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
-FEMALES 2,225 183 8.7 7.2-10.5 2,042 91.3 89.5-92.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,395 63 6.0 4.3- 8.3 1,332 94.0 91.7-95.7
Non-Hispanic Black 468 69 14.4 10.9-18.9 399 85.6 81.1-89.1
Other 340 48 11.9 8.2-17.0 292 88.1 83.0-91.8
AGE
18-34 342 37 12.2 8.5-17.1 305 87.8 82.9-91.5
35-44 346 45 11.6 8.2-16.2 301 88.4 83.8-91.8
45-54 340 38 10.4 7.1-14.9 302 89.6 85.1-92.9
55-64 408 31 5.7 3.8- 8.5 377 94.3 91.5-96.2
65-74 444 24 8.1 4.0-16.0 420 91.9 84.0-96.0
75+ 294 *** *** *** 286 97.7 93.6-99.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 196 37 23.0 15.0-33.5 159 77.0 66.5-85.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 466 47 9.1 6.4-12.8 419 90.9 87.2-93.6
Some Post-H.S. 625 64 9.1 6.9-12.0 561 90.9 88.0-93.1
College Graduate 930 35 3.3 2.2- 4.8 895 96.7 95.2-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 147 37 28.2 19.7-38.7 110 71.8 61.3-80.3
$15,000- 24,999 224 36 15.9 10.6-23.2 188 84.1 76.8-89.4
$25,000- 34,999 250 38 18.2 11.7-27.1 212 81.8 72.9-88.3
$35,000- 49,999 203 16 7.4 3.9-13.5 187 92.6 86.5-96.1
$50,000- 74,999 259 11 4.3 1.6-11.0 248 95.7 89.0-98.4
$75,000+ 616 *** *** *** 611 99.1 97.5-99.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 738 113 17.7 14.0-22.2 625 82.3 77.8-86.0
No 1,471 69 4.8 3.5- 6.4 1,402 95.2 93.6-96.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 68 *** *** *** 64 95.0 86.4-98.2
Non-Veteran 2,154 179 8.9 7.3-10.7 1,975 91.1 89.3-92.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 629 44 7.0 5.0- 9.8 585 93.0 90.2-95.0
Regional City or Suburban County 591 45 8.8 6.2-12.3 546 91.2 87.7-93.8
Rural 1,005 94 10.1 7.5-13.6 911 89.9 86.4-92.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,065 80 8.0 6.1-10.4 985 92.0 89.6-93.9
Unemployed 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 673 22 4.8 2.2- 9.9 651 95.2 90.1-97.8
Unable to Work 171 37 19.9 13.6-28.2 134 80.1 71.8-86.4
Other not in Labor Force 190 13 5.1 2.6- 9.6 177 94.9 90.4-97.4
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 193 38 21.2 14.7-29.6 155 78.8 70.4-85.3
101% to 150% 214 40 16.3 11.3-22.8 174 83.7 77.2-88.7
151% to 200% 178 22 15.6 8.0-28.1 *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,048 26 2.4 1.4- 4.2 1,022 97.6 95.8-98.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 681 68 9.7 7.0-13.2 613 90.3 86.8-93.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 877 71 10.6 7.8-14.3 806 89.4 85.7-92.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 667 44 6.1 4.4- 8.4 623 93.9 91.6-95.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 634 43 8.5 5.5-12.9 591 91.5 87.1-94.5
2nd Quartile 540 42 8.2 5.8-11.4 498 91.8 88.6-94.2
3rd Quartile 650 51 9.2 6.6-12.6 599 90.8 87.4-93.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 401 47 9.9 6.8-14.2 354 90.1 85.8-93.2

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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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