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2000 to 2001 Supplementary Surveys Change Profile
Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA
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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
1,010,444
100%
1,018,715
100%
8,271
+/-21,811
no
Nursery school, preschool
66,639
6.6%
60,610
5.9%
- 0.7%
+/-0.8%
no
Kindergarten
49,552
4.9%
55,521
5.5%
0.6%
+/-0.8%
no
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
430,878
42.6%
446,008
43.8%
1.2%
+/-1.0%
yes
High school grade (grades 9-12)
222,194
22.0%
225,232
22.1%
0.1%
+/-1.0%
no
College or graduate school
241,181
23.9%
231,344
22.7%
- 1.2%
+/-1.7%
no
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
2,559,991
100%
2,605,353
100%
45,362
+/-2,389
yes
Less than 9th grade
251,427
9.8%
233,736
9.0%
- 0.8%
+/-1.0%
no
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
338,569
13.2%
353,002
13.5%
0.3%
+/-1.0%
no
High school graduate (including equivalency)
688,980
26.9%
713,304
27.4%
0.5%
+/-1.3%
no
Some college, no degree
467,181
18.2%
476,646
18.3%
0.1%
+/-0.8%
no
Associate degree
192,815
7.5%
185,721
7.1%
- 0.4%
+/-0.7%
no
Bachelor's degree
399,273
15.6%
413,098
15.9%
0.3%
+/-1.0%
no
Graduate or professional degree
221,746
8.7%
229,846
8.8%
0.1%
+/-0.7%
no
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
77.0
(NA)
77.5
(NA)
0.5
+/-1.2
no
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
24.3
(NA)
24.7
(NA)
0.4
+/-1.3
no
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
1,432,448
100%
1,460,809
100%
28,361
+/-2,345
yes
Never married
459,925
32.1%
472,976
32.4%
0.3%
+/-1.3%
no
Now married, except separated
747,075
52.2%
773,151
52.9%
0.7%
+/-1.5%
no
Separated
40,000
2.8%
32,142
2.2%
- 0.6%
+/-0.7%
no
Widowed
43,865
3.1%
39,155
2.7%
- 0.4%
+/-0.5%
no
Divorced
141,583
9.9%
143,385
9.8%
- 0.1%
+/-1.0%
no
 
Females 15 years and over
1,593,392
100%
1,617,742
100%
24,350
+/-1,719
yes
Never married
397,621
25.0%
400,295
24.7%
- 0.3%
+/-1.3%
no
Now married, except separated
728,989
45.8%
756,412
46.8%
1.0%
+/-1.7%
no
Separated
57,224
3.6%
54,751
3.4%
- 0.2%
+/-0.7%
no
Widowed
188,540
11.8%
178,843
11.1%
- 0.7%
+/-0.7%
no
Divorced
221,018
13.9%
227,441
14.1%
0.2%
+/-1.0%
no
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
56,984
100%
57,525
100%
541
+/-8,280
no
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
19,201
33.7%
17,909
31.1%
- 2.6%
+/-10.4%
no
Per 1,000 unmarried women
38
(NA)
36
(NA)
-2
+/-13
no
As a percent of all women with a birth
33.7
(NA)
31.1
(NA)
-2.6
+/-9.9
no
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
57
(NA)
57
(NA)
0
+/-10
no
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
38
(NA)
37
(NA)
-1
+/-21
no
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
95
(NA)
102
(NA)
7
+/-18
no
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
30
(NA)
27
(NA)
-3
+/-10
no
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
100,890
100%
106,132
100%
5,242
+/-15,376
no
Responsible for grandchildren
32,062
31.8%
31,640
29.8%
- 2.0%
+/-5.0%
no
less than 1 year
8,164
25.5%
6,738
21.3%
- 4.2%
+/-10.2%
no
1 or 2 years
7,155
22.3%
8,632
27.3%
5.0%
+/-8.9%
no
3 or 4 years
4,929
15.4%
5,241
16.6%
1.2%
+/-8.1%
no
5 or more years
11,814
36.8%
11,029
34.9%
- 1.9%
+/-12.0%
no
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
68.5
(NA)
69.7
(NA)
1.2
+/-7.4
no
Percent who are married
68.1
(NA)
66.7
(NA)
-1.4
+/-10.6
no
Percent who are in labor force
58.7
(NA)
56.2
(NA)
-2.5
+/-11.9
no
Percent who are in poverty
23.3
(NA)
25.0
(NA)
1.7
+/-10.9
no
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
2,869,429
100%
2,915,607
100%
46,178
+/-2,011
yes
Civilian veterans
210,958
7.4%
207,484
7.1%
- 0.3%
+/-0.5%
no
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
822,327
100%
853,920
100%
31,593
+/-8,166
yes
With a disability
39,185
4.8%
39,117
4.6%
- 0.2%
+/-0.8%
no
 
Population 21 to 64 years
2,197,942
100%
2,232,475
100%
34,533
+/-8,436
yes
With a disability
254,428
11.6%
253,430
11.4%
- 0.2%
+/-0.8%
no
Percent employed
45.9
(NA)
47.0
(NA)
1.1
+/-3.8
no
No disability
1,943,514
88.4%
1,979,045
88.6%
0.2%
+/-1.0%
no
Percent employed
77.1
(NA)
76.1
(NA)
-1.0
+/-1.3
no
 
