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2000 to 2001 Supplementary Surveys Change Profile
Fort Worth--Arlington, TX PMSA
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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
463,315
100%
485,230
100%
21,915
+/-17,442
yes
Nursery school, preschool
30,731
6.6%
29,982
6.2%
- 0.4%
+/-1.8%
no
Kindergarten
29,336
6.3%
29,638
6.1%
- 0.2%
+/-1.7%
no
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
214,825
46.4%
227,331
46.9%
0.5%
+/-1.5%
no
High school grade (grades 9-12)
99,942
21.6%
97,342
20.1%
- 1.5%
+/-1.5%
no
College or graduate school
88,481
19.1%
100,937
20.8%
1.7%
+/-2.6%
no
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,040,077
100%
1,062,299
100%
22,222
+/-3,812
yes
Less than 9th grade
66,591
6.4%
74,644
7.0%
0.6%
+/-1.3%
no
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
129,244
12.4%
113,917
10.7%
- 1.7%
+/-1.8%
no
High school graduate (including equivalency)
268,834
25.8%
258,523
24.3%
- 1.5%
+/-2.0%
no
Some college, no degree
264,190
25.4%
272,501
25.7%
0.3%
+/-1.8%
no
Associate degree
60,259
5.8%
66,093
6.2%
0.4%
+/-1.0%
no
Bachelor's degree
179,554
17.3%
205,297
19.3%
2.0%
+/-1.7%
yes
Graduate or professional degree
71,405
6.9%
71,324
6.7%
- 0.2%
+/-1.0%
no
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
81.2
(NA)
82.2
(NA)
1.0
+/-2.1
no
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
24.1
(NA)
26.0
(NA)
1.9
+/-1.8
yes
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
623,793
100%
637,698
100%
13,905
+/-3,483
yes
Never married
169,242
27.1%
187,340
29.4%
2.3%
+/-2.1%
yes
Now married, except separated
371,584
59.6%
363,597
57.0%
- 2.6%
+/-2.6%
no
Separated
9,659
1.5%
14,429
2.3%
0.8%
+/-0.8%
no
Widowed
8,608
1.4%
9,414
1.5%
0.1%
+/-0.7%
no
Divorced
64,700
10.4%
62,918
9.9%
- 0.5%
+/-1.7%
no
 
Females 15 years and over
648,699
100%
665,286
100%
16,587
+/-3,120
yes
Never married
145,439
22.4%
166,008
25.0%
2.6%
+/-1.8%
yes
Now married, except separated
338,660
52.2%
351,285
52.8%
0.6%
+/-2.6%
no
Separated
17,195
2.7%
21,249
3.2%
0.5%
+/-1.0%
no
Widowed
48,115
7.4%
47,073
7.1%
- 0.3%
+/-1.0%
no
Divorced
99,290
15.3%
79,671
12.0%
- 3.3%
+/-2.1%
yes
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
26,604
100%
25,411
100%
-1,193
+/-6,409
no
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
5,859
22.0%
10,901
42.9%
20.9%
+/-15.2%
yes
Per 1,000 unmarried women
27
(NA)
51
(NA)
24
+/-21
yes
As a percent of all women with a birth
22.0
(NA)
42.9
(NA)
20.9
+/-13.4
yes
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
58
(NA)
54
(NA)
-4
+/-13
no
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
19
(NA)
75
(NA)
56
+/-40
yes
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
111
(NA)
95
(NA)
-16
+/-30
no
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
19
(NA)
13
(NA)
-6
+/-12
no
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
33,068
