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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
1,579,403
1,539,762
1,445,224 *
1,476,164 *
Nursery school, preschool
5.74%
6.22%
6.58%
6.37%
Kindergarten
6.01%
5.05% *
5.22% *
5.62%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
45.90%
46.97%
46.42%
45.74%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
21.47%
20.96%
21.53%
22.03%
College or graduate school
20.88%
20.80%
20.25%
20.25%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
3,860,175
3,853,005
3,885,447 *
3,795,586 *
Less than 9th grade
5.50%
5.60%
5.50%
6.17%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
10.77%
12.45% *
12.52% *
12.32% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
36.77%
36.80%
36.33%
37.05%
Some college, no degree
19.36%
18.84%
19.03%
19.16%
Associate degree
6.56%
5.70% *
6.30%
5.54% *
Bachelor's degree
13.00%
12.91%
12.57%
12.27%
Graduate or professional degree
8.03%
7.70%
7.76%
7.49%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
83.7
82.0
82.0
81.5
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
21.0
20.6
20.3
19.8
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
2,263,992
2,258,589
2,274,128
2,210,698 *
Never married
27.62%
27.31%
26.76%
28.26%
Now married, except separated
58.17%
58.73%
59.74% *
58.59%
Separated
1.26%
1.50%
1.05%
1.03%
Widowed
2.30%
2.18%
2.30%
2.25%
Divorced
10.65%
10.27%
10.15%
9.87%
 
Females 15 years and over
2,423,978
2,399,945 *
2,427,852
2,382,996 *
Never married
22.29%
21.63%
21.48%
23.05%
Now married, except separated
53.53%
53.77%
54.25%
54.47%
Separated
1.60%
1.90%
1.85%
1.60%
Widowed
10.01%
9.83%
9.78%
9.68%
Divorced
12.58%
12.86%
12.66%
11.20% *
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
92,380
99,517
85,692
94,521
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
34.33%
29.77%
31.41%
30.77%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
45
43
38
42
As a percent of all women with a birth
34.3
29.8
31.4
30.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
60
65
55
61
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
41
41
32
35
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
121
127
112
123
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
14
20
14
18
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
94,507
100,310
90,657
103,125
Responsible for grandchildren
47.33%
52.80%
49.17%
41.05%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
18.94%
19.37%
22.86%
19.25%
1 or 2 years
19.66%
20.77%
35.38% *
27.37%
3 or 4 years
12.60%
31.35% *
11.95%
15.94%
5 or more years
48.80%
28.51% *
29.80% *
37.44% *
 
Percent who are female
61.1
59.8
62.6
65.8
Percent who are married
72.9
71.5
65.4
65.8
Percent who are in labor force
59.8
61.7
70.2 *
61.4
Percent who are in poverty
5.8
12.1
16.9 *
17.8 *
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
4,415,946
4,392,689 *
4,447,424 *
4,329,019 *
Civilian veterans
11.62%
11.61%
12.38% *
12.31% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
5,933,188
5,899,256 *
5,861,753 *
5,822,498 *
Same house
83.58%
83.87%
83.96%
83.88%
Different house in the U.S.
16.20%
15.74%
15.61%
15.69%
Same county
11.00%
10.12%
9.99%
10.53%
Different county
5.20%
5.62%
5.62%
5.16%
Same state
3.30%
3.37%
3.35%
3.09%
Different state
1.90%
2.24%
2.27% *
2.08%
Abroad
0.22%
0.39% *
0.43% *
0.42% *
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
6,017,445
5,980,881 c
5,936,550 c
5,902,331 c
Native
96.33%
96.56%
96.73%
96.72%
Born in United States
95.84%
95.97%
96.07%
96.26%
State of residence
71.84%
71.03%
70.42%
71.48%
Different state
24.00%
24.94%
25.66%
24.78%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.49%
0.60%
0.66% *
0.46%
Foreign born
3.67%
3.44%
3.27%
3.28%
Naturalized citizen
32.01%
32.23%
36.68% *
39.80% *
Not a citizen
67.99%
67.77%
63.32%
60.20%
Entered 1990 or later
66.28%
64.68%
59.89%
49.54% *
Entered before 1990
33.72%
35.32%
40.11% *
50.46% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
220,882
205,499
193,839 *
193,765 *
Europe
19.51%
19.06%
21.89%
26.74%
Asia
27.23%
29.37%
26.42%
27.21%
Africa
3.28%
4.85%
3.48%
2.62%
Oceania
0.09%
0.09%
0.40% *
0.10%
Latin America
46.68%
43.58%
43.74%
40.53%
Northern America
3.21%
3.05%
4.06%
2.79%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
5,595,593
5,552,435 *
5,533,082 *
5,480,548 *
English only
92.16%
91.64%
92.74%
92.20%
Language other than English
7.84%
8.36%
7.26%
7.80%
Speak English less than "very well"
3.40%
3.16%
3.01%
2.83%
Spanish
3.55%
3.41%
3.34%
2.92% *
Speak English less than "very well"
1.82%
1.47% *
1.63%
1.27% *
Other Indo-European languages
3.20%
3.61%
2.84%
4.02%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.10%
1.20%
0.88%
1.20%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
0.83%
0.98% *
0.86%
0.67%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.43%
0.42%
0.45%
0.33%
Other languages
0.26%
0.36%
0.21%
0.19%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.04%
0.07%
0.05%
0.03%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
6,017,445
5,980,881 c
5,936,550 c
5,902,331 c
Arab
0.14%
0.18%
0.17%
0.27%
Czech
0.14%
0.34% *
0.27% *
0.24% *
Danish
0.15%
0.20%
0.20%
0.17%
Dutch
2.52%
2.69%
2.80%
2.62%
English
11.09%
10.68%
10.29%
10.38%
French (except Basque)
2.97%
3.03%
2.56%
2.60%
French Canadian
0.32%
0.25%
0.34%
0.18% *
German
26.93%
27.17%
27.80%
26.45%
Greek
0.28%
0.31%
0.29%
0.28%
Hungarian
0.63%
0.57%
0.58%
0.60%
Irish
11.62%
11.93%
12.36%
11.31%
Italian
2.34%
2.29%
2.41%
2.40%
Lithuanian
0.08%
0.14%
0.13%
0.12%
Norwegian
0.59%
0.58%
0.61%
0.45%
Polish
2.50%
2.66%
2.83%
2.75%
Portuguese
0.06%
0.06%
0.09%
0.06%
Russian
0.33%
0.37%
0.27%
0.34%
Scotch-Irish
1.55%
1.64%
1.55%
1.75%
Scottish
2.22%
1.98%
2.07%
1.98%
Slovak
0.33%
0.25%
0.31%
0.33%
Subsaharan African
0.40%
0.32%
0.37%
0.27%
Swedish
0.95%
0.88%
1.00%
0.91%
Swiss
0.79%
0.81%
0.73%
0.94%
Ukrainian
0.11%
0.15%
0.12%
0.17%
United States or American
11.91%
13.06%
13.18%
12.93%
Welsh
0.61%
0.63%
0.65%
0.66%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.09%
0.14%
0.11%
0.10%
 
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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).

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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.
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