Comparing percentages of a sample to that of the population.

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This might be stupid question, but I'm in this sort of situation:

60% of people in a city have a pet cat, but the national rate is 50%.

So, assuming we have the required bits of information about the population/sample, are there any meaningful ways are there to compare these two percentages?

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One direct comparison: an average person in this city is 20% more likely to have a pet cat than the average national