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2000 to 2001 Supplementary Surveys Change Profile
Dallas County
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TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  2000
Estimate
2000
Percent
Distribution
2001
Estimate
2001
Percent
Distribution
Difference
(2001 - 2000)
Margin
of Error
of Difference
Statistically
Significant
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
554,513
100%
589,403
100%
34,890
+/-21,953
yes
Nursery school, preschool
31,904
5.8%
38,308
6.5%
0.7%
+/-1.5%
no
Kindergarten
45,385
8.2%
36,492
6.2%
- 2.0%
+/-1.7%
yes
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
264,776
47.7%
291,005
49.4%
1.7%
+/-1.3%
yes
High school grade (grades 9-12)
116,116
20.9%
119,280
20.2%
- 0.7%
+/-1.8%
no
College or graduate school
96,332
17.4%
104,318
17.7%
0.3%
+/-2.3%
no
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,337,771
100%
1,350,016
100%
12,245
+/-3,302
yes
Less than 9th grade
146,915
11.0%
129,628
9.6%
- 1.4%
+/-1.3%
yes
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
171,325
12.8%
162,284
12.0%
- 0.8%
+/-1.7%
no
High school graduate (including equivalency)
310,518
23.2%
326,963
24.2%
1.0%
+/-2.1%
no
Some college, no degree
287,214
21.5%
273,824
20.3%
- 1.2%
+/-1.8%
no
Associate degree
70,857
5.3%
80,926
6.0%
0.7%
+/-1.0%
no
Bachelor's degree
242,430
18.1%
249,934
18.5%
0.4%
+/-1.3%
no
Graduate or professional degree
108,512
8.1%
126,457
9.4%
1.3%
+/-1.0%
yes
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
76.2
(NA)
78.4
(NA)
2.2
+/-1.8
yes
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
26.2
(NA)
27.9
(NA)
1.7
+/-1.8
no
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
822,676
100%
825,070
100%
2,394
+/-1,333
yes
Never married
277,358
33.7%
282,706
34.3%
0.6%
+/-2.5%
no
Now married, except separated
432,962
52.6%
441,822
53.5%
0.9%
+/-3.0%
no
Separated
16,036
1.9%
19,556
2.4%
0.5%
+/-1.0%
no
Widowed
15,418
1.9%
15,590
1.9%
0.0%
+/-0.5%
no
Divorced
80,902
9.8%
65,396
7.9%
- 1.9%
+/-1.7%
yes
 
Females 15 years and over
840,167
100%
841,005
100%
838
+/-1,419
no
Never married
228,372
27.2%
233,312
27.7%
0.5%
+/-2.0%
no
Now married, except separated
391,226
46.6%
394,507
46.9%
0.3%
+/-2.3%
no
Separated
33,622
4.0%
30,094
3.6%
- 0.4%
+/-1.0%
no
Widowed
72,802
8.7%
68,748
8.2%
- 0.5%
+/-1.0%
no
Divorced
114,145
13.6%
114,344
13.6%
0.0%
+/-1.8%
no
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
43,105
100%
34,940
100%
-8,165
+/-9,088
no
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
12,684
29.4%
10,582
30.3%
0.9%
+/-12.0%
no
Per 1,000 unmarried women
42
(NA)
35
(NA)
-7
+/-18
no
As a percent of all women with a birth
29.4
(NA)
30.3
(NA)
0.9
+/-11.6
no
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
70
(NA)
58
(NA)
-12
+/-15
no
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
114
(NA)
52
(NA)
-62
+/-48
yes
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
113
(NA)
97
(NA)
-16
+/-30
no
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
14
(NA)
20
(NA)
6
+/-8
no
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
50,184
100%
61,426
100%
11,242
+/-12,644
no
Responsible for grandchildren
21,852
43.5%
24,139
39.3%
- 4.2%
+/-11.7%
no
less than 1 year
6,391
29.2%
2,048
8.5%
-20.7%
+/-10.7%
yes
1 or 2 years
5,086
23.3%
6,121
25.4%
2.1%
+/-14.7%
no
3 or 4 years
6,709
30.7%
2,675
11.1%
-19.6%
+/-14.0%
yes
5 or more years
3,666
16.8%
13,295
55.1%
38.3%
+/-16.0%
yes
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
65.9
(NA)
60.7
(NA)
-5.2
+/-11.2
no
Percent who are married
62.0
(NA)
82.0
(NA)
20.0
+/-16.0
yes
Percent who are in labor force
57.7
(NA)
56.2
(NA)
-1.5
+/-16.7
no
Percent who are in poverty
35.6
(NA)
13.3
(NA)
-22.3
+/-16.2
yes
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,567,370
100%
1,569,506
100%
2,136
+/-1,622
yes
Civilian veterans
140,850
9.0%
135,771
8.7%
- 0.3%
+/-1.0%
no
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
524,748
100%
532,409
100%
7,661
+/-8,557
no
With a disability
19,262
3.7%
28,673
5.4%
1.7%
+/-1.3%
yes
 
