2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reactions to Race

How often do you think about your race? Would you say never, once a year, once a month, once a week, once a day, once an hour, or constantly?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Never Once a year Once a month Once a week Once a day/once an hour/constantly
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,950 1,715 59.4 56.9-61.9 235 7.8 6.6- 9.3 308 9.7 8.4-11.3 254 8.1 7.0- 9.4 438 14.9 13.2-16.8
MALES 1,234 715 60.3 56.4-64.0 99 8.0 6.2-10.3 118 8.9 6.8-11.4 101 7.1 5.6- 9.0 201 15.8 13.1-18.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 774 506 67.6 63.2-71.7 71 9.8 7.3-13.0 70 8.5 6.4-11.2 66 7.2 5.4- 9.5 61 6.9 5.1- 9.3
Non-Hispanic Black 217 85 40.9 32.1-50.3 *** *** *** 18 10.3 5.3-19.2 12 5.9 3.1-11.0 92 39.7 31.2-48.8
Other 229 *** *** *** 18 8.2 4.2-15.5 29 7.8 3.7-15.8 23 9.7 5.3-17.1 45 15.5 9.3-24.7
AGE
18-34 222 99 44.0 36.1-52.2 15 7.0 3.8-12.5 39 18.4 12.4-26.4 23 8.4 5.4-12.8 46 22.2 16.0-30.0
35-44 173 93 60.6 51.0-69.5 17 8.2 4.6-14.5 14 6.4 3.4-11.6 20 9.4 5.4-16.0 29 15.3 9.7-23.5
45-54 186 99 60.2 50.1-69.6 13 8.4 3.8-17.6 14 4.7 2.4- 9.0 21 10.3 6.0-17.1 39 16.3 10.6-24.2
55-64 254 157 65.3 55.7-73.8 21 8.9 5.0-15.2 22 6.0 3.3-10.6 14 4.2 2.1- 8.1 40 15.7 9.5-24.8
65-74 225 142 68.6 59.9-76.1 18 9.0 5.2-15.0 19 5.6 3.0-10.1 13 4.6 2.2- 9.3 33 12.3 7.5-19.4
75+ 157 114 77.4 67.4-85.0 13 5.9 3.0-11.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 5.6 2.8-10.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 83 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 6.9 2.7-16.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 266 171 66.0 58.1-73.1 16 6.7 3.8-11.7 19 2.8 1.4- 5.9 11 3.5 1.8- 6.7 49 20.9 14.9-28.5
Some Post-H.S. 349 219 62.2 55.1-68.7 26 9.3 5.7-14.9 29 8.7 5.7-13.1 25 7.2 4.5-11.5 50 12.6 8.4-18.7
College Graduate 530 269 48.8 43.2-54.5 52 9.7 6.9-13.5 64 13.6 9.9-18.3 56 10.6 7.8-14.1 89 17.3 13.5-21.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 34 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 83 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 149 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 11.5 5.8-21.8 12 7.0 3.2-14.8 22 10.7 5.9-18.7
$50,000- 74,999 163 *** *** *** 13 9.0 4.6-16.9 12 9.3 3.3-23.3 *** *** *** 27 18.5 11.6-28.3
$75,000+ 512 277 54.6 48.9-60.2 51 11.6 8.1-16.2 56 11.1 8.1-14.9 53 9.7 7.1-13.1 75 13.1 9.8-17.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 405 244 63.7 56.7-70.1 29 5.8 3.7- 9.1 29 7.5 4.0-13.8 32 7.8 5.2-11.6 71 15.1 11.0-20.5
No 819 463 58.4 53.6-63.1 69 8.9 6.6-12.1 89 9.6 7.3-12.5 69 6.9 5.1- 9.2 129 16.1 12.8-20.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 308 203 66.5 58.5-73.6 25 8.3 5.1-13.4 18 4.6 2.2- 9.3 16 4.7 2.6- 8.4 46 15.9 10.5-23.4
Non-Veteran 922 510 58.5 54.0-62.9 74 7.9 5.8-10.6 100 10.1 7.7-13.2 84 7.7 5.9-10.0 154 15.7 12.8-19.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 365 167 46.3 40.0-52.7 37 8.7 5.8-12.7 35 9.9 6.8-14.3 42 9.3 6.6-12.9 84 25.8 20.4-32.1
Regional City or Suburban County 314 189 64.1 56.4-71.1 18 5.6 3.1-10.1 34 11.7 7.2-18.5 23 6.8 4.3-10.7 50 11.8 8.2-16.7
Rural 555 359 68.6 62.4-74.1 44 9.3 6.2-13.6 49 5.8 3.8- 8.6 36 5.6 3.5- 8.9 67 10.8 7.1-16.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 751 413 56.8 52.1-61.4 65 9.5 6.9-12.8 72 9.1 6.8-12.0 69 7.8 5.8-10.3 132 16.9 13.6-20.8
Unemployed 54 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 337 228 74.2 67.1-80.2 25 5.7 3.4- 9.2 25 5.7 3.0-10.5 22 5.5 3.2- 9.2 37 9.0 5.7-14.0
Unable to Work 70 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 12.0 6.1-22.3
Other not in Labor Force 14 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 11 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 55 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 88 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 767 435 59.0 54.3-63.5 71 10.6 7.8-14.2 73 8.9 6.8-11.7 72 8.1 6.2-10.7 116 13.4 10.6-16.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 391 243 65.4 57.5-72.6 25 7.0 4.2-11.3 41 6.3 3.8-10.2 25 6.7 3.7-11.8 57 14.6 9.2-22.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 387 251 65.7 59.0-71.8 38 10.2 6.8-15.2 26 8.4 5.2-13.1 20 3.9 2.3- 6.5 52 11.8 8.2-16.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 456 221 52.3 46.2-58.3 36 6.5 4.3- 9.8 51 10.8 7.4-15.5 56 10.3 7.6-13.7 92 20.1 15.8-25.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 384 214 59.9 53.6-65.9 38 9.5 6.3-14.0 39 8.9 6.3-12.5 34 7.7 5.2-11.2 59 14.0 10.3-18.8
2nd Quartile 301 175 58.4 50.5-65.8 23 6.6 3.8-11.1 26 11.8 7.2-18.8 24 6.5 4.1-10.2 53 16.7 11.9-22.8
3rd Quartile 326 190 61.5 54.3-68.2 26 8.2 5.0-13.2 28 7.5 4.9-11.5 27 7.1 4.5-11.1 55 15.6 11.1-21.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 223 *** *** *** 12 7.1 3.3-15.0 25 2.7 1.2- 6.4 16 7.2 3.0-16.4 *** *** ***

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*Other includes Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, mixed race, or some other group

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023
are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 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 2023 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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