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| Total Respond.^ |
Past 12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5+ years | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 11,528 | 9,149 | 74.4 | 73.0-75.9 | 1,210 | 13.0 | 12.0-14.2 | 775 | 8.4 | 7.5- 9.4 | 394 | 4.1 | 3.4- 4.9 |
| -Eastern NC | 3,127 | 2,528 | 77.0 | 73.8-79.9 | 306 | 10.8 | 8.9-13.0 | 201 | 7.6 | 5.9- 9.9 | 92 | 4.6 | 3.0- 7.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 1,105 | 901 | 74.5 | 68.5-79.6 | 92 | 10.7 | 7.7-14.7 | 70 | 7.8 | 4.8-12.4 | 42 | 7.1 | 4.0-12.3 |
| Female | 2,022 | 1,627 | 79.2 | 76.0-82.1 | 214 | 10.8 | 8.7-13.4 | 131 | 7.5 | 5.8- 9.7 | 50 | 2.5 | 1.6- 3.8 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 2,124 | 1,687 | 75.5 | 71.7-79.0 | 209 | 10.6 | 8.5-13.1 | 156 | 9.1 | 6.7-12.3 | 72 | 4.8 | 3.1- 7.3 |
| African American | 718 | 617 | 84.0 | 78.3-88.4 | 65 | 10.5 | 6.8-15.9 | 24 | 4.2 | 2.2- 7.6 | 12 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.6 |
| Other Minorities | 265 | 208 | 70.2 | 54.3-82.4 | 29 | 12.3 | 5.8-24.1 | 20 | 5.6 | 3.3- 9.5 | 8 | 11.9 | 3.3-34.6 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 97 | 71 | 56.0 | 34.1-75.7 | 12 | 17.2 | 6.2-39.5 | 11 | 9.0 | 3.9-19.1 | 3 | 17.8 | 3.7-55.2 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,023 | 2,450 | 78.0 | 75.0-80.8 | 294 | 10.5 | 8.7-12.6 | 190 | 7.6 | 5.8- 9.9 | 89 | 3.9 | 2.7- 5.7 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 57 | 45 | 79.9 | 56.5-92.4 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.9 | 8 | 16.8 | 5.4-41.9 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.5-10.4 |
| 25-34 | 246 | 154 | 52.6 | 42.5-62.5 | 41 | 24.5 | 16.2-35.2 | 38 | 12.7 | 8.0-19.4 | 13 | 10.3 | 4.3-22.6 |
| 35-44 | 458 | 313 | 70.5 | 61.9-77.8 | 66 | 12.5 | 8.2-18.5 | 46 | 8.5 | 5.5-12.8 | 33 | 8.6 | 3.6-19.1 |
| 45-54 | 637 | 487 | 75.2 | 69.5-80.2 | 79 | 12.6 | 9.1-17.3 | 51 | 8.9 | 5.9-13.4 | 20 | 3.2 | 1.7- 6.0 |
| 55-64 | 705 | 595 | 84.7 | 80.2-88.3 | 60 | 8.5 | 5.8-12.3 | 33 | 3.2 | 2.0- 5.2 | 17 | 3.6 | 1.9- 6.8 |
| 65+ | 1,000 | 916 | 92.7 | 90.2-94.7 | 54 | 4.4 | 3.0- 6.3 | 25 | 2.7 | 1.5- 4.8 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 383 | 332 | 86.5 | 79.7-91.3 | 26 | 5.3 | 2.6-10.5 | 20 | 6.7 | 3.6-12.2 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.4- 5.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 978 | 807 | 76.5 | 70.1-82.0 | 85 | 9.9 | 6.7-14.4 | 52 | 8.2 | 4.3-15.0 | 34 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 875 | 696 | 77.0 | 70.2-82.7 | 90 | 9.7 | 6.9-13.4 | 54 | 5.8 | 3.9- 8.6 | 35 | 7.5 | 3.4-15.6 |
| College Graduate | 886 | 689 | 73.5 | 68.1-78.2 | 104 | 15.2 | 11.2-20.3 | 75 | 9.5 | 6.7-13.2 | 18 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 367 | 299 | 78.8 | 70.0-85.5 | 36 | 10.2 | 6.0-16.8 | 20 | 6.2 | 2.9-12.7 | 12 | 4.9 | 1.7-13.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 517 | 415 | 75.8 | 64.6-84.3 | 55 | 9.4 | 5.4-15.9 | 29 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.2 | 18 | 9.9 | 3.5-25.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 315 | 257 | 69.9 | 55.7-81.1 | 29 | 10.2 | 5.2-18.8 | 22 | 15.6 | 6.3-33.8 | 7 | 4.3 | 1.7-10.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 426 | 345 | 79.2 | 71.7-85.1 | 39 | 10.0 | 6.1-16.0 | 27 | 6.9 | 3.8-12.2 | 15 | 3.9 | 1.8- 8.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 440 | 349 | 74.5 | 66.5-81.2 | 41 | 12.9 | 7.6-20.9 | 38 | 9.9 | 6.2-15.5 | 12 | 2.7 | 1.1- 6.3 |
| $75,000+ | 639 | 506 | 77.7 | 71.9-82.5 | 64 | 11.4 | 7.8-16.4 | 45 | 6.6 | 4.3-10.1 | 24 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,192 | 1,011 | 82.2 | 77.6-86.0 | 94 | 9.1 | 6.2-13.1 | 64 | 5.4 | 3.7- 7.8 | 23 | 3.4 | 1.8- 6.3 |
| No | 1,749 | 1,361 | 73.4 | 68.8-77.5 | 197 | 12.2 | 9.7-15.2 | 125 | 9.1 | 6.5-12.7 | 66 | 5.4 | 3.0- 9.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 521 | 439 | 82.1 | 72.9-88.6 | 39 | 5.7 | 3.5- 9.0 | 30 | 5.4 | 3.2- 9.0 | 13 | 6.9 | 2.2-19.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,335 | 1,858 | 75.0 | 71.2-78.4 | 247 | 12.4 | 10.0-15.2 | 153 | 8.2 | 6.0-11.2 | 77 | 4.4 | 2.9- 6.6 |
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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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