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Data followed by an * indicates a Significant Difference at the 90 percent level between that data and the data from the most current year.  Data followed by a "c" indicates the estimate for that year and the current year are both controlled; a statistical test is not appropriate.
TABLE 2. SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  2003
Estimate		 2002
Estimate		 2001
Estimate		 2000
Estimate
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
81,505
82,645
81,699
82,323
Nursery school, preschool
7.90%
7.95%
7.32%
7.28%
Kindergarten
6.01%
6.16%
4.99%
5.83%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
41.83%
41.84%
43.90% *
44.81% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
23.27%
24.53%
21.95%
22.18%
College or graduate school
20.98%
19.51%
21.84%
19.91%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
184,141
181,114 *
180,381 *
178,210 *
Less than 9th grade
3.58%
5.40% *
3.96%
4.47%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
6.45%
8.44% *
7.22%
9.48% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
25.55%
23.68%
24.85%
23.99%
Some college, no degree
16.15%
15.40%
16.40%
16.61%
Associate degree
7.37%
7.03%
7.87%
7.11%
Bachelor's degree
23.34%
23.20%
22.23%
22.37%
Graduate or professional degree
17.55%
16.85%
17.48%
15.96%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
90.0
86.2 *
88.8
86.0 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
40.9
40.1
39.7
38.3 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
107,214
105,181 *
103,438 *
101,694 *
Never married
32.20%
30.40%
29.37% *
30.29%
Now married, except separated
58.58%
61.68% *
61.88% *
61.34% *
Separated
1.04%
0.71%
1.11%
1.17%
Widowed
2.82%
2.72%
2.62%
2.45%
Divorced
5.35%
4.48%
5.02%
4.76%
 
Females 15 years and over
113,658
113,061
111,785 *
110,271 *
Never married
24.98%
25.24%
23.96%
23.45%
Now married, except separated
55.78%
56.38%
57.11%
56.52%
Separated
1.99%
1.42%
2.02%
2.54%
Widowed
8.80%
9.54%
8.86%
9.39%
Divorced
8.45%
7.42%
8.05%
8.10%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
3,986
5,138
4,744
4,405
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
15.13%
10.32%
11.49%
10.33%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
19
17
19
16
As a percent of all women with a birth
15.1
10.3
11.5
10.3
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
57
74
68
64
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
4
0
25 *
2
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
119
170
140
115
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
28
28
30
44
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
6,894
7,147
5,050 *
5,983
Responsible for grandchildren
18.60%
20.18%
16.99%
19.47%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
13.10%
7.70%
10.49%
22.92%
1 or 2 years
10.84%
44.52%
15.85%
16.57%
3 or 4 years
17.47%
18.38%
2.45%
11.07%
5 or more years
58.58%
29.40%
71.21%
49.44%
 
Percent who are female
57.8
59.2
73.2
57.1
Percent who are married
42.8
93.1 *
69.7
78.9 *
Percent who are in labor force
37.1
80.7 *
39.0
67.1 *
Percent who are in poverty
16.3
7.1
0.0
15.8
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
207,892
205,332 *
202,620 *
199,317 *
Civilian veterans
8.03%
8.29%
8.91% *
8.91% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
280,426
279,469
276,801 *
275,557 *
Same house
89.55%
92.86% *
90.44%
90.02%
Different house in the U.S.
10.05%
6.66% *
9.08%
9.10%
Same county
7.03%
3.74% *
5.68%
5.68%
Different county
3.01%
2.92%
3.41%
3.41%
Same state
1.64%
1.41%
2.17%
1.84%
Different state
1.37%
1.51%
1.23%
1.58%
Abroad
0.40%
0.47%
0.48%
0.88% *
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
285,146
284,178 c
280,919 c
279,104 c
Native
78.73%
79.36%
80.50% *
81.86% *
Born in United States
77.22%
77.22%
78.48%
80.33% *
State of residence
64.83%
64.50%
66.33%
67.37% *
Different state
12.39%
12.72%
12.15%
12.96%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
1.52%
2.13%
2.01% *
1.52%
Foreign born
21.27%
20.64%
19.50% *
18.14% *
Naturalized citizen
53.34%
53.16%
53.18%
48.11% *
Not a citizen
46.66%
46.84%
46.82%
51.89%
Entered 1990 or later
41.59%
36.59%
36.75%
34.19% *
Entered before 1990
58.41%
63.41% *
63.25% *
65.81% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
60,638
58,661
54,793 *
50,639 *
Europe
22.96%
22.42%
23.61%
23.52%
Asia
24.84%
25.88%
28.23% *
28.36% *
Africa
2.04%
1.74%
1.13%
1.15%
Oceania
0.08%
0.18%
0.41%
0.10%
Latin America
49.32%
48.53%
44.25%
45.25%
Northern America
0.76%
1.25%
2.36% *
1.62% *
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
264,039
262,737 *
259,758 *
257,358 *
English only
69.20%
67.15%
71.47% *
72.11% *
Language other than English
30.80%
32.85%
28.53% *
27.89% *
Speak English less than "very well"
14.79%
14.57%
11.42% *
11.09% *
Spanish
9.91%
9.85%
8.42% *
8.47% *
Speak English less than "very well"
5.16%
4.83%
4.13% *
4.00% *
Other Indo-European languages
15.82%
17.02%
14.88%
14.48%
Speak English less than "very well"
7.77%
7.60%
5.39% *
5.34% *
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
3.60%
4.24%
4.05%
3.76%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.64%
1.83%
1.50%
1.47%
Other languages
1.46%
1.74%
1.18%
1.18%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.22%
0.31%
0.39%
0.28%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
285,146
284,178 c
280,919 c
279,104 c
Arab
0.42%
0.39%
0.41%
0.62%
Czech
0.24%
0.49%
0.81% *
0.55%
Danish
0.41%
0.17%
0.14%
0.15%
Dutch
0.84%
1.16%
0.97%
0.88%
English
3.52%
4.45%
4.00%
4.43% *
French (except Basque)
1.22%
1.23%
1.33%
1.20%
French Canadian
0.23%
0.18%
0.26%
0.27%
German
8.03%
8.60%
9.24% *
8.97%
Greek
1.10%
1.03%
0.85%
0.86%
Hungarian
3.14%
3.10%
3.28%
2.34%
Irish
16.14%
16.04%
16.94%
17.14%
Italian
17.07%
16.30%
17.53%
17.99%
Lithuanian
0.48%
0.44%
0.27%
0.30%
Norwegian
0.41%
0.57%
0.58%
0.60%
Polish
4.75%
6.46% *
6.89% *
6.63% *
Portuguese
0.24%
0.34%
0.15%
0.13%
Russian
5.58%
5.25%
4.83%
5.21%
Scotch-Irish
0.66%
0.67%
0.70%
0.84%
Scottish
0.72%
0.93%
1.08% *
0.96%
Slovak
0.46%
0.17% *
0.32%
0.20% *
Subsaharan African
0.41%
0.33%
0.36%
0.36%
Swedish
0.48%
0.49%
0.45%
0.65%
Swiss
0.16%
0.40%
0.28%
0.39%
Ukrainian
0.76%
0.58%
0.44%
0.40% *
United States or American
5.33%
7.48% *
6.41%
6.82% *
Welsh
0.19%
0.33%
0.26%
0.45%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
6.88%
7.00%
5.83%
5.65%
 
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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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