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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 12,979 | 11,716 | 81.9 | 80.3-83.5 | 1,263 | 18.1 | 16.5-19.7 |
| -Eastern NC | 3,579 | 3,169 | 80.9 | 77.4-84.0 | 410 | 19.1 | 16.0-22.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,297 | 1,121 | 77.8 | 71.9-82.8 | 176 | 22.2 | 17.2-28.1 |
| Female | 2,282 | 2,048 | 83.8 | 79.7-87.3 | 234 | 16.2 | 12.7-20.3 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,381 | 2,155 | 84.1 | 80.1-87.4 | 226 | 15.9 | 12.6-19.9 |
| African American | 838 | 727 | 78.9 | 71.4-84.9 | 111 | 21.1 | 15.1-28.6 |
| Other Minorities | 337 | 267 | 67.2 | 52.5-79.1 | 70 | 32.8 | 20.9-47.5 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 139 | 98 | 56.4 | 36.7-74.2 | 41 | 43.6 | 25.8-63.3 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,433 | 3,064 | 82.7 | 79.3-85.5 | 369 | 17.3 | 14.5-20.7 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 123 | 60 | 49.2 | 35.3-63.2 | 63 | 50.8 | 36.8-64.7 |
| 25-34 | 373 | 251 | 61.9 | 51.7-71.2 | 122 | 38.1 | 28.8-48.3 |
| 35-44 | 545 | 461 | 84.5 | 78.4-89.1 | 84 | 15.5 | 10.9-21.6 |
| 45-54 | 713 | 642 | 91.7 | 88.3-94.1 | 71 | 8.3 | 5.9-11.7 |
| 55-64 | 736 | 708 | 96.5 | 93.9-98.0 | 28 | 3.5 | 2.0- 6.1 |
| 65+ | 1,061 | 1,022 | 96.2 | 93.3-97.9 | 39 | 3.8 | 2.1- 6.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 479 | 397 | 68.5 | 58.8-76.8 | 82 | 31.5 | 23.2-41.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,143 | 992 | 77.3 | 69.9-83.3 | 151 | 22.7 | 16.7-30.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 997 | 883 | 83.3 | 76.4-88.5 | 114 | 16.7 | 11.5-23.6 |
| College Graduate | 954 | 892 | 90.3 | 85.9-93.4 | 62 | 9.7 | 6.6-14.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 459 | 376 | 64.9 | 52.1-75.9 | 83 | 35.1 | 24.1-47.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 607 | 520 | 80.1 | 72.8-85.8 | 87 | 19.9 | 14.2-27.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 365 | 316 | 75.3 | 64.4-83.7 | 49 | 24.7 | 16.3-35.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 477 | 430 | 88.2 | 79.3-93.5 | 47 | 11.8 | 6.5-20.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 485 | 442 | 87.1 | 80.9-91.6 | 43 | 12.9 | 8.4-19.1 |
| $75,000+ | 677 | 643 | 89.4 | 78.6-95.1 | 34 | 10.6 | 4.9-21.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 1,326 | 1,214 | 84.3 | 77.7-89.3 | 112 | 15.7 | 10.7-22.3 |
| No | 2,015 | 1,766 | 80.9 | 76.2-84.8 | 249 | 19.1 | 15.2-23.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 575 | 530 | 92.6 | 88.6-95.3 | 45 | 7.4 | 4.7-11.4 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,699 | 2,367 | 78.8 | 74.5-82.6 | 332 | 21.2 | 17.4-25.5 |
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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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