In the community where you live, do you think that illegal drug use is a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all?

 

Black Population

General Population

 

Major

Problem

%

Minor

Problem

%

Not a

Problem

%

D/K

%

(N)

Major

Problem

%

Minor

Problem

%

Not a

Problem

%

D/K

%

(N)

Total

61.8

26.3

9.2

2.7

750

40.4

44.8

10.7

4.2

750

Men

Women

64.0

59.8

26.8

25.8

6.8

11.5

2.4

2.9

356

394

35.5

44.9

48.5

41.2

11.7

9.7

4.3

4.1

365

385

18-25

26-35

36-50

51-64

65+

59.4

67.8

65.4

60.8

54.0

35.1

20.4

24.8

30.8

25.5

3.3

10.6

7.7

5.4

16.1

2.2

1.2

2.0

3.0

4.4

91

159

198

135

161

47.0

33.5

39.7

50.4

33.2

47.0

47.1

47.8

38.8

44.4

6.0

14.7

8.1

9.2

14.3

C

4.7

4.3

1.7

8.2

73

123

218

159

169

Northeast

Midwest

South

West

65.1

68.6

58.6

58.3

25.1

21.1

28.1

29.2

6.3

8.3

10.4

11.1

3.5

2.1

2.9

1.4

143

147

388

72

40.0

44.7

35.5

43.7

43.3

42.9

46.9

45.1

11.6

8.8

14.6

5.2

5.1

3.7

3.0

6.0

162

181

256

151

Liberal

Moderate

Secular conservative

Christian conservative

57.1

64.8

60.8

65.1

28.8

23.9

32.4

26.2

9.5

9.2

6.8

8.1

4.6

2.1

C

0.6

236

240

52

165

35.8

43.5

33.2

41.9

50.7

43.6

43.4

44.0

11.5

9.3

16.3

8.6

2.0

3.6

7.1

5.5

174

236

97

199

Democrat

Independent

Republican

61.0

64.8

73.8

26.7

27.8

18.5

9.6

5.6

7.7

2.8

1.9

C

607

54

65

41.2

41.4

37.7

44.2

46.0

46.0

10.8

10.3

10.9

3.8

2.3

5.3

342

87

302

Less than HS

HS Graduate

Some College/Tech

College Degree+

57.4

65.9

65.4

53.2

25.2

23.6

25.0

34.0

13.9

8.0

7.2

10.6

3.5

2.5

2.4

2.1

115

276

208

141

35.5

37.2

44.4

39.8

38.7

49.3

42.1

45.6

14.5

10.3

9.8

10.4

11.3

3.1

3.7

4.1

62

223

214

241

Big city

Suburbs

Mid-size city

Small Town

Rural

63.4

43.8

65.2

61.9

73.1

26.2

31.5

25.7

27.4

19.2

8.0

20.5

7.5

8.3

3.8

2.4

4.1

1.6

2.4

3.8

374

73

187

84

26

47.3

39.9

42.3

34.5

38.3

33.6

46.4

42.9

50.9

48.7

12.7

9.8

8.9

10.5

11.3

6.4

3.8

6.0

4.1

1.7

110

183

168

171

115

Less than $15,000

$15-$35,000

$35-$60,000

$60-$75,000

$75-$90,000

More than $90,000

58.0

68.7

63.3

57.2

58.4

46.5

27.1

24.3

24.4

34.4

27.6

35.3

12.1

5.3

11.2

6.3

14.0

12.2

2.8

1.7

1.1

2.2

C

6.0

144

231

190

49

21

17

41.2

40.6

39.3

46.4

58.8

30.8

41.6

44.2

46.6

41.4

33.5

53.2

11.6

10.6

10.7

8.1

7.7

10.9

5.6

4.6

3.4

4.0

C

5.2

65

171

227

64

34

62