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TABLE 2. SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  2003
Estimate		 2002
Estimate		 2001
Estimate		 2000
Estimate
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
126,455
129,371
127,751
127,595
Nursery school, preschool
6.88%
5.61% *
6.27%
5.59% *
Kindergarten
5.57%
5.47%
5.33%
4.67%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
41.24%
41.23%
41.85%
43.91% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
21.97%
20.47% *
20.05% *
20.32% *
College or graduate school
24.35%
27.21% *
26.50%
25.52%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
296,350
293,320 *
289,209 *
285,952 *
Less than 9th grade
3.47%
3.72%
3.73%
3.47%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
6.74%
7.86% *
7.01%
7.46%
High school graduate (including equivalency)
24.68%
25.81%
27.01% *
27.54% *
Some college, no degree
24.72%
24.19%
24.44%
24.47%
Associate degree
7.02%
6.25%
6.34%
6.05% *
Bachelor's degree
22.61%
22.22%
21.23%
20.74% *
Graduate or professional degree
10.76%
9.96%
10.22%
10.27%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
89.8
88.4 *
89.3
89.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
33.4
32.2
31.5 *
31.0 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
174,798
173,016 *
170,662 *
168,812 *
Never married
31.69%
33.47%
32.99%
34.41% *
Now married, except separated
55.83%
53.20% *
53.97% *
53.65% *
Separated
1.34%
1.42%
1.31%
1.10%
Widowed
2.21%
2.64%
2.19%
2.18%
Divorced
8.93%
9.26%
9.53%
8.65%
 
Females 15 years and over
185,485
184,986
182,188 *
181,049 *
Never married
27.75%
27.39%
27.44%
27.74%
Now married, except separated
48.69%
49.81%
49.26%
48.89%
Separated
1.77%
1.33%
1.99%
1.62%
Widowed
7.97%
9.38% *
9.31% *
8.74%
Divorced
13.83%
12.09% *
12.00% *
13.01%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
8,324
7,804
7,688
7,672
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
34.67%
33.15%
25.73%
23.74% *
Per 1,000 unmarried women
46
41
33
29 *
As a percent of all women with a birth
34.7
33.1
25.7
23.7 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
68
63
63
62
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
22
35
43
41
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
135
119
115
111
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
18
20
20
24
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
6,613
5,768
6,805
6,296
Responsible for grandchildren
44.50%
49.48%
47.96%
44.76%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
27.66%
17.03%
24.69%
17.32%
1 or 2 years
28.41%
15.87%
32.48%
34.14%
3 or 4 years
11.04%
21.23%
19.42%
17.39%
5 or more years
32.89%
45.87%
23.41%
31.16%
 
Percent who are female
67.2
71.4
60.8
61.5
Percent who are married
48.6
57.5
69.4 *
62.5
Percent who are in labor force
63.6
69.9
59.8
63.6
Percent who are in poverty
21.1
9.6
19.1
26.3
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
340,414
337,356 *
332,782 *
329,434 *
Civilian veterans
11.90%
11.85%
12.74% *
13.10% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
456,428
454,280 *
447,562 *
445,224 *
Same house
81.30%
84.49% *
81.66%
81.09%
Different house in the U.S.
18.12%
14.86% *
17.58%
18.16%
Same county
12.13%
10.37%
12.60%
12.56%
Different county
5.99%
4.50% *
4.98% *
5.59%
Same state
2.14%
1.94%
2.10%
2.20%
Different state
3.85%
2.56% *
2.88% *
3.39%
Abroad
0.58%
0.65%
0.76%
0.76%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
464,807
460,972 c
453,975 c
451,878 c
Native
93.14%
93.93% *
93.40%
93.65%
Born in United States
92.56%
93.22%
92.62%
92.94%
State of residence
60.40%
59.54%
59.31%
59.50%
Different state
32.16%
33.68%
33.31%
33.43%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.58%
0.71%
0.78%
0.71%
Foreign born
6.86%
6.07% *
6.60%
6.35%
Naturalized citizen
29.01%
31.55%
31.73%
30.83%
Not a citizen
70.99%
68.45%
68.27%
69.17%
Entered 1990 or later
67.74%
61.21%
63.38%
62.59%
Entered before 1990
32.26%
38.79% *
36.62%
37.41%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
31,886
27,985 *
29,953
28,710 *
Europe
9.31%
13.88%
14.98% *
14.67% *
Asia
30.91%
29.10%
26.11% *
24.81% *
Africa
5.81%
4.72%
7.66%
7.71%
Oceania
0.93%
0.81%
0.57%
0.48%
Latin America
49.81%
47.85%
49.16%
50.24%
Northern America
3.22%
3.64%
1.53% *
2.09%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
428,212
425,269 *
419,797 c
417,697 *
English only
89.88%
90.43%
90.01%
91.13% *
Language other than English
10.12%
9.57%
9.99%
8.87% *
Speak English less than "very well"
4.80%
4.79%
5.08%
4.46%
Spanish
6.38%
5.65% *
6.00%
5.39% *
Speak English less than "very well"
3.55%
3.52%
3.56%
3.32%
Other Indo-European languages
1.70%
2.11%
2.17%
1.96%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.28%
0.39%
0.63% *
0.52% *
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
1.62%
1.45%
1.27% *
0.98% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.86%
0.74%
0.58%
0.43% *
Other languages
0.41%
0.36%
0.56%
0.53%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.12%
0.14%
0.31% *
0.18%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
464,807
460,972 c
453,975 c
451,878 c
Arab
0.37%
0.44%
0.42%
0.46%
Czech
4.68%
4.46%
4.70%
4.70%
Danish
3.10%
3.08%
3.35%
3.17%
Dutch
1.68%
1.81%
2.15%
1.96%
English
9.74%
10.01%
10.00%
10.03%
French (except Basque)
3.35%
2.80%
3.30%
3.43%
French Canadian
0.33%
0.43%
0.47%
0.30%
German
32.65%
32.83%
34.72% *
33.47%
Greek
0.58%
0.13% *
0.36%
0.25% *
Hungarian
0.26%
0.48% *
0.39%
0.36%
Irish
16.95%
17.19%
17.21%
16.54%
Italian
4.93%
4.64%
4.49%
4.57%
Lithuanian
0.45%
0.54%
0.37%
0.46%
Norwegian
2.51%
2.90%
2.30%
2.53%
Polish
4.80%
4.97%
4.73%
5.14%
Portuguese
0.12%
0.12%
0.02% *
0.08%
Russian
0.74%
0.67%
0.68%
0.89%
Scotch-Irish
1.85%
1.54%
1.61%
1.71%
Scottish
1.71%
1.76%
1.80%
1.55%
Slovak
0.06%
0.04%
0.03%
0.03%
Subsaharan African
0.62%
0.59%
1.26% *
0.71%
Swedish
4.96%
4.81%
4.73%
4.87%
Swiss
0.49%
0.46%
0.46%
0.42%
Ukrainian
0.10%
0.18%
0.19%
0.19%
United States or American
3.33%
3.72%
3.25%
3.11%
Welsh
0.49%
0.61%
0.75% *
0.67%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.01%
0.00%
0.07% *
0.05%
 
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Footnotes

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.

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 an Estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
2. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
3. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
4. An 'N' entry in an Estimate column indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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