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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
274,518
100%
281,745
100%
7,227
+/-29,388
no
Nursery school, preschool
15,319
5.6%
23,844
8.5%
2.9%
+/-2.6%
yes
Kindergarten
26,635
9.7%
16,884
6.0%
- 3.7%
+/-2.6%
yes
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
120,533
43.9%
140,616
49.9%
6.0%
+/-3.8%
yes
High school grade (grades 9-12)
56,113
20.4%
53,715
19.1%
- 1.3%
+/-3.0%
no
College or graduate school
55,918
20.4%
46,686
16.6%
- 3.8%
+/-3.5%
yes
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
706,753
100%
721,613
100%
14,860
+/-32,097
no
Less than 9th grade
91,962
13.0%
90,941
12.6%
- 0.4%
+/-2.3%
no
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
102,455
14.5%
97,663
13.5%
- 1.0%
+/-2.5%
no
High school graduate (including equivalency)
155,495
22.0%
160,328
22.2%
0.2%
+/-2.8%
no
Some college, no degree
132,296
18.7%
123,594
17.1%
- 1.6%
+/-2.5%
no
Associate degree
33,478
4.7%
39,282
5.4%
0.7%
+/-1.3%
no
Bachelor's degree
128,544
18.2%
141,549
19.6%
1.4%
+/-2.0%
no
Graduate or professional degree
62,523
8.8%
68,256
9.5%
0.7%
+/-1.5%
no
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
72.5
(NA)
73.9
(NA)
1.4
+/-3.0
no
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
27.0
(NA)
29.1
(NA)
2.1
+/-2.5
no
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
438,957
100%
446,581
100%
7,624
+/-27,580
no
Never married
166,048
37.8%
176,118
39.4%
1.6%
+/-4.6%
no
Now married, except separated
202,924
46.2%
214,358
48.0%
1.8%
+/-3.1%
no
Separated
10,427
2.4%
9,178
2.1%
- 0.3%
+/-1.3%
no
Widowed
6,886
1.6%
10,907
2.4%
0.8%
+/-0.8%
no
Divorced
52,672
12.0%
36,020
8.1%
- 3.9%
+/-2.3%
yes
 
Females 15 years and over
453,127
100%
447,117
100%
-6,010
+/-21,788
no
Never married
141,093
31.1%
150,015
33.6%
2.5%
+/-3.5%
no
Now married, except separated
184,977
40.8%
180,612
40.4%
- 0.4%
+/-3.1%
no
Separated
23,789
5.2%
19,474
4.4%
- 0.8%
+/-1.5%
no
Widowed
40,517
8.9%
38,468
8.6%
- 0.3%
+/-1.5%
no
Divorced
62,751
13.8%
58,548
13.1%
- 0.7%
+/-2.6%
no
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
21,905
100%
20,320
100%
-1,585
+/-6,354
no
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
7,658
35.0%
6,618
32.6%
- 2.4%
+/-17.0%
no
Per 1,000 unmarried women
42
(NA)
36
(NA)
-6
+/-21
no
As a percent of all women with a birth
35.0
(NA)
32.6
(NA)
-2.4
+/-16.0
no
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
65
(NA)
62
(NA)
-3
+/-20
no
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
135
(NA)
44
(NA)
-91
+/-69
yes
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
92
(NA)
101
(NA)
9
+/-36
no
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
11
(NA)
21
(NA)
10
+/-12
no
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
26,079
100%
34,233
100%
8,154
+/-9,752
no
Responsible for grandchildren
12,475
47.8%
11,975
35.0%
-12.8%
+/-15.7%
no
less than 1 year
3,955
31.7%
1,195
10.0%
-21.7%
+/-15.7%
yes
1 or 2 years
2,542
20.4%
2,158
18.0%
- 2.4%
+/-19.1%
no
3 or 4 years
3,877
31.1%
1,166
9.7%
-21.4%
+/-14.7%
yes
5 or more years
2,101
16.8%
7,456
62.3%
45.5%
+/-21.5%
yes
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
71.5
(NA)
62.1
(NA)
-9.4
+/-14.4
no
Percent who are married
52.3
(NA)
79.4
(NA)
27.1
+/-20.3
yes
Percent who are in labor force
63.1
(NA)
62.6
(NA)
-0.5
+/-21.0
no
Percent who are in poverty
37.3
(NA)
13.9
(NA)
-23.4
+/-19.6
yes
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
845,009
100%
846,605
100%
1,596
+/-39,245
no
Civilian veterans
68,290
8.1%
55,230
6.5%
- 1.6%
+/-1.2%
yes
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
254,155
100%
256,867
100%
2,712
+/-23,648
no
With a disability
9,887
3.9%
17,269
6.7%
2.8%
+/-2.3%
yes
 
Population 21 to 64 years
707,109
100%
705,813
100%
-1,296
+/-34,949
no
With a disability
69,214
9.8%
89,061
12.6%
2.8%
+/-2.3%
yes
Percent employed
54.8
(NA)
55.6
(NA)
0.8
+/-9.9
no
No disability
637,895
90.2%
616,752
87.4%
- 2.8%
+/-2.3%
yes
Percent employed
78.4
(NA)
78.6
(NA)
0.2
+/-2.6
no
 
