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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 15,292 | 2,624 | 21.6 | 20.6-22.8 | 12,668 | 78.4 | 77.2-79.4 |
-Western NC | 2,832 | 439 | 20.6 | 18.3-23.1 | 2,393 | 79.4 | 76.9-81.7 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,123 | 148 | 16.9 | 13.4-21.1 | 975 | 83.1 | 78.9-86.6 |
Female | 1,709 | 291 | 24.0 | 21.1-27.2 | 1,418 | 76.0 | 72.8-78.9 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 2,620 | 424 | 22.2 | 19.7-24.9 | 2,196 | 77.8 | 75.1-80.3 |
African American | 78 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 7.1 | 76 | 98.2 | 92.9-99.6 |
Other Minorities | 124 | 12 | 8.0 | 4.0-15.4 | 112 | 92.0 | 84.6-96.0 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 60 | 2 | 3.3 | 0.5-17.7 | 58 | 96.7 | 82.3-99.5 |
Non-Hispanic | 2,765 | 437 | 21.4 | 19.1-24.0 | 2,328 | 78.6 | 76.0-80.9 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 74 | 32 | 44.7 | 30.7-59.6 | 42 | 55.3 | 40.4-69.3 |
25-34 | 221 | 66 | 31.1 | 24.1-38.9 | 155 | 68.9 | 61.1-75.9 |
35-44 | 360 | 101 | 26.3 | 21.4-31.9 | 259 | 73.7 | 68.1-78.6 |
45-54 | 514 | 115 | 21.1 | 17.2-25.6 | 399 | 78.9 | 74.4-82.8 |
55-64 | 676 | 73 | 10.1 | 7.9-12.8 | 603 | 89.9 | 87.2-92.1 |
65-74 | 548 | 38 | 6.8 | 4.8- 9.7 | 510 | 93.2 | 90.3-95.2 |
75+ | 428 | 14 | 3.5 | 2.0- 6.1 | 414 | 96.5 | 93.9-98.0 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 429 | 34 | 14.1 | 9.1-21.3 | 395 | 85.9 | 78.7-90.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 867 | 122 | 19.7 | 15.2-25.1 | 745 | 80.3 | 74.9-84.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 732 | 135 | 23.7 | 19.4-28.7 | 597 | 76.3 | 71.3-80.6 |
College Graduate | 799 | 147 | 22.3 | 18.5-26.5 | 652 | 77.7 | 73.5-81.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 375 | 42 | 18.6 | 12.7-26.4 | 333 | 81.4 | 73.6-87.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 503 | 45 | 11.9 | 7.9-17.7 | 458 | 88.1 | 82.3-92.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 337 | 40 | 15.0 | 10.6-20.8 | 297 | 85.0 | 79.2-89.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 425 | 96 | 29.0 | 23.1-35.8 | 329 | 71.0 | 64.2-76.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 397 | 82 | 25.1 | 19.5-31.5 | 315 | 74.9 | 68.5-80.5 |
$75,000+ | 410 | 89 | 26.4 | 19.4-34.7 | 321 | 73.6 | 65.3-80.6 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 1,168 | 130 | 14.6 | 11.8-17.8 | 1,038 | 85.4 | 82.2-88.2 |
No | 1,639 | 308 | 24.1 | 20.9-27.7 | 1,331 | 75.9 | 72.3-79.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 415 | 42 | 10.4 | 7.2-14.8 | 373 | 89.6 | 85.2-92.8 |
Non-Veteran | 2,416 | 397 | 22.1 | 19.5-24.9 | 2,019 | 77.9 | 75.1-80.5 |
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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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