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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
367,947
365,328
354,034
340,077 *
Nursery school, preschool
4.28%
5.58% *
5.46% *
4.93%
Kindergarten
5.91%
5.68%
6.22%
5.22%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
43.93%
42.67%
45.81%
46.85% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
22.89%
23.64%
23.71%
23.94%
College or graduate school
22.99%
22.43%
18.81% *
19.06% *
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
823,835
810,634 *
782,522 *
771,021 *
Less than 9th grade
4.46%
4.62%
5.04%
4.75%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
7.63%
9.89% *
9.35% *
9.00% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
29.65%
28.89%
30.28%
31.20%
Some college, no degree
26.11%
26.26%
25.88%
26.56%
Associate degree
8.12%
7.78%
7.01%
7.60%
Bachelor's degree
16.01%
15.44%
14.95%
14.13% *
Graduate or professional degree
8.03%
7.12%
7.49%
6.75% *
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
87.9
85.5 *
85.6 *
86.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
24.0
22.6
22.4
20.9 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
506,650
503,639
482,447 *
472,963 *
Never married
25.28%
25.62%
25.22%
25.79%
Now married, except separated
61.99%
60.95%
61.89%
58.37% *
Separated
1.21%
1.06%
0.53% *
1.39%
Widowed
2.26%
1.96%
2.27%
2.09%
Divorced
9.26%
10.40%
10.09%
12.36% *
 
Females 15 years and over
520,497
506,536 *
498,359 *
491,436 *
Never married
19.97%
20.61%
20.49%
20.42%
Now married, except separated
59.69%
58.55%
58.60%
58.21%
Separated
1.42%
1.29%
1.36%
1.79%
Widowed
8.51%
7.99%
9.26%
7.80%
Divorced
10.42%
11.56%
10.29%
11.78%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
25,098
26,784
24,782
18,139 *
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
26.26%
19.55%
19.79%
20.75%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
48
38
37
28 *
As a percent of all women with a birth
26.3
19.6
19.8
20.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
74
80
75
55 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
59
44
56
11 *
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
132
153
148
130
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
25
32
21
13 *
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
19,764
17,092
23,032
18,656
Responsible for grandchildren
56.53%
58.55%
41.37% *
48.71%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
37.41%
29.66%
38.13%
11.00% *
1 or 2 years
21.71%
28.99%
31.75%
47.41% *
3 or 4 years
10.10%
13.74%
6.73%
14.16%
5 or more years
30.79%
27.61%
23.39%
27.42%
 
Percent who are female
62.2
54.0
56.9
61.6
Percent who are married
75.7
90.8 *
77.2
74.4
Percent who are in labor force
77.7
59.5 *
61.4 *
61.9
Percent who are in poverty
32.2
8.1 *
23.2
10.3 *
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
961,000
944,788 *
915,164 *
898,662 *
Civilian veterans
12.78%
13.89%
13.48%
14.43% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,309,948
1,287,855 *
1,268,563 *
1,246,043 *
Same house
81.42%
80.45%
82.85%
82.21%
Different house in the U.S.
17.70%
18.65%
16.58%
16.53%
Same county
10.18%
10.15%
9.20%
9.97%
Different county
7.52%
8.50%
7.38%
6.56%
Same state
3.60%
4.10%
3.40%
2.79%
Different state
3.91%
4.40%
3.98%
3.77%
Abroad
0.88%
0.90%
0.57%
1.26%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,333,165
1,308,320 c
1,289,492 c
1,262,457 c
Native
94.09%
94.64%
94.69%
94.96%
Born in United States
93.46%
93.86%
94.12%
94.04%
State of residence
48.76%
47.12%
49.64%
50.05%
Different state
44.70%
46.75%
44.48%
44.00%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.64%
0.78%
0.58%
0.92%
Foreign born
5.91%
5.36%
5.31%
5.04%
Naturalized citizen
32.01%
28.28%
31.13%
31.10%
Not a citizen
67.99%
71.72%
68.87%
68.90%
Entered 1990 or later
65.99%
60.22%
49.98% *
51.91%
Entered before 1990
34.01%
39.78%
50.02% *
48.09% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
78,739
70,084
68,421
63,628 *
Europe
17.20%
9.93% *
14.91%
25.28%
Asia
17.98%
12.36% *
14.46%
12.65% *
Africa
2.73%
0.12%
2.41%
0.80%
Oceania
0.06%
0.16%
2.54% *
0.38%
Latin America
57.59%
72.61% *
60.10%
55.76%
Northern America
4.42%
4.82%
5.58%
5.14%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,229,675
1,211,547 *
1,188,181 *
1,164,458 *
English only
89.56%
90.37%
91.04% *
90.56%
Language other than English
10.44%
9.63%
8.96% *
9.44%
Speak English less than "very well"
4.69%
4.10%
3.39% *
4.04%
Spanish
7.16%
7.51%
6.12% *
6.51%
Speak English less than "very well"
3.36%
3.58%
2.49% *
2.65% *
Other Indo-European languages
1.69%
1.22%
1.62%
1.77%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.49%
0.24%
0.39%
0.85%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
1.17%
0.77% *
0.82%
0.67% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.65%
0.25% *
0.37%
0.40%
Other languages
0.41%
0.13% *
0.40%
0.49%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.18%
0.03% *
0.14%
0.14%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,333,165
1,308,320 c
1,289,492 c
1,262,457 c
Arab
0.09%
0.07%
0.21%
0.14%
Czech
0.52%
0.39%
0.47%
0.48%
Danish
2.85%
3.40%
3.20%
3.26%
Dutch
2.84%
3.35%
2.55%
2.72%
English
20.23%
20.54%
21.25%
21.48%
French (except Basque)
3.52%
3.97%
3.21%
3.36%
French Canadian
0.55%
0.85%
0.48%
0.53%
German
22.47%
21.29%
22.23%
21.92%
Greek
0.33%
0.30%
0.25%
0.40%
Hungarian
0.23%
0.26%
0.18%
0.14%
Irish
10.84%
12.32%
11.00%
9.94%
Italian
2.42%
2.80%
2.34%
3.29% *
Lithuanian
0.04%
0.05%
0.07%
0.12%
Norwegian
3.66%
4.50%
3.59%
4.70%
Polish
1.65%
0.97% *
1.53%
1.13%
Portuguese
0.21%
0.39%
0.28%
0.26%
Russian
0.50%
0.70%
0.53%
0.41%
Scotch-Irish
2.24%
1.89%
1.91%
2.48%
Scottish
4.56%
3.98%
3.33% *
3.94%
Slovak
0.06%
0.03%
0.04%
0.06%
Subsaharan African
0.14%
0.02%
0.11%
0.03%
Swedish
4.17%
4.20%
4.45%
4.32%
Swiss
0.83%
1.01%
0.67%
1.16%
Ukrainian
0.09%
0.16%
0.49% *
0.04%
United States or American
7.99%
8.37%
8.57%
7.64%
Welsh
1.67%
1.68%
1.84%
2.02%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.01%
0.04%
0.00%
0.04%
 
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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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