Population 65 years and over
91,765
100%
98,863
100%
7,098
+/-8,400
no
With a disability
38,682
42.2%
44,689
45.2%
3.0%
+/-5.4%
no
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,135,933
100%
1,145,638
100%
9,705
+/-56,574
no
Same house
893,450
78.7%
904,374
78.9%
0.2%
+/-3.1%
no
Different house in the U.S.
217,637
19.2%
223,336
19.5%
0.3%
+/-3.5%
no
Same county
151,376
13.3%
162,535
14.2%
0.9%
+/-3.0%
no
Different county
66,261
5.8%
60,801
5.3%
- 0.5%
+/-1.7%
no
Same state
30,551
2.7%
37,055
3.2%
0.5%
+/-1.0%
no
Different state
35,710
3.1%
23,746
2.1%
- 1.0%
+/-1.5%
no
Abroad
24,846
2.2%
17,928
1.6%
- 0.6%
+/-1.0%
no
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,153,018
100%
1,162,812
100%
9,794
+/-57,715
no
Native
850,529
73.8%
859,806
73.9%
0.1%
+/-2.6%
no
Born in United States
845,072
73.3%
853,909
73.4%
0.1%
+/-2.6%
no
State of residence
591,318
51.3%
616,878
53.1%
1.8%
+/-3.1%
no
Different state
253,754
22.0%
237,031
20.4%
- 1.6%
+/-1.8%
no
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
5,457
0.5%
5,897
0.5%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Foreign born
302,489
26.2%
303,006
26.1%
- 0.1%
+/-3.5%
no
Naturalized citizen
55,614
18.4%
61,608
20.3%
1.9%
+/-4.0%
no
Not a citizen
246,875
81.6%
241,398
79.7%
- 1.9%
+/-7.3%
no
Entered 1990 or later
202,467
66.9%
182,345
60.2%
- 6.7%
+/-9.9%
no
Entered before 1990
100,022
33.1%
120,661
39.8%
6.7%
+/-3.6%
yes
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
302,489
100%
303,006
100%
517
+/-44,433
no
Europe
11,739
3.9%
16,156
5.3%
1.4%
+/-2.5%
no
Asia
31,944
10.6%
32,393
10.7%
0.1%
+/-3.0%
no
Africa
14,516
4.8%
13,606
4.5%
- 0.3%
+/-2.6%
no
Oceania
1,038
0.3%
1,296
0.4%
0.1%
+/-0.5%
no
Latin America
240,627
79.5%
238,290
78.6%
- 0.9%
+/-6.1%
no
Northern America
2,625
0.9%
1,265
0.4%
- 0.5%
+/-0.7%
no
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,053,029
100%
1,062,225
100%
9,196
+/-52,607
no
English only
647,347
61.5%
633,405
59.6%
- 1.9%
+/-2.0%
no
Language other than English
405,682
38.5%
428,820
40.4%
1.9%
+/-3.6%
no
Speak English less than "very well"
218,550
20.8%
241,315
22.7%
1.9%
+/-3.0%
no
Spanish
351,113
33.3%
359,869
33.9%
0.6%
+/-3.3%
no
Speak English less than "very well"
191,353
18.2%
214,233
20.2%
2.0%
+/-2.6%
no
Other Indo-European languages
18,590
1.8%
33,008
3.1%
1.3%
+/-1.2%
yes
Speak English less than "very well"
7,777
0.7%
14,388
1.4%
0.7%
+/-0.7%
no
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
19,451
1.8%
19,913
1.9%
0.1%
+/-0.8%
no
Speak English less than "very well"
10,963
1.0%
9,320
0.9%
- 0.1%
+/-0.7%
no
Other languages
16,528
1.6%
16,030
1.5%
- 0.1%
+/-0.8%
no
Speak English less than "very well"
8,457
0.8%
3,374
0.3%
- 0.5%
+/-0.5%
no
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,153,018
100%
1,162,812
100%
9,794
+/-57,715
no
Arab
5,587
0.5%
5,834
0.5%
0.0%
+/-0.5%
no
Czech
4,524
0.4%
2,396
0.2%
- 0.2%
+/-0.2%
no
Danish
871
0.1%
2,185
0.2%
0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Dutch
8,864
0.8%
6,994
0.6%
- 0.2%
+/-0.2%
no
English
71,566
6.2%
79,797
6.9%
0.7%
+/-1.0%
no
French (except Basque)
19,004
1.6%
23,264
2.0%
0.4%
+/-0.7%
no
French Canadian
2,434
0.2%
1,622
0.1%
- 0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
German
72,427
6.3%
91,269
7.8%
1.5%
+/-1.3%
yes
Greek
1,113
0.1%
3,410
0.3%
0.2%
+/-0.2%
no
Hungarian
1,783
0.2%
2,051
0.2%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Irish
65,827
5.7%
75,273
6.5%
0.8%
+/-1.2%
no
Italian
14,875
1.3%
15,523
1.3%
0.0%
+/-0.5%
no
Lithuanian
623
0.1%
1,241
0.1%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Norwegian
3,954
0.3%
3,084
0.3%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Polish
9,019
0.8%
9,244
0.8%
0.0%
+/-0.3%
no
Portuguese
149
0.1%
789
0.1%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Russian
7,341
0.6%
4,838
0.4%
- 0.2%
+/-0.3%
no
Scotch-Irish
23,074
2.0%
22,994
2.0%
0.0%
+/-0.7%
no
Scottish
13,573
1.2%
20,276
1.7%
0.5%
+/-0.7%
no
Slovak
0
0.0%
249
0.1%
0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Subsaharan African
19,314
1.7%
20,340
1.7%
0.0%
+/-1.0%
no
Swedish
7,387
0.6%
4,821
0.4%
- 0.2%
+/-0.3%
no
Swiss
2,221
0.2%
1,795
0.2%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Ukrainian
373
0.1%
1,055
0.1%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
United States or American
70,394
6.1%
39,393
3.4%
- 2.7%
+/-1.5%
yes
Welsh
4,475
0.4%
5,100
0.4%
0.0%
+/-0.3%
no
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
2,481
0.2%
3,362
0.3%
0.1%
+/-0.3%
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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