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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 5,968 | 4,703 | 73.2 | 71.2-75.0 | 651 | 14.4 | 12.9-16.1 | 410 | 8.7 | 7.7- 9.9 | 204 | 3.7 | 3.0- 4.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 2,222 | 1,743 | 71.7 | 68.5-74.7 | 228 | 14.8 | 12.3-17.7 | 173 | 10.1 | 8.3-12.1 | 78 | 3.4 | 2.5- 4.7 |
| Female | 3,746 | 2,960 | 74.5 | 72.1-76.7 | 423 | 14.1 | 12.3-16.0 | 237 | 7.5 | 6.3- 8.9 | 126 | 3.9 | 2.9- 5.3 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 4,896 | 3,849 | 72.6 | 70.4-74.6 | 540 | 14.5 | 12.9-16.4 | 327 | 8.9 | 7.6-10.3 | 180 | 4.0 | 3.2- 5.0 |
| African American | 799 | 668 | 79.5 | 74.5-83.8 | 75 | 11.9 | 8.6-16.2 | 48 | 6.3 | 4.3- 9.0 | 8 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.6 |
| Other Minorities | 234 | 160 | 61.4 | 51.9-70.1 | 31 | 20.5 | 13.0-30.7 | 30 | 14.2 | 9.1-21.6 | 13 | 3.9 | 2.1- 7.3 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 149 | 98 | 68.5 | 58.0-77.4 | 25 | 17.4 | 10.8-26.8 | 20 | 11.2 | 6.3-19.1 | 6 | 2.8 | 1.1- 7.2 |
| Non-Hispanic | 5,803 | 4,592 | 73.4 | 71.4-75.3 | 625 | 14.3 | 12.7-16.0 | 388 | 8.6 | 7.5- 9.8 | 198 | 3.8 | 3.0- 4.7 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 64 | 32 | 50.1 | 35.2-65.0 | 22 | 36.7 | 23.1-52.8 | 8 | 10.3 | 4.7-21.4 | 2 | 2.9 | 0.7-10.9 |
| 25-34 | 439 | 248 | 54.5 | 47.8-61.0 | 98 | 25.9 | 20.1-32.7 | 72 | 14.5 | 10.9-19.0 | 21 | 5.1 | 2.7- 9.5 |
| 35-44 | 931 | 613 | 65.1 | 60.9-69.1 | 155 | 17.3 | 14.3-20.8 | 114 | 12.1 | 9.7-15.2 | 49 | 5.4 | 3.6- 8.0 |
| 45-54 | 1,231 | 911 | 74.2 | 70.6-77.5 | 161 | 13.1 | 10.8-15.9 | 93 | 8.1 | 6.1-10.6 | 66 | 4.6 | 3.3- 6.5 |
| 55-64 | 1,308 | 1,097 | 83.9 | 81.0-86.5 | 106 | 7.7 | 5.9-10.0 | 68 | 6.1 | 4.4- 8.2 | 37 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.6 |
| 65+ | 1,933 | 1,756 | 91.7 | 89.6-93.4 | 100 | 4.4 | 3.4- 5.6 | 49 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.8 | 28 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 645 | 547 | 80.6 | 74.7-85.4 | 45 | 9.6 | 6.1-14.7 | 31 | 6.4 | 3.8-10.7 | 22 | 3.4 | 1.9- 6.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,590 | 1,291 | 73.6 | 69.3-77.5 | 160 | 14.3 | 11.1-18.2 | 91 | 8.3 | 6.3-11.0 | 48 | 3.8 | 2.2- 6.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,454 | 1,125 | 73.8 | 70.0-77.2 | 154 | 12.3 | 9.8-15.3 | 118 | 9.0 | 7.1-11.3 | 57 | 4.9 | 3.3- 7.3 |
| College Graduate | 2,268 | 1,731 | 70.9 | 67.8-73.7 | 291 | 16.8 | 14.3-19.6 | 169 | 9.3 | 7.6-11.3 | 77 | 3.0 | 2.3- 4.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 489 | 392 | 72.7 | 65.9-78.7 | 47 | 11.1 | 7.6-15.8 | 33 | 13.1 | 8.6-19.5 | 17 | 3.0 | 1.5- 6.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 798 | 647 | 74.2 | 68.0-79.5 | 69 | 11.8 | 8.2-16.7 | 45 | 7.0 | 4.4-11.0 | 37 | 7.0 | 3.8-12.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 559 | 453 | 79.4 | 73.4-84.4 | 50 | 8.7 | 5.7-13.1 | 33 | 8.0 | 4.8-13.1 | 23 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 762 | 600 | 74.3 | 69.1-78.9 | 75 | 13.2 | 9.7-17.9 | 58 | 9.5 | 6.8-13.0 | 29 | 3.0 | 1.8- 5.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 870 | 660 | 69.5 | 64.2-74.3 | 120 | 18.6 | 14.4-23.6 | 72 | 9.6 | 6.9-13.1 | 18 | 2.4 | 1.3- 4.3 |
| $75,000+ | 1,608 | 1,235 | 73.0 | 69.7-76.0 | 203 | 14.9 | 12.4-17.8 | 120 | 8.7 | 7.0-10.9 | 50 | 3.4 | 2.3- 4.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,906 | 1,621 | 81.1 | 77.8-84.0 | 156 | 10.8 | 8.6-13.5 | 82 | 4.6 | 3.5- 6.0 | 47 | 3.5 | 2.1- 6.0 |
| No | 3,718 | 2,822 | 70.4 | 68.0-72.7 | 450 | 15.4 | 13.5-17.5 | 301 | 10.3 | 8.9-11.9 | 145 | 3.9 | 3.1- 5.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 741 | 648 | 82.5 | 76.6-87.1 | 47 | 8.4 | 5.0-13.8 | 36 | 6.0 | 3.7- 9.6 | 10 | 3.1 | 1.3- 7.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 4,730 | 3,655 | 71.7 | 69.6-73.8 | 551 | 15.3 | 13.6-17.2 | 344 | 9.1 | 7.9-10.4 | 180 | 3.9 | 3.0- 4.9 |
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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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