2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Housing Insecurity

During the past 12 months, was there a time when you were not able to pay your utility bills?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,055 309 7.6 6.6- 8.8 3,746 92.4 91.2-93.4
-Non-Hispanic Black 775 116 14.4 11.6-17.9 659 85.6 82.1-88.4
GENDER
Male 307 47 14.5 10.1-20.3 260 85.5 79.7-89.9
Female 468 69 14.4 10.9-18.9 399 85.6 81.1-89.1
AGE
18-34 113 23 18.7 11.9-28.3 90 81.3 71.7-88.1
35-44 131 24 18.9 11.7-28.9 107 81.1 71.1-88.3
45-54 136 27 19.4 12.4-29.0 109 80.6 71.0-87.6
55-64 156 23 10.8 6.8-16.9 133 89.2 83.1-93.2
65-74 143 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 215 35 15.5 10.2-22.7 180 84.5 77.3-89.8
Some Post-H.S. 236 43 15.3 10.6-21.6 193 84.7 78.4-89.4
College Graduate 256 24 8.4 5.3-13.1 232 91.6 86.9-94.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 102 22 17.4 10.1-28.3 80 82.6 71.7-89.9
$25,000- 34,999 107 *** *** *** 85 77.0 65.0-85.8
$35,000- 49,999 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 293 63 23.5 17.5-30.8 230 76.5 69.2-82.5
No 478 52 10.0 7.2-13.7 426 90.0 86.3-92.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 659 107 15.8 12.6-19.7 552 84.2 80.3-87.4
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 258 41 17.9 12.7-24.7 217 82.1 75.3-87.3
Regional City or Suburban County 211 33 15.4 10.4-22.3 178 84.6 77.7-89.6
Rural 306 42 9.6 6.4-14.1 264 90.4 85.9-93.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 383 49 13.7 9.8-18.8 334 86.3 81.2-90.2
Unemployed 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 214 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 88 20 16.9 9.3-28.7 68 83.1 71.3-90.7
Other not in Labor Force 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 88 16 13.6 7.6-23.1 72 86.4 76.9-92.4
151% to 200% 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 321 25 7.1 4.5-11.0 296 92.9 89.0-95.5
HOUSING
Own 445 33 7.8 5.0-11.8 412 92.2 88.2-95.0
Rent 271 66 26.1 19.9-33.5 205 73.9 66.5-80.1
Other arrangement 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 307 48 12.8 8.9-18.0 259 87.2 82.0-91.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 259 35 13.5 9.2-19.4 224 86.5 80.6-90.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 209 33 16.9 11.4-24.2 176 83.1 75.8-88.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 125 28 21.6 14.2-31.6 97 78.4 68.4-85.8
2nd Quartile 173 24 15.3 9.8-23.0 149 84.7 77.0-90.2
3rd Quartile 290 35 11.6 7.9-16.6 255 88.4 83.4-92.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 187 29 11.1 6.8-17.6 158 88.9 82.4-93.2

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

^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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