100%
42,689
100%
9,621
+/-10,037
no
Responsible for grandchildren
17,169
51.9%
25,197
59.0%
7.1%
+/-14.2%
no
less than 1 year
2,981
17.4%
8,229
32.7%
15.3%
+/-14.9%
yes
1 or 2 years
4,330
25.2%
909
3.6%
-21.6%
+/-12.9%
yes
3 or 4 years
2,961
17.2%
4,902
19.5%
2.3%
+/-13.9%
no
5 or more years
6,897
40.2%
11,157
44.3%
4.1%
+/-14.9%
no
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
54.9
(NA)
60.4
(NA)
5.5
+/-10.7
no
Percent who are married
74.2
(NA)
78.7
(NA)
4.5
+/-14.2
no
Percent who are in labor force
54.5
(NA)
59.0
(NA)
4.5
+/-14.4
no
Percent who are in poverty
10.2
(NA)
21.4
(NA)
11.2
+/-15.0
no
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,194,292
100%
1,221,949
100%
27,657
+/-2,633
yes
Civilian veterans
165,012
13.8%
158,637
13.0%
- 0.8%
+/-1.2%
no
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
405,876
100%
429,893
100%
24,017
+/-8,555
yes
With a disability
25,938
6.4%
26,866
6.2%
- 0.2%
+/-1.7%
no
 
Population 21 to 64 years
992,677
100%
1,005,514
100%
12,837
+/-9,009
yes
With a disability
137,804
13.9%
124,279
12.4%
- 1.5%
+/-1.8%
no
Percent employed
46.4
(NA)
54.5
(NA)
8.1
+/-6.3
yes
No disability
854,873
86.1%
881,235
87.6%
1.5%
+/-1.8%
no
Percent employed
81.1
(NA)
81.0
(NA)
-0.1
+/-1.8
no
 
Population 65 years and over
139,511
100%
146,532
100%
7,021
+/-3,706
yes
With a disability
64,237
46.0%
60,216
41.1%
- 4.9%
+/-5.3%
no
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,648,838
100%
1,700,440
100%
51,602
+/-6,120
yes
Same house
1,327,606
80.5%
1,386,524
81.5%
1.0%
+/-2.1%
no
Different house in the U.S.
299,609
18.2%
306,566
18.0%
- 0.2%
+/-2.1%
no
Same county
173,461
10.5%
210,824
12.4%
1.9%
+/-1.8%
yes
Different county
126,148
7.7%
95,742
5.6%
- 2.1%
+/-1.5%
yes
Same state
69,454
4.2%
71,526
4.2%
0.0%
+/-1.3%
no
Different state
56,694
3.4%
24,216
1.4%
- 2.0%
+/-0.8%
yes
Abroad
21,623
1.3%
7,350
0.4%
- 0.9%
+/-0.5%
yes
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,673,643
100%
1,725,537
100%
51,894
*****
- -
Native
1,501,189
89.7%
1,514,702
87.8%
- 1.9%
+/-1.2%
yes
Born in United States
1,473,091
88.0%
1,491,974
86.5%
- 1.5%
+/-1.3%
yes
State of residence
982,180
58.7%
1,002,404
58.1%
- 0.6%
+/-2.1%
no
Different state
490,911
29.3%
489,570
28.4%
- 0.9%
+/-1.8%
no
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
28,098
1.7%
22,728
1.3%
- 0.4%
+/-0.7%
no
Foreign born
172,454
10.3%
210,835
12.2%
1.9%
+/-1.2%
yes
Naturalized citizen
60,485
35.1%
62,193
29.5%
- 5.6%
+/-5.8%
no
Not a citizen
111,969
64.9%
148,642
70.5%
5.6%
+/-8.7%
no
Entered 1990 or later
91,895
53.3%
110,157
52.2%
- 1.1%
+/-9.2%
no
Entered before 1990
80,559
46.7%
100,678
47.8%
1.1%
+/-5.4%
no
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
172,454
100%
210,835
100%
38,381
+/-21,008
yes
Europe
8,374
4.9%
13,855
6.6%
1.7%
+/-2.1%
no
Asia
48,574
28.2%
53,646
25.4%
- 2.8%
+/-4.6%
no
Africa
6,443
3.7%
8,207
3.9%
0.2%
+/-2.8%
no
Oceania
248
