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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
-WHITES 9,138 2,218 23.1 21.7-24.6 3,838 43.3 41.7-45.0 359 5.0 4.3- 5.8 2,107 22.7 21.2-24.2 616 5.9 5.2- 6.6
GENDER
Male 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
Female 5,677 1,403 23.8 22.0-25.7 2,233 40.6 38.6-42.6 224 5.4 4.5- 6.4 1,370 23.3 21.5-25.1 447 7.0 6.1- 8.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 165 37 21.1 12.7-32.9 70 43.1 32.7-54.2 4 6.1 1.9-18.3 48 26.9 18.5-37.4 6 2.7 0.8- 8.6
Non-Hispanic 8,968 2,180 23.2 21.8-24.7 3,767 43.3 41.7-45.0 354 5.0 4.3- 5.7 2,058 22.5 21.1-24.0 609 6.0 5.3- 6.7
AGE
18-24 221 46 22.8 15.9-31.7 76 30.9 23.4-39.5 14 5.6 3.0-10.5 69 35.0 26.7-44.4 16 5.6 3.1-10.0
25-34 621 129 22.5 18.4-27.2 254 41.8 36.8-47.0 76 11.9 8.9-15.7 126 17.8 14.3-22.0 36 6.0 4.0- 8.9
35-44 1,219 240 21.2 18.2-24.6 593 48.4 44.8-52.0 93 6.8 5.4- 8.5 233 18.9 16.4-21.8 60 4.7 3.5- 6.1
45-54 1,661 350 21.3 18.8-24.1 846 50.4 47.2-53.5 64 3.2 2.3- 4.5 317 20.7 18.1-23.5 84 4.4 3.4- 5.8
55-64 2,067 494 23.1 20.8-25.6 961 48.7 45.8-51.6 68 2.9 2.2- 3.8 415 20.0 17.8-22.4 129 5.3 4.3- 6.5
65+ 3,282 941 27.6 25.7-29.6 1,082 34.5 32.3-36.7 43 1.1 0.8- 1.6 932 27.8 25.8-29.9 284 9.0 7.7-10.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 985 259 26.2 21.6-31.3 197 19.3 15.9-23.3 8 1.3 0.4- 3.7 400 41.8 36.5-47.4 121 11.4 8.6-14.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,564 662 23.5 20.8-26.4 930 38.3 35.2-41.6 61 3.0 2.0- 4.5 706 28.1 24.9-31.4 205 7.2 5.8- 8.9
Some Post-H.S. 2,315 528 22.0 19.2-25.1 1,047 47.4 44.0-50.8 76 4.5 3.2- 6.2 511 20.5 17.8-23.5 153 5.6 4.5- 7.0
College Graduate 3,262 767 22.9 20.8-25.2 1,661 50.7 48.2-53.2 212 7.9 6.6- 9.5 486 14.9 13.3-16.7 136 3.6 2.9- 4.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 810 198 20.7 16.9-25.0 233 35.2 29.5-41.3 17 2.5 1.3- 4.6 264 30.0 25.4-35.0 98 11.6 8.8-15.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,328 335 22.2 19.0-25.7 447 35.4 31.3-39.7 27 2.5 1.5- 4.3 410 32.3 28.4-36.5 109 7.6 5.8- 9.8
$25,000- 34,999 935 228 22.1 18.6-26.0 362 41.8 36.5-47.3 31 3.6 2.2- 5.7 248 25.9 21.7-30.6 66 6.6 4.6- 9.4
$35,000-49,999 1,167 308 24.5 21.0-28.3 506 44.7 40.5-49.0 37 3.3 2.2- 5.0 247 21.9 18.6-25.7 69 5.6 3.9- 8.0
$50,000- 74,999 1,291 301 21.7 18.6-25.2 658 52.0 48.0-55.9 56 5.1 3.5- 7.3 224 17.1 14.4-20.2 52 4.1 2.9- 5.8
$75,000+ 2,170 479 22.4 19.9-25.2 1,149 49.2 46.1-52.3 149 7.9 6.3-10.0 308 16.6 14.1-19.3 85 3.9 2.9- 5.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,408 883 25.1 22.8-27.5 1,220 37.2 34.6-39.8 96 3.1 2.4- 4.1 914 27.1 24.4-30.0 295 7.5 6.4- 8.7
No 5,610 1,306 22.2 20.4-24.0 2,579 46.4 44.4-48.5 257 5.9 4.9- 7.0 1,162 20.5 18.8-22.2 306 5.1 4.3- 6.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,327 334 23.7 20.5-27.2 619 47.6 43.7-51.6 29 2.3 1.5- 3.6 282 19.5 16.7-22.5 63 6.9 4.9- 9.7
Non-Veteran 7,809 1,883 23.1 21.5-24.7 3,219 42.7 40.9-44.4 330 5.4 4.6- 6.3 1,824 23.2 21.6-24.8 553 5.7 5.1- 6.5

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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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