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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
200,014
194,901
198,359
193,272 *
Nursery school, preschool
6.54%
7.54%
6.36%
6.34%
Kindergarten
4.90%
4.43%
4.82%
5.01%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
44.38%
43.34% *
45.81% *
46.60% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
21.32%
22.50%
20.36%
21.11%
College or graduate school
22.87%
22.19%
22.65%
20.95%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
525,447
520,500 *
508,010 *
499,884 *
Less than 9th grade
4.04%
4.36%
4.68%
4.42%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
9.98%
10.78%
10.32%
10.67%
High school graduate (including equivalency)
33.26%
33.83%
33.66%
34.37%
Some college, no degree
18.42%
19.05%
19.40%
19.08%
Associate degree
6.65%
6.89%
7.01%
6.11%
Bachelor's degree
17.22%
15.89% *
15.88% *
16.26%
Graduate or professional degree
10.41%
9.20% *
9.05% *
9.09% *
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
86.0
84.9
85.0
84.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
27.6
25.1 *
24.9 *
25.3 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
299,353
297,895 *
288,590 *
283,696 *
Never married
31.19%
29.20% *
28.84% *
28.60% *
Now married, except separated
56.23%
57.66%
57.64%
57.08%
Separated
1.64%
2.09%
1.57%
2.14%
Widowed
2.69%
2.45%
2.45%
2.69%
Divorced
8.26%
8.60%
9.50% *
9.49%
 
Females 15 years and over
328,008
326,676
317,959 *
312,581 *
Never married
25.89%
25.05%
24.90%
25.09%
Now married, except separated
50.86%
51.42%
51.80%
50.42%
Separated
2.49%
2.77%
2.34%
2.46%
Widowed
9.30%
8.86%
9.81%
10.26% *
Divorced
11.46%
11.89%
11.15%
11.77%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
11,341
12,391
12,056
12,964
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
25.70%
36.57%
29.08%
33.79%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
29
45
36
45
As a percent of all women with a birth
25.7
36.6
29.1
33.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
55
59
59
65
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
32
42
49
38
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
100
110
108
131
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
24
22
24
19
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
14,788
15,508
12,431
20,435 *
Responsible for grandchildren
41.15%
52.10%
53.89% *
41.38%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
25.67%
15.95%
17.11%
19.72%
1 or 2 years
21.51%
22.34%
19.23%
20.52%
3 or 4 years
16.87%
13.06%
16.57%
17.64%
5 or more years
35.95%
48.65%
47.10%
42.12%
 
Percent who are female
60.9
63.2
66.5
52.2
Percent who are married
72.7
68.1
69.9
83.2
Percent who are in labor force
73.5
58.0 *
58.2 *
58.4 *
Percent who are in poverty
11.0
13.3
19.1
5.0
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
591,628
589,820 *
571,989 *
560,062 *
Civilian veterans
13.10%
13.55%
13.79%
14.08% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
781,112
771,906 *
761,808 *
749,828 *
Same house
86.79%
86.36%
85.71%
84.64% *
Different house in the U.S.
12.77%
13.09%
13.74%
14.75% *
Same county
8.05%
9.09%
10.14% *
9.94% *
Different county
4.72%
4.00%
3.60% *
4.81%
Same state
0.93%
0.72%
0.66%
0.66%
Different state
3.79%
3.28%
2.93% *
4.15%
Abroad
0.44%
0.55%
0.55%
0.61%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
792,494
782,221 c
771,580 c
759,017 c
Native
93.87%
93.93%
93.65%
94.48%
Born in United States
92.46%
92.35%
92.23%
93.00%
State of residence
49.68%
49.31%
48.39%
50.02%
Different state
42.78%
43.04%
43.84%
42.98%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
1.41%
1.58%
1.42%
1.48%
Foreign born
6.13%
6.07%
6.35%
5.52%
Naturalized citizen
42.55%
41.81%
35.79% *
47.00%
Not a citizen
57.45%
58.19%
64.21%
53.00%
Entered 1990 or later
55.46%
51.80%
56.08%
45.37% *
Entered before 1990
44.54%
48.20%
43.92%
54.63% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
48,552
47,446
48,958
41,879 *
Europe
21.74%
16.34% *
19.45%
29.93% *
Asia
34.41%
41.92% *
32.64%
28.04% *
Africa
5.26%
4.98%
5.68%
3.35%
Oceania
0.50%
0.14%
0.00%
0.73%
Latin America
35.28%
34.05%
39.20%
34.96%
Northern America
2.80%
2.57%
3.02%
2.99%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
738,327
731,279 *
718,142 *
707,625 *
English only
89.85%
90.31%
90.55%
91.01% *
Language other than English
10.15%
9.69%
9.45%
8.99% *
Speak English less than "very well"
3.85%
3.89%
3.87%
2.97% *
Spanish
5.16%
5.10%
4.72%
4.50% *
Speak English less than "very well"
2.51%
2.25%
2.18%
1.84% *
Other Indo-European languages
3.33%
2.68%
2.95%
3.05%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.79%
0.74%
0.84%
0.79%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
1.34%
1.66%
1.51%
1.19%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.47%
0.87% *
0.78% *
0.33%
Other languages
0.33%
0.26%
0.27%
0.26%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.09%
0.02% *
0.06%
0.02% *
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
792,494
782,221 c
771,580 c
759,017 c
Arab
0.09%
0.11%
0.15%
0.19%
Czech
0.27%
0.35%
0.23%
0.36%
Danish
0.23%
0.31%
0.25%
0.25%
Dutch
1.60%
1.99%
1.76%
1.70%
English
13.66%
12.93%
15.66% *
13.98%
French (except Basque)
2.14%
2.03%
2.25%
2.50%
French Canadian
0.45%
0.45%
0.45%
0.46%
German
16.11%
16.68%
16.62%
16.88%
Greek
0.68%
0.49%
0.32% *
0.38% *
Hungarian
0.44%
0.41%
0.31%
0.31%
Irish
18.21%
18.28%
18.34%
18.74%
Italian
10.08%
9.61%
10.34%
9.54%
Lithuanian
0.35%
0.27%
0.30%
0.34%
Norwegian
0.63%
0.39% *
0.37% *
0.54%
Polish
5.06%
4.98%
5.55%
5.55%
Portuguese
0.10%
0.20%
0.19%
0.12%
Russian
0.95%
0.64%
1.03%
0.94%
Scotch-Irish
1.86%
1.50%
1.95%
2.06%
Scottish
2.20%
2.26%
1.91%
1.87%
Slovak
0.40%
0.23%
0.29%
0.17% *
Subsaharan African
0.58%
0.48%
0.71%
0.43%
Swedish
1.31%
0.92%
0.90% *
1.06%
Swiss
0.20%
0.43% *
0.32%
0.18%
Ukrainian
0.70%
0.72%
0.51%
0.64%
United States or American
6.33%
5.72%
5.12% *
4.86% *
Welsh
1.30%
1.32%
1.26%
0.93% *
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.54%
0.38%
0.53%
0.23% *
 
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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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