2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

COVID Vaccination

Have you had a COVID-19 vaccination?

(Asked on interviews conducted July through December, 2021.)
The demographic and geographic drop-downs do not contain menu choices for COVID Vaccination data, which is available only from the state-level topics page.
View results for a demographic group:
 Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,071 1,586 72.0 69.4-74.5 485 28.0 25.5-30.6
GENDER
Male 952 716 71.1 67.3-74.6 236 28.9 25.4-32.7
Female 1,119 870 72.8 69.1-76.2 249 27.2 23.8-30.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 1,319 1,025 71.2 67.8-74.4 294 28.8 25.6-32.2
Non-Hispanic Black 394 319 76.8 70.8-81.9 75 23.2 18.1-29.2
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 209 132 64.1 55.6-71.8 77 35.9 28.2-44.4
AGE
18-34 366 229 59.0 52.8-64.9 137 41.0 35.1-47.2
35-44 345 233 65.6 59.4-71.4 112 34.4 28.6-40.6
45-54 340 254 69.8 63.2-75.7 86 30.2 24.3-36.8
55-64 360 273 76.6 71.1-81.4 87 23.4 18.6-28.9
65-74 390 349 85.5 77.6-90.9 41 14.5 9.1-22.4
75+ 240 223 89.2 79.3-94.7 17 10.8 5.3-20.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 195 117 55.5 46.1-64.5 78 44.5 35.5-53.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 485 327 65.1 59.6-70.3 158 34.9 29.7-40.4
Some Post-H.S. 565 413 71.2 66.5-75.5 152 28.8 24.5-33.5
College Graduate 820 724 86.8 83.7-89.3 96 13.2 10.7-16.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 662 495 69.2 63.9-73.9 167 30.8 26.1-36.1
No 1,394 1,081 73.6 70.6-76.4 313 26.4 23.6-29.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 277 240 85.6 80.2-89.8 37 14.4 10.2-19.8
Non-Veteran 1,792 1,344 70.2 67.3-72.9 448 29.8 27.1-32.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,148 824 67.2 63.7-70.5 324 32.8 29.5-36.3
Unemployed 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 564 520 87.9 82.2-92.0 44 12.1 8.0-17.8
Unable to Work 155 104 67.2 56.7-76.2 51 32.8 23.8-43.3
Other not in Labor Force 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 163 117 68.2 57.8-77.0 46 31.8 23.0-42.2
$25,000- 34,999 193 133 65.8 55.9-74.6 60 34.2 25.4-44.1
$35,000- 49,999 236 182 75.5 68.0-81.7 54 24.5 18.3-32.0
$50,000-74,999 260 210 75.2 68.1-81.2 50 24.8 18.8-31.9
$75,000-100,000 223 172 71.6 63.9-78.1 51 28.4 21.9-36.1
$100,000-150,000 224 187 79.9 72.8-85.5 37 20.1 14.5-27.2
$150,000+ 194 165 80.8 72.8-86.9 29 19.2 13.1-27.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 463 343 66.5 60.3-72.3 120 33.5 27.7-39.7
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 148 99 67.1 56.5-76.1 49 32.9 23.9-43.5
101% to 150% 173 110 62.5 52.9-71.2 63 37.5 28.8-47.1
151% to 200% 164 119 70.4 59.1-79.7 45 29.6 20.3-40.9
More than 200% 1,069 881 77.9 74.7-80.8 188 22.1 19.2-25.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 463 343 66.5 60.3-72.3 120 33.5 27.7-39.7
HOUSING
Own 1,394 1,117 75.0 71.9-78.0 277 25.0 22.0-28.1
Rent 513 358 66.0 60.3-71.2 155 34.0 28.8-39.7
Other arrangement 144 97 63.2 52.7-72.6 47 36.8 27.4-47.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 599 496 79.1 74.6-83.0 103 20.9 17.0-25.4
Regional City or Suburban County 561 421 69.3 64.3-73.9 140 30.7 26.1-35.7
Rural 911 669 68.5 64.2-72.6 242 31.5 27.4-35.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 592 430 70.1 64.6-75.0 162 29.9 25.0-35.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 866 663 69.6 65.3-73.5 203 30.4 26.5-34.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 613 493 76.6 72.1-80.5 120 23.4 19.5-27.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 624 504 76.2 71.2-80.6 120 23.8 19.4-28.8
2nd Quartile 488 356 65.5 60.1-70.6 132 34.5 29.4-39.9
3rd Quartile 622 490 76.3 71.8-80.2 132 23.7 19.8-28.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 337 236 67.2 60.1-73.6 101 32.8 26.4-39.9

Back to COVID Vaccination.

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 01SEP22.

SCHS Home | FAQs | Contacts