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N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,678 2,869 23.6 22.3-24.9 4,568 39.4 38.0-40.9 453 5.3 4.6- 6.1 3,010 25.7 24.4-27.1 778 6.0 5.4- 6.8
-MALES 4,294 1,022 22.8 20.8-24.9 1,873 42.0 39.6-44.4 171 5.5 4.3- 6.9 1,010 24.9 22.7-27.2 218 4.9 4.0- 6.1
RACE
White 3,461 815 22.4 20.3-24.7 1,605 46.3 43.7-48.9 135 4.6 3.6- 5.9 737 22.0 19.7-24.4 169 4.7 3.8- 5.8
African American 530 125 20.4 15.8-25.9 164 27.7 22.3-33.9 20 7.6 4.2-13.3 193 37.8 31.5-44.5 28 6.5 3.6-11.5
Other Minorities 278 76 28.2 20.4-37.6 94 36.3 27.6-45.9 16 7.9 3.8-15.6 74 23.8 16.7-32.8 18 3.8 1.5- 9.5
AGE
18-24 153 27 17.0 10.8-25.7 46 26.7 18.7-36.5 12 10.9 5.7-19.8 56 39.2 29.4-49.9 12 6.3 3.0-12.6
25-34 339 80 26.3 20.2-33.5 140 43.8 36.8-51.1 37 8.8 5.9-13.0 67 15.4 11.3-20.6 15 5.6 2.9-10.6
35-44 603 127 23.5 19.2-28.4 284 44.4 39.5-49.5 40 5.8 3.8- 8.8 126 22.7 18.6-27.4 26 3.5 2.4- 5.3
45-54 855 189 21.4 18.0-25.3 412 47.1 42.6-51.7 36 4.1 2.5- 6.5 187 23.7 19.7-28.4 31 3.7 2.3- 5.7
55-64 1,028 230 22.0 18.8-25.7 471 47.0 42.8-51.2 28 2.0 1.3- 3.1 247 25.0 21.5-28.9 52 4.0 2.9- 5.5
65+ 1,291 363 25.4 22.5-28.6 508 38.5 35.1-42.1 17 1.4 0.8- 2.5 323 27.4 24.1-31.1 80 7.2 5.4- 9.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 559 143 24.5 19.4-30.4 119 20.8 15.9-26.7 6 3.1 1.1- 8.8 227 39.8 33.4-46.5 64 11.9 7.9-17.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,185 312 24.9 20.8-29.5 444 36.1 31.5-41.0 34 4.4 2.5- 7.7 337 30.2 25.5-35.3 58 4.4 2.9- 6.8
Some Post-H.S. 957 192 19.7 16.0-24.0 466 47.8 42.9-52.9 38 6.2 3.8-10.1 208 21.8 17.7-26.5 53 4.4 3.2- 6.2
College Graduate 1,587 374 22.2 19.2-25.4 843 52.5 48.9-56.1 91 6.9 5.2- 9.0 236 15.7 13.3-18.4 43 2.8 1.7- 4.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 369 99 21.7 16.3-28.3 116 37.8 29.7-46.7 7 4.9 1.8-12.6 120 27.7 21.5-34.9 27 7.9 4.9-12.4
$15,000- 24,999 634 162 25.0 19.2-31.8 205 31.1 25.2-37.8 14 2.7 1.2- 5.9 204 36.2 29.6-43.3 49 4.9 3.2- 7.5
$25,000- 34,999 465 110 20.9 16.3-26.3 173 38.2 31.1-45.9 14 3.8 1.7- 8.3 142 32.3 26.0-39.4 26 4.8 2.8- 8.2
$35,000- 49,999 554 142 23.6 18.7-29.4 230 41.0 34.9-47.3 22 6.2 3.1-12.0 140 26.6 21.1-33.0 20 2.6 1.5- 4.3
$50,000- 74,999 629 160 25.6 20.9-30.9 337 53.5 47.8-59.0 27 5.4 3.1- 9.2 88 13.9 10.6-18.0 17 1.7 1.0- 3.0
$75,000+ 1,157 256 21.6 18.2-25.3 630 50.3 46.0-54.7 64 6.4 4.4- 9.2 173 18.2 14.7-22.3 34 3.5 2.2- 5.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,555 397 24.0 20.9-27.3 592 35.2 31.6-38.9 43 4.2 2.6- 6.6 419 30.4 26.4-34.8 104 6.2 4.6- 8.3
No 2,664 607 21.9 19.4-24.5 1,263 46.0 42.9-49.0 123 6.0 4.5- 7.9 564 21.8 19.4-24.5 107 4.3 3.2- 5.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,458 358 22.3 19.4-25.5 678 46.9 43.1-50.8 30 2.9 1.5- 5.5 323 22.2 19.1-25.7 69 5.7 4.0- 8.0
Non-Veteran 2,833 663 22.9 20.5-25.6 1,193 40.4 37.6-43.3 141 6.3 4.8- 8.0 687 25.7 23.1-28.6 149 4.7 3.6- 6.1

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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.

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