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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 |
| -Western NC | 2,347 | 429 | 15.5 | 13.9-17.2 | 344 | 11.3 | 10.0-12.8 | 1,574 | 73.2 | 71.1-75.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 908 | 134 | 12.5 | 10.3-15.1 | 109 | 9.6 | 7.7-11.8 | 665 | 77.9 | 74.8-80.8 |
| Female | 1,439 | 295 | 18.1 | 16.0-20.5 | 235 | 12.8 | 11.1-14.8 | 909 | 69.1 | 66.3-71.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,208 | 407 | 15.6 | 14.0-17.4 | 330 | 11.8 | 10.4-13.3 | 1,471 | 72.6 | 70.4-74.7 |
| African American | 66 | 10 | 13.8 | 6.4-27.3 | 6 | 4.6 | 1.9-10.8 | 50 | 81.6 | 68.5-90.0 |
| Other Minorities | 66 | 11 | 14.6 | 7.0-27.9 | 7 | 3.9 | 1.5- 9.8 | 48 | 81.6 | 67.8-90.3 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 22 | 2 | 4.6 | 1.0-18.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 20 | 95.4 | 81.3-99.0 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,317 | 425 | 15.7 | 14.1-17.4 | 343 | 11.5 | 10.2-13.0 | 1,549 | 72.8 | 70.7-74.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 40-44 | 180 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.6 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.7 | 175 | 97.7 | 94.3-99.1 |
| 45-54 | 515 | 20 | 3.8 | 2.3- 6.2 | 13 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.4 | 482 | 94.4 | 91.7-96.2 |
| 55-64 | 675 | 114 | 16.9 | 13.9-20.5 | 31 | 3.9 | 2.6- 5.8 | 530 | 79.2 | 75.4-82.5 |
| 65-74 | 548 | 188 | 33.4 | 28.8-38.2 | 95 | 16.2 | 13.0-19.9 | 265 | 50.5 | 45.4-55.5 |
| 75+ | 429 | 105 | 24.9 | 20.3-30.2 | 202 | 46.4 | 40.8-52.1 | 122 | 28.7 | 23.9-34.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 370 | 79 | 16.8 | 13.1-21.4 | 87 | 17.6 | 13.8-22.2 | 204 | 65.6 | 59.8-71.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 728 | 142 | 15.3 | 12.7-18.4 | 92 | 10.5 | 8.2-13.4 | 494 | 74.2 | 70.3-77.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 597 | 86 | 14.0 | 11.1-17.5 | 78 | 8.9 | 6.9-11.3 | 433 | 77.1 | 73.2-80.6 |
| College Graduate | 649 | 122 | 16.4 | 13.3-19.9 | 87 | 11.0 | 8.7-13.9 | 440 | 72.6 | 68.5-76.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 315 | 70 | 17.7 | 13.5-22.7 | 54 | 12.6 | 8.8-17.6 | 191 | 69.7 | 63.5-75.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 425 | 86 | 17.5 | 13.6-22.2 | 69 | 12.2 | 9.3-15.9 | 270 | 70.3 | 64.8-75.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 275 | 54 | 17.4 | 13.0-22.8 | 40 | 12.6 | 8.9-17.5 | 181 | 70.0 | 63.7-75.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 354 | 61 | 14.5 | 11.0-18.9 | 39 | 7.8 | 5.4-11.3 | 254 | 77.7 | 72.6-82.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 309 | 48 | 16.4 | 11.8-22.3 | 38 | 10.2 | 7.2-14.2 | 223 | 73.4 | 67.2-78.8 |
| $75,000+ | 341 | 43 | 9.7 | 6.9-13.4 | 24 | 5.9 | 3.8- 9.2 | 274 | 84.4 | 79.9-88.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,039 | 218 | 18.1 | 15.6-20.9 | 205 | 16.4 | 14.0-19.2 | 616 | 65.5 | 62.0-68.8 |
| No | 1,276 | 202 | 13.5 | 11.5-15.8 | 133 | 7.5 | 6.2- 9.0 | 941 | 79.0 | 76.4-81.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 391 | 67 | 15.4 | 11.9-19.7 | 68 | 16.8 | 12.8-21.7 | 256 | 67.8 | 62.2-73.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,955 | 362 | 15.5 | 13.8-17.4 | 275 | 10.1 | 8.8-11.6 | 1,318 | 74.3 | 72.1-76.5 |
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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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