Population 21 to 64 years
1,308,820
100%
1,313,691
100%
4,871
+/-8,755
no
With a disability
130,272
10.0%
172,027
13.1%
3.1%
+/-1.5%
yes
Percent employed
51.4
(NA)
55.4
(NA)
4.0
+/-6.6
no
No disability
1,178,548
90.0%
1,141,664
86.9%
- 3.1%
+/-1.5%
yes
Percent employed
80.5
(NA)
79.3
(NA)
-1.2
+/-1.8
no
 
Population 65 years and over
167,740
100%
170,912
100%
3,172
+/-2,549
yes
With a disability
63,304
37.7%
78,177
45.7%
8.0%
+/-4.6%
yes
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
2,152,522
100%
2,180,215
100%
27,693
+/-8,397
yes
Same house
1,675,474
77.8%
1,750,494
80.3%
2.5%
+/-2.6%
no
Different house in the U.S.
435,068
20.2%
403,825
18.5%
- 1.7%
+/-2.6%
no
Same county
296,771
13.8%
297,234
13.6%
- 0.2%
+/-2.5%
no
Different county
138,297
6.4%
106,591
4.9%
- 1.5%
+/-1.7%
no
Same state
66,424
3.1%
67,237
3.1%
0.0%
+/-0.8%
no
Different state
71,873
3.3%
39,354
1.8%
- 1.5%
+/-1.5%
no
Abroad
41,980
2.0%
25,896
1.2%
- 0.8%
+/-0.7%
yes
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
2,185,429
100%
2,211,929
100%
26,500
*****
- -
Native
1,693,947
77.5%
1,755,770
79.4%
1.9%
+/-1.7%
yes
Born in United States
1,680,404
76.9%
1,736,834
78.5%
1.6%
+/-1.7%
no
State of residence
1,167,549
53.4%
1,232,942
55.7%
2.3%
+/-2.1%
yes
Different state
512,855
23.5%
503,892
22.8%
- 0.7%
+/-1.5%
no
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
13,543
0.6%
18,936
0.9%
0.3%
+/-0.2%
yes
Foreign born
491,482
22.5%
456,159
20.6%
- 1.9%
+/-1.7%
yes
Naturalized citizen
114,637
23.3%
107,248
23.5%
0.2%
+/-3.8%
no
Not a citizen
376,845
76.7%
348,911
76.5%
- 0.2%
+/-4.0%
no
Entered 1990 or later
309,320
62.9%
262,605
57.6%
- 5.3%
+/-6.6%
no
Entered before 1990
182,162
37.1%
193,554
42.4%
5.3%
+/-3.1%
yes
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
491,482
100%
456,159
100%
-35,323
+/-35,691
no
Europe
18,961
3.9%
22,181
4.9%
1.0%
+/-2.0%
no
Asia
83,433
17.0%
71,156
15.6%
- 1.4%
+/-1.3%
yes
Africa
19,652
4.0%
16,862
3.7%
- 0.3%
+/-2.1%
no
Oceania
1,216
0.2%
1,681
0.4%
0.2%
+/-0.5%
no
Latin America
364,067
74.1%
341,944
75.0%
0.9%
+/-3.8%
no
Northern America
4,153
0.8%
2,335
0.5%
- 0.3%
+/-0.5%
no
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
2,001,725
100%
2,018,314
100%
16,589
+/-1,071
yes
English only
1,323,547
66.1%
1,327,095
65.8%
- 0.3%
+/-1.3%
no
Language other than English
678,178
33.9%
691,219
34.2%
0.3%
+/-1.3%
no
Speak English less than "very well"
362,903
18.1%
355,532
17.6%
- 0.5%
+/-1.8%
no
Spanish
557,882
27.9%
567,294
28.1%
0.2%
+/-1.0%
no
Speak English less than "very well"
308,319
15.4%
302,247
15.0%
- 0.4%
+/-1.7%
no
Other Indo-European languages
42,206
2.1%
47,120
2.3%
0.2%
+/-0.8%
no
Speak English less than "very well"
14,277
0.7%
16,887
0.8%
0.1%
+/-0.3%
no
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
59,104
3.0%
58,561
2.9%
- 0.1%
+/-0.7%
no
Speak English less than "very well"
30,529
1.5%
31,871
1.6%
0.1%
+/-0.7%
no
Other languages
18,986
0.9%
18,244
0.9%
0.0%
+/-0.5%
no
Speak English less than "very well"
9,778
0.5%
4,527
0.2%
- 0.3%
+/-0.3%
no
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
2,185,429
100%
2,211,929
100%
26,500
*****
- -
Arab
7,543
0.3%
3,893
0.2%
- 0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Czech
7,743
0.4%
13,486
0.6%
0.2%
+/-0.2%
no
Danish
2,971
0.1%
5,022
0.2%
0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Dutch
15,732
