |
55-64 | 678 | 10 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.1 | 167 | 25.2 | 21.5-29.2 | 491 | 71.6 | 67.4-75.4 | 10 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.7 |
65-74 | 550 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.5 | 122 | 23.7 | 19.5-28.5 | 416 | 73.1 | 68.0-77.7 | 9 | 2.8 | 1.0- 7.2 |
75+ | 430 | 5 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.4 | 81 | 18.4 | 14.3-23.5 | 318 | 75.5 | 70.3-80.1 | 26 | 4.7 | 3.1- 7.0 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 437 | 18 | 6.2 | 3.3-11.3 | 124 | 32.1 | 26.0-38.9 | 274 | 58.4 | 51.2-65.2 | 21 | 3.3 | 1.8- 5.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 870 | 8 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.6 | 288 | 35.0 | 30.2-40.2 | 555 | 61.8 | 56.7-66.7 | 19 | 2.0 | 1.0- 4.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 733 | 9 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.5 | 193 | 27.3 | 23.0-32.0 | 523 | 71.3 | 66.6-75.7 | 8 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.9 |
College Graduate | 799 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.1 | 100 | 11.5 | 9.1-14.4 | 688 | 86.9 | 83.8-89.6 | 8 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 378 | 10 | 2.7 | 1.2- 5.8 | 143 | 38.8 | 31.8-46.3 | 215 | 56.2 | 48.7-63.4 | 10 | 2.3 | 1.0- 5.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 502 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.1 | 135 | 28.4 | 23.0-34.6 | 345 | 67.2 | 60.9-72.9 | 13 | 2.4 | 1.2- 4.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 339 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.4 | 78 | 24.9 | 19.5-31.2 | 255 | 74.0 | 67.7-79.4 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 429 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 101 | 25.6 | 20.1-32.1 | 321 | 72.5 | 65.9-78.3 | 7 | 1.9 | 0.5- 6.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 398 | 7 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.6 | 77 | 19.0 | 14.5-24.6 | 309 | 77.2 | 71.3-82.2 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.6- 5.8 |
$75,000+ | 411 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.2- 6.1 | 83 | 23.2 | 16.7-31.4 | 323 | 75.0 | 66.9-81.7 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.4 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 1,173 | 20 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.9 | 332 | 28.8 | 25.4-32.3 | 791 | 66.8 | 63.1-70.4 | 30 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.0 |
No | 1,639 | 17 | 1.1 | 0.6- 1.8 | 366 | 24.5 | 21.4-27.8 | 1,232 | 72.9 | 69.5-76.1 | 24 | 1.6 | 0.9- 2.8 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 415 | 9 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.4 | 120 | 29.9 | 24.5-35.9 | 272 | 65.8 | 59.7-71.3 | 14 | 2.2 | 1.2- 3.9 |
Non-Veteran | 2,428 | 29 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.5 | 586 | 25.5 | 22.9-28.2 | 1,771 | 71.4 | 68.7-74.0 | 42 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.5 |
^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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