Population 65 years and over
540,439
100%
541,892
100%
1,453
+/-2,094
no
With a disability
207,163
38.3%
203,425
37.5%
- 0.8%
+/-2.1%
no
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
3,766,685
100%
3,844,225
100%
77,540
+/-8,663
yes
Same house
2,990,823
79.4%
3,206,528
83.4%
4.0%
+/-1.3%
yes
Different house in the U.S.
672,683
17.9%
549,651
14.3%
- 3.6%
+/-1.3%
yes
Same county
511,367
13.6%
413,813
10.8%
- 2.8%
+/-1.2%
yes
Different county
161,316
4.3%
135,838
3.5%
- 0.8%
+/-0.5%
yes
Same state
77,513
2.1%
56,508
1.5%
- 0.6%
+/-0.3%
yes
Different state
83,803
2.2%
79,330
2.1%
- 0.1%
+/-0.5%
no
Abroad
103,179
2.7%
88,046
2.3%
- 0.4%
+/-0.7%
no
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
3,810,485
100%
3,892,348
100%
81,863
*****
- -
Native
2,270,972
59.6%
2,276,614
58.5%
- 1.1%
+/-1.0%
yes
Born in United States
2,172,931
57.0%
2,175,856
55.9%
- 1.1%
+/-1.0%
yes
State of residence
1,091,976
28.7%
1,143,264
29.4%
0.7%
+/-1.2%
no
Different state
1,080,955
28.4%
1,032,592
26.5%
- 1.9%
+/-0.7%
yes
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
98,041
2.6%
100,758
2.6%
0.0%
+/-0.5%
no
Foreign born
1,539,513
40.4%
1,615,734
41.5%
1.1%
+/-1.0%
yes
Naturalized citizen
678,960
44.1%
729,820
45.2%
1.1%
+/-1.8%
no
Not a citizen
860,553
55.9%
885,914
54.8%
- 1.1%
+/-2.6%
no
Entered 1990 or later
611,024
39.7%
682,982
42.3%
2.6%
+/-3.1%
no
Entered before 1990
928,489
60.3%
932,752
57.7%
- 2.6%
+/-2.1%
yes
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
1,539,477
100%
1,615,734
100%
76,257
+/-41,235
yes
Europe
104,827
6.8%
95,548
5.9%
- 0.9%
+/-0.7%
yes
Asia
61,224
4.0%
62,565
3.9%
- 0.1%
+/-0.7%
no
Africa
8,709
0.6%
10,043
0.6%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Oceania
2,309
0.1%
2,689
0.2%
0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Latin America
1,333,807
86.6%
1,420,157
87.9%
1.3%
+/-1.0%
yes
Northern America
28,601
1.9%
24,732
1.5%
- 0.4%
+/-0.2%
yes
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
3,562,513
100%
3,632,224
100%
69,711
+/-1,592
yes
English only
1,736,698
48.7%
1,728,039
47.6%
- 1.1%
+/-1.2%
no
Language other than English
1,825,815
51.3%
1,904,185
52.4%
1.1%
+/-1.2%
no
Speak English less than "very well"
846,544
23.8%
948,175
26.1%
2.3%
+/-1.0%
yes
Spanish
1,465,255
41.1%
1,544,343
42.5%
1.4%
+/-0.7%
yes
Speak English less than "very well"
705,158
19.8%
812,679
22.4%
2.6%
+/-1.0%
yes
Other Indo-European languages
303,427
8.5%
304,539
8.4%
- 0.1%
+/-1.0%
no
Speak English less than "very well"
120,259
3.4%
111,952
3.1%
- 0.3%
+/-0.5%
no
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
33,739
0.9%
36,218
1.0%
0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Speak English less than "very well"
14,353
0.4%
18,083
0.5%
0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Other languages
23,394
0.7%
19,085
0.5%
- 0.2%
+/-0.2%
no
Speak English less than "very well"
6,774
0.2%
5,461
0.2%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
3,810,485
100%
3,892,348
100%
81,863
*****
- -
Arab
27,333
0.7%
19,243
0.5%
- 0.2%
+/-0.2%
no
Czech
4,774
0.1%
7,298
0.2%
0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Danish
5,801
0.2%
4,561
0.1%
- 0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Dutch
23,185
0.6%
21,541
0.6%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
English
149,568
3.9%
169,859
4.4%
0.5%
+/-0.5%
no
French (except Basque)
56,299
1.5%
59,217
1.5%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
French Canadian
17,205
0.5%
14,364
0.4%
- 0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
German
223,152
5.9%
220,685
5.7%
- 0.2%
+/-0.5%
no
Greek
15,122
0.4%
13,107
0.3%
- 0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Hungarian
21,660
0.6%
19,995
0.5%
- 0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Irish
208,128
5.5%
200,567
5.2%
- 0.3%
+/-0.5%
no
Italian
207,681
5.5%
215,997
5.5%
0.0%
+/-0.5%
no
Lithuanian
8,923
0.2%
6,391
0.2%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Norwegian
10,519
0.3%
16,159
0.4%
0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Polish
79,499
2.1%
81,088
2.1%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Portuguese
14,036
0.4%
12,555
0.3%
- 0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Russian
85,880
2.3%
74,989
1.9%
- 0.4%
+/-0.3%
yes
Scotch-Irish
24,373
0.6%
21,017
0.5%
- 0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Scottish
30,381
0.8%
32,817
0.8%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Slovak
2,975
0.1%
3,502
0.1%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Subsaharan African
19,073
0.5%
33,918
0.9%
0.4%
+/-0.2%
yes
Swedish
18,708
0.5%
17,316
0.4%
- 0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Swiss
4,658
0.1%
5,705
0.1%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Ukrainian
7,425
0.2%
5,958
0.2%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
United States or American
182,802
4.8%
214,654
5.5%
0.7%
+/-0.7%
no
Welsh
9,622
0.3%
8,289
0.2%
- 0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
320,548
8.4%
329,117
8.5%
0.1%
+/-1.0%
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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