0.1%
689
0.3%
0.2%
+/-0.3%
no
Latin America
106,093
61.5%
128,817
61.1%
- 0.4%
+/-6.8%
no
Northern America
2,722
1.6%
5,621
2.7%
1.1%
+/-1.5%
no
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,541,002
100%
1,583,388
100%
42,386
+/-2,993
yes
English only
1,240,570
80.5%
1,244,180
78.6%
- 1.9%
+/-1.3%
yes
Language other than English
300,432
19.5%
339,208
21.4%
1.9%
+/-1.3%
yes
Speak English less than "very well"
110,381
7.2%
139,681
8.8%
1.6%
+/-1.3%
yes
Spanish
231,944
15.1%
253,942
16.0%
0.9%
+/-1.2%
no
Speak English less than "very well"
87,139
5.7%
108,006
6.8%
1.1%
+/-1.0%
yes
Other Indo-European languages
24,004
1.6%
25,128
1.6%
0.0%
+/-0.7%
no
Speak English less than "very well"
3,474
0.2%
3,545
0.2%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
38,092
2.5%
44,705
2.8%
0.3%
+/-0.7%
no
Speak English less than "very well"
17,945
1.2%
22,675
1.4%
0.2%
+/-0.5%
no
Other languages
6,392
0.4%
15,433
1.0%
0.6%
+/-0.5%
yes
Speak English less than "very well"
1,823
0.1%
5,455
0.3%
0.2%
+/-0.3%
no
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,673,643
100%
1,725,537
100%
51,894
*****
- -
Arab
9,169
0.5%
11,400
0.7%
0.2%
+/-0.7%
no
Czech
6,673
0.4%
10,475
0.6%
0.2%
+/-0.2%
no
Danish
3,544
0.2%
3,235
0.2%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Dutch
26,162
1.6%
23,864
1.4%
- 0.2%
+/-0.7%
no
English
168,142
10.0%
198,766
11.5%
1.5%
+/-1.3%
yes
French (except Basque)
57,856
3.5%
45,566
2.6%
- 0.9%
+/-0.8%
yes
French Canadian
8,945
0.5%
7,850
0.5%
0.0%
+/-0.3%
no
German
207,085
12.4%
225,514
13.1%
0.7%
+/-1.5%
no
Greek
3,140
0.2%
2,382
0.1%
- 0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Hungarian
2,590
0.2%
1,746
0.1%
- 0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Irish
177,768
10.6%
164,729
9.5%
- 1.1%
+/-1.2%
no
Italian
39,602
2.4%
42,529
2.5%
0.1%
+/-0.7%
no
Lithuanian
1,632
0.1%
617
0.1%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Norwegian
10,810
0.6%
15,950
0.9%
0.3%
+/-0.3%
no
Polish
23,877
1.4%
20,284
1.2%
- 0.2%
+/-0.7%
no
Portuguese
724
0.1%
595
0.1%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Russian
3,831
0.2%
6,474
0.4%
0.2%
+/-0.2%
no
Scotch-Irish
45,441
2.7%
37,659
2.2%
- 0.5%
+/-0.7%
no
Scottish
30,403
1.8%
35,912
2.1%
0.3%
+/-0.7%
no
Slovak
959
0.1%
377
0.1%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Subsaharan African
10,349
0.6%
10,499
0.6%
0.0%
+/-0.3%
no
Swedish
15,539
0.9%
13,592
0.8%
- 0.1%
+/-0.5%
no
Swiss
4,015
0.2%
3,311
0.2%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Ukrainian
1,936
0.1%
1,259
0.1%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
United States or American
197,656
11.8%
192,753
11.2%
- 0.6%
+/-1.5%
no
Welsh
16,137
1.0%
12,032
0.7%
- 0.3%
+/-0.5%
no
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
4,220
0.3%
3,303
0.2%
- 0.1%
+/-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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