0.7%
16,398
0.7%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
English
151,161
6.9%
171,273
7.7%
0.8%
+/-0.8%
no
French (except Basque)
47,287
2.2%
45,527
2.1%
- 0.1%
+/-0.5%
no
French Canadian
4,924
0.2%
5,444
0.2%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
German
156,498
7.2%
202,886
9.2%
2.0%
+/-1.2%
yes
Greek
2,955
0.1%
4,536
0.2%
0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Hungarian
4,596
0.2%
4,336
0.2%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Irish
151,076
6.9%
172,873
7.8%
0.9%
+/-1.3%
no
Italian
28,768
1.3%
37,087
1.7%
0.4%
+/-0.5%
no
Lithuanian
1,566
0.1%
1,607
0.1%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Norwegian
12,163
0.6%
9,282
0.4%
- 0.2%
+/-0.3%
no
Polish
17,030
0.8%
17,895
0.8%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Portuguese
617
0.1%
1,857
0.1%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Russian
8,841
0.4%
5,772
0.3%
- 0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Scotch-Irish
38,541
1.8%
35,574
1.6%
- 0.2%
+/-0.3%
no
Scottish
33,074
1.5%
40,787
1.8%
0.3%
+/-0.5%
no
Slovak
0
0.0%
1,197
0.1%
0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Subsaharan African
27,808
1.3%
26,954
1.2%
- 0.1%
+/-0.7%
no
Swedish
13,602
0.6%
8,559
0.4%
- 0.2%
+/-0.3%
no
Swiss
3,200
0.1%
5,293
0.2%
0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Ukrainian
556
0.1%
1,873
0.1%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
United States or American
230,114
10.5%
131,666
6.0%
- 4.5%
+/-1.3%
yes
Welsh
8,125
0.4%
7,402
0.3%
- 0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
8,414
0.4%
4,522
0.2%
- 0.2%
+/-0.2%
no
 

The profile universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey and the 2001 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey and the 2001 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

1. An '*' entry in the Margin of Error of the Difference column indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error of the difference. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the Margin of Error of the Difference column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error of the difference. In this case, an '-' entry is placed in the Difference (2001-2000) column. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in an Estimate or Percent Distribution column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the Margin of Error of the Difference column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. In this case, an '---' entry is placed in the Difference (2001-2000) column. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the Margin of Error of the Difference column indicates that both single year estimates are controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. There is an '--' entry in the Statistically Significant column when the Margin of Error of the Difference is set to '*', '**', '***', or '*****'.
9. An 'N' entry in an Estimate, Percent Distribution, Difference (2001-2000), and/or Margin of Error of the Difference columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.
10. An '(NA)' entry in the 2000 or 2001 Percent Distribution, Difference (2001-2000), Margin of Error of the Difference, and/or Statistically Significant columns indicates that a test or calculation was not done.

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