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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,380 | 4,684 | 81.6 | 79.4-83.6 | 696 | 18.4 | 16.4-20.6 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,662 | 2,310 | 81.2 | 78.3-83.9 | 352 | 18.8 | 16.1-21.7 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,026 | 848 | 76.5 | 71.4-80.8 | 178 | 23.5 | 19.2-28.6 |
| Female | 1,636 | 1,462 | 85.8 | 82.5-88.5 | 174 | 14.2 | 11.5-17.5 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,081 | 1,821 | 82.8 | 79.6-85.5 | 260 | 17.2 | 14.5-20.4 |
| African American | 483 | 427 | 84.5 | 78.1-89.3 | 56 | 15.5 | 10.7-21.9 |
| Other Minorities | 85 | 56 | 51.2 | 34.3-67.8 | 29 | 48.8 | 32.2-65.7 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 61 | 37 | 56.0 | 38.3-72.3 | 24 | 44.0 | 27.7-61.7 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,590 | 2,264 | 82.4 | 79.4-85.1 | 326 | 17.6 | 14.9-20.6 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 16 | 4 | 22.7 | 7.2-52.5 | 12 | 77.3 | 47.5-92.8 |
| 25-34 | 72 | 30 | 47.0 | 30.6-64.0 | 42 | 53.0 | 36.0-69.4 |
| 35-44 | 176 | 111 | 62.5 | 50.9-72.7 | 65 | 37.5 | 27.3-49.1 |
| 45-54 | 435 | 342 | 79.7 | 74.1-84.3 | 93 | 20.3 | 15.7-25.9 |
| 55-64 | 672 | 603 | 90.0 | 86.6-92.6 | 69 | 10.0 | 7.4-13.4 |
| 65+ | 1,265 | 1,196 | 95.0 | 92.9-96.5 | 69 | 5.0 | 3.5- 7.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 474 | 412 | 82.5 | 75.7-87.8 | 62 | 17.5 | 12.2-24.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 827 | 729 | 81.8 | 75.5-86.8 | 98 | 18.2 | 13.2-24.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 650 | 563 | 79.1 | 72.0-84.7 | 87 | 20.9 | 15.3-28.0 |
| College Graduate | 704 | 599 | 81.6 | 77.0-85.4 | 105 | 18.4 | 14.6-23.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 322 | 273 | 77.6 | 69.1-84.3 | 49 | 22.4 | 15.7-30.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 457 | 410 | 84.2 | 74.2-90.9 | 47 | 15.8 | 9.1-25.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 305 | 265 | 81.9 | 71.4-89.1 | 40 | 18.1 | 10.9-28.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 328 | 291 | 81.4 | 73.2-87.5 | 37 | 18.6 | 12.5-26.8 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 325 | 265 | 75.9 | 66.2-83.5 | 60 | 24.1 | 16.5-33.8 |
| $75,000+ | 447 | 379 | 80.7 | 74.7-85.6 | 68 | 19.3 | 14.4-25.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 1,183 | 1,055 | 87.2 | 83.7-90.1 | 128 | 12.8 | 9.9-16.3 |
| No | 1,334 | 1,132 | 76.9 | 72.2-81.0 | 202 | 23.1 | 19.0-27.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 391 | 357 | 94.1 | 91.3-96.0 | 34 | 5.9 | 4.0- 8.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,045 | 1,752 | 78.5 | 74.9-81.7 | 293 | 21.5 | 18.3-25.1 |
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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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