Table 1: Demographic characteristics among adults in the US northeast by race/ethnicity, 2003–2006/7 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey.

White Black Hispanic Asian South Asian Overall (Unweighted ) = 60,505 = 4,449 = 4,485 = 1,442 = 585 = 71,466 % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI Gender  Male 47.7 (47.5–47.9) 44.0 (43.3–44.6) 48.1 (46.7–49.4) 46.3 (44.0–48.6) 59.9 (56.2–63.7) 47.5 (47.4–47.6)  Female 52.3 (52.1–52.5) 56.0 (55.4–56.7) 51.9 (50.6–53.3) 53.7 (51.4–56.0) 40.1 (36.3–43.8) 52.5 (52.4–52.6) Age group  18–24 9.6 (9.2–9.9) 14.8 (13.6–16.1) 15.6 (14.3–16.9) 10.8 (8.9–12.7) 9.6 (6.2–13.0) 10.7 (10.4–11.0)  25–44 35.6 (35.2–36.0) 41.5 (40.2–42.8) 50.0 (48.4–51.6) 48.5 (45.7–51.2) 59.9 (54.1–65.6) 38.4 (38.1–38.7)  45–64 34.7 (34.2–35.1) 30.0 (29.0–31.0) 26.2 (24.9–27.6) 29.4 (26.9–31.8) 24.3 (20.2–28.4) 33.0 (32.7–33.4)  65+ 20.2 (19.8–20.6) 13.7 (12.7–14.6) 8.2 (7.2–9.3) 11.4 (9.1–13.7) 6.3 (3.8–8.7) 17.8 (17.5–18.2) Education  Less than HS 9.4 (9.0–9.7) 19.4 (17.9–20.9) 36.5 (34.5–38.5) 12.0 (9.7–14.3) 5.1 (2.3–7.8) 13.1 (12.7–13.5)  HS 32.9 (32.3–33.5) 34.6 (33.0–36.2) 30.0 (28.5–31.6) 21.0 (18.3–23.8) 14.2 (10.4–18.0) 32.1 (31.6–32.7)  Some college 23.6 (23.1–24.1) 26.1 (24.7–27.6) 19.3 (18.0–20.7) 15.6 (13.5–17.7) 10.0 (6.8–13.2) 23.0 (22.6–23.4)  College 34.1 (33.3–34.8) 19.9 (18.5–21.3) 14.1 (12.8–15.5) 51.4 (47.6–55.1) 70.8 (65.6–75.9) 31.8 (31.1–32.4) State  Connecticut 6.6 (6.5–6.8) 5.1 (4.7–5.4) 5.8 (4.8–6.7) 3.7 (2.7–4.7) 8.1 (4.9–11.3) 6.3 (6.3–6.3)  Maine 3.2 (3.2–3.2) 0.2 (0.1–0.2) 0.2 (0.1–0.3) 0.4 (0.3–0.6) 0.2 (0.0–0.3) 2.4 (2.4–2.5)  Massachusetts 13.4 (13.1–13.6) 5.9 (5.4–6.3) 7.9 (6.4–9.4) 11.6 (8.6–14.5) 7.7 (4.7–10.7) 11.9 (11.8–12.0)  New Hampshire 3.0 (3.0–3.1) 0.2 (0.1–0.2) 0.4 (0.3–0.6) 1.1 (0.6–1.5) 1.1 (0.5–1.7) 2.4 (2.4–2.4)  New Jersey 13.8 (13.5–14.1) 19.0 (18.2–19.8) 21.9 (19.9–23.8) 21.6 (18.4–24.7) 34.8 (27.7–41.9) 15.7 (15.6–15.7)  New York 30.2 (29.8–30.6) 48.8 (47.7–49.9) 54.4 (52.0–56.8) 51.9 (47.5–56.2) 37.7 (31.2–44.3) 35.4 (35.3–35.5)  Pennsylvania 26.1 (25.9–26.4) 20.0 (19.3–20.8) 7.3 (5.9–8.7) 8.3 (5.9–10.7) 9.6 (6.3–13.0) 22.8 (22.7–22.9)  Rhode Island 2.2 (2.1–2.2) 0.8 (0.7–0.9) 2.1 (1.7–2.4) 1.3 (0.9–1.7) 0.5 (0.1–0.8) 2.0 (2.0–2.0)  Vermont 1.5 (1.5–1.5) 0.1 (0.1–0.1) 0.1 (0.1–0.1) 0.2 (0.1–0.3) 0.3 (0.1–0.5) 1.2 (1.2–1.2)