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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 |
| -Western NC | 2,433 | 1,918 | 74.7 | 71.5-77.6 | 253 | 11.8 | 10.2-13.7 | 164 | 8.8 | 6.4-12.1 | 98 | 4.7 | 3.6- 6.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 914 | 703 | 72.9 | 68.9-76.5 | 103 | 13.3 | 10.6-16.6 | 66 | 8.2 | 6.3-10.6 | 42 | 5.6 | 3.9- 8.0 |
| Female | 1,519 | 1,215 | 76.1 | 71.2-80.4 | 150 | 10.6 | 8.7-12.8 | 98 | 9.3 | 5.5-15.3 | 56 | 4.0 | 2.8- 5.6 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 2,267 | 1,794 | 75.3 | 72.0-78.4 | 222 | 10.7 | 9.1-12.5 | 158 | 9.2 | 6.6-12.7 | 93 | 4.8 | 3.7- 6.2 |
| African American | 61 | 42 | 55.3 | 38.4-71.1 | 13 | 34.5 | 19.6-53.1 | 4 | 5.7 | 1.8-16.6 | 2 | 4.5 | 1.1-17.1 |
| Other Minorities | 97 | 76 | 71.5 | 55.4-83.4 | 16 | 23.8 | 12.8-39.9 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.3-12.5 | 3 | 2.7 | 0.8- 8.7 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 40 | 29 | 75.8 | 55.3-88.9 | 8 | 19.9 | 8.3-40.5 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1- 7.4 | 2 | 3.2 | 0.5-16.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,388 | 1,886 | 74.6 | 71.4-77.6 | 243 | 11.6 | 10.0-13.5 | 163 | 9.0 | 6.5-12.4 | 96 | 4.7 | 3.7- 6.1 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 35 | 21 | 47.1 | 23.4-72.2 | 10 | 20.8 | 9.1-40.7 | 4 | 32.1 | 9.0-69.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 119 | 78 | 67.0 | 56.8-75.8 | 19 | 14.3 | 8.7-22.6 | 13 | 9.7 | 5.4-16.7 | 9 | 9.1 | 4.4-17.7 |
| 35-44 | 270 | 167 | 64.7 | 57.3-71.5 | 46 | 15.5 | 11.1-21.3 | 29 | 10.6 | 7.1-15.5 | 28 | 9.2 | 6.1-13.5 |
| 45-54 | 439 | 306 | 70.3 | 64.7-75.4 | 64 | 13.9 | 10.5-18.1 | 42 | 9.5 | 6.8-13.1 | 27 | 6.3 | 3.8-10.1 |
| 55-64 | 610 | 488 | 79.3 | 75.1-83.0 | 57 | 10.5 | 7.7-14.0 | 47 | 7.6 | 5.4-10.5 | 18 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.5 |
| 65+ | 940 | 842 | 89.7 | 87.3-91.7 | 54 | 6.0 | 4.5- 8.0 | 28 | 2.8 | 1.9- 4.2 | 16 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 301 | 259 | 85.5 | 79.4-90.0 | 21 | 7.8 | 4.5-13.1 | 14 | 4.6 | 2.6- 8.0 | 7 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 789 | 613 | 74.0 | 69.7-77.9 | 79 | 11.3 | 8.6-14.6 | 58 | 8.4 | 6.3-11.2 | 39 | 6.3 | 4.4- 9.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 596 | 468 | 71.3 | 61.9-79.2 | 68 | 12.9 | 9.4-17.4 | 38 | 11.4 | 4.9-24.5 | 22 | 4.4 | 2.4- 8.0 |
| College Graduate | 743 | 575 | 75.0 | 70.9-78.6 | 85 | 13.1 | 10.3-16.5 | 53 | 7.6 | 5.6-10.3 | 30 | 4.3 | 2.8- 6.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 293 | 238 | 78.0 | 70.5-84.0 | 32 | 12.1 | 7.6-18.5 | 11 | 5.5 | 2.6-11.4 | 12 | 4.4 | 2.5- 7.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 437 | 336 | 74.6 | 68.7-79.8 | 50 | 13.2 | 9.4-18.2 | 31 | 7.4 | 4.9-11.2 | 20 | 4.7 | 2.7- 8.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 308 | 240 | 69.7 | 61.7-76.7 | 31 | 15.6 | 10.3-23.0 | 22 | 7.0 | 4.2-11.4 | 15 | 7.7 | 3.8-14.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 329 | 258 | 76.5 | 70.0-81.9 | 30 | 9.5 | 6.2-14.4 | 26 | 7.5 | 4.9-11.4 | 15 | 6.4 | 3.4-12.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 326 | 251 | 72.5 | 65.7-78.4 | 37 | 12.2 | 8.6-17.1 | 24 | 10.6 | 6.3-17.1 | 14 | 4.7 | 2.7- 8.2 |
| $75,000+ | 385 | 295 | 70.0 | 58.4-79.5 | 49 | 12.8 | 9.1-17.7 | 28 | 13.8 | 5.6-30.2 | 13 | 3.5 | 1.8- 6.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 939 | 795 | 82.5 | 78.6-85.7 | 79 | 8.8 | 6.7-11.4 | 44 | 5.9 | 3.9- 8.9 | 21 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.2 |
| No | 1,390 | 1,047 | 70.4 | 66.0-74.6 | 160 | 13.5 | 11.2-16.1 | 107 | 10.2 | 6.7-15.3 | 76 | 5.9 | 4.4- 7.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 335 | 281 | 82.6 | 76.9-87.1 | 28 | 9.0 | 5.7-13.8 | 20 | 7.1 | 4.3-11.5 | 6 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,882 | 1,464 | 73.4 | 69.6-76.9 | 200 | 11.9 | 10.0-14.0 | 130 | 9.2 | 6.2-13.3 | 88 | 5.5 | 4.2- 7.2 |
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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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