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%)
TOTAL 4,055 309 7.6 6.6- 8.8 3,746 92.4 91.2-93.4
GENDER
Male 1,830 126 6.3 5.0- 7.8 1,704 93.7 92.2-95.0
Female 2,225 183 8.7 7.2-10.5 2,042 91.3 89.5-92.8
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,576 100 4.5 3.4- 5.8 2,476 95.5 94.2-96.6
Non-Hispanic Black 775 116 14.4 11.6-17.9 659 85.6 82.1-88.4
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 127 17 8.8 4.3-17.1 110 91.2 82.9-95.7
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 77 *** *** *** 68 87.3 74.6-94.2
Hispanic 382 51 11.5 8.4-15.6 331 88.5 84.4-91.6
AGE
18-34 689 69 10.7 8.2-13.8 620 89.3 86.2-91.8
35-44 631 71 10.4 7.9-13.6 560 89.6 86.4-92.1
45-54 671 68 9.1 6.8-12.1 603 90.9 87.9-93.2
55-64 723 56 5.5 4.1- 7.4 667 94.5 92.6-95.9
65-74 769 34 5.1 2.6- 9.5 735 94.9 90.5-97.4
75+ 488 *** *** *** 479 98.5 96.1-99.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 371 58 16.7 11.8-23.1 313 83.3 76.9-88.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 934 91 8.5 6.6-10.9 843 91.5 89.1-93.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,098 103 8.0 6.3-10.0 995 92.0 90.0-93.7
College Graduate 1,635 56 2.9 2.1- 4.0 1,579 97.1 96.0-97.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,289 168 13.3 10.8-16.1 1,121 86.7 83.9-89.2
No 2,742 140 5.2 4.2- 6.4 2,602 94.8 93.6-95.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 506 16 2.7 1.5- 5.0 490 97.3 95.0-98.5
Non-Veteran 3,542 293 8.2 7.1- 9.5 3,249 91.8 90.5-92.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,174 146 7.0 5.8- 8.6 2,028 93.0 91.4-94.2
Unemployed 198 57 26.5 19.9-34.4 141 73.5 65.6-80.1
Retired 1,143 31 3.2 1.6- 6.1 1,112 96.8 93.9-98.4
Unable to Work 294 60 15.5 11.4-20.8 234 84.5 79.2-88.6
Other not in Labor Force 220 14 4.4 2.3- 8.1 206 95.6 91.9-97.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 219 61 26.3 19.5-34.5 158 73.7 65.5-80.5
$15,000- 24,999 362 62 15.4 11.3-20.7 300 84.6 79.3-88.7
$25,000- 34,999 426 58 15.7 11.1-21.8 368 84.3 78.2-88.9
$35,000- 49,999 431 37 8.4 5.5-12.5 394 91.6 87.5-94.5
$50,000-74,999 521 20 4.1 2.2- 7.2 501 95.9 92.8-97.8
$75,000-100,000 415 *** *** *** 409 98.7 96.5-99.5
$100,000-150,000 441 *** *** *** 440 99.8 98.4- 100
$150,000+ 362 *** *** *** 361 99.6 97.3-99.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 878 63 7.6 5.6-10.2 815 92.4 89.8-94.4
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 316 73 23.3 17.7-30.1 243 76.7 69.9-82.3
101% to 150% 354 59 13.9 10.2-18.6 295 86.1 81.4-89.8
151% to 200% 325 36 11.3 6.6-18.7 289 88.7 81.3-93.4
More than 200% 2,078 50 2.4 1.7- 3.4 2,028 97.6 96.6-98.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 878 63 7.6 5.6-10.2 815 92.4 89.8-94.4
HOUSING
Own 2,794 114 4.5 3.5- 5.8 2,680 95.5 94.2-96.5
Rent 985 165 18.5 15.6-21.9 820 81.5 78.1-84.4
Other arrangement 238 30 9.0 5.6-14.0 208 91.0 86.0-94.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,179 79 7.2 5.6- 9.4 1,100 92.8 90.6-94.4
Regional City or Suburban County 1,080 80 7.8 6.0-10.0 1,000 92.2 90.0-94.0
Rural 1,796 150 7.8 6.1- 9.8 1,646 92.2 90.2-93.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,164 118 8.7 6.8-11.0 1,046 91.3 89.0-93.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,646 114 8.1 6.4-10.3 1,532 91.9 89.7-93.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,245 77 6.3 4.8- 8.2 1,168 93.7 91.8-95.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,201 76 7.2 5.3- 9.8 1,125 92.8 90.2-94.7
2nd Quartile 1,017 63 6.8 5.1- 9.0 954 93.2 91.0-94.9
3rd Quartile 1,187 96 8.5 6.7-10.7 1,091 91.5 89.3-93.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 650 74 8.8 6.5-11.8 576 91.2 88.2-93.5

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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 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.

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