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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
299,723
288,946 *
294,203
303,589
Nursery school, preschool
5.42%
4.79%
4.90%
4.33%
Kindergarten
3.94%
5.04% *
5.39% *
4.18%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
43.96%
42.44% *
44.05%
48.18% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
25.73%
25.96%
24.69%
24.45%
College or graduate school
20.95%
21.78%
20.97%
18.86%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
882,561
883,159
879,420
851,088 *
Less than 9th grade
3.68%
4.69% *
4.96% *
4.49% *
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
8.02%
9.06% *
9.85% *
10.56% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
36.49%
36.23%
36.22%
35.63%
Some college, no degree
17.80%
18.10%
18.67%
18.16%
Associate degree
8.15%
7.90%
7.87%
8.30%
Bachelor's degree
17.39%
16.25%
15.01% *
14.94% *
Graduate or professional degree
8.46%
7.76%
7.42% *
7.91%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
88.3
86.2 *
85.2 *
84.9 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
25.9
24.0 *
22.4 *
22.9 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
501,603
495,666 *
496,144 *
478,739 *
Never married
26.44%
26.42%
24.87% *
26.00%
Now married, except separated
58.75%
59.95%
60.30%
60.61% *
Separated
1.19%
0.75%
1.38%
1.10%
Widowed
2.79%
2.18%
2.33%
2.72%
Divorced
10.83%
10.69%
11.12%
9.58%
 
Females 15 years and over
538,915
539,909
535,695
515,790 *
Never married
21.85%
21.35%
21.65%
19.91% *
Now married, except separated
53.62%
53.60%
54.70%
55.52%
Separated
1.39%
1.23%
1.48%
1.09%
Widowed
10.69%
10.07%
9.98%
10.76%
Divorced
12.45%
13.76%
12.19%
12.73%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
12,332
13,224
14,652
16,322
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
31.30%
29.35%
24.58%
22.57%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
26
25
24
27
As a percent of all women with a birth
31.3
29.3
24.6
22.6
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
38
40
44
51
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
14
14
41 *
19
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
87
90
90
107
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
14
12
16
20
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
12,629
12,213
14,540
15,125
Responsible for grandchildren
27.94%
44.75% *
34.46%
42.87%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
38.55%
19.30%
14.89%
32.57%
1 or 2 years
33.45%
16.63%
23.53%
32.19%
3 or 4 years
9.81%
31.33% *
13.05%
3.84%
5 or more years
18.20%
32.74%
48.53%
31.40%
 
Percent who are female
51.4
52.1
53.0
62.3
Percent who are married
85.8
80.1
92.3
90.6
Percent who are in labor force
66.8
56.1
68.6
72.3
Percent who are in poverty
8.3
12.8
0.0
0.0
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
983,653
978,639 *
976,146 *
937,593 *
Civilian veterans
15.44%
14.92%
15.48%
15.13%
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,260,024
1,248,672 *
1,240,828 *
1,227,525 *
Same house
87.13%
87.46%
86.57%
87.36%
Different house in the U.S.
12.59%
12.23%
13.15%
12.30%
Same county
7.87%
6.82%
8.02%
7.73%
Different county
4.72%
5.41%
5.13%
4.58%
Same state
2.03%
2.25%
2.32%
2.12%
Different state
2.69%
3.16%
2.81%
2.46%
Abroad
0.28%
0.31%
0.28%
0.34%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,270,602
1,259,547 c
1,251,745 c
1,240,011 c
Native
96.99%
96.98%
97.03%
96.83%
Born in United States
96.04%
96.31%
96.03%
96.01%
State of residence
63.98%
66.52% *
65.82% *
67.65% *
Different state
32.06%
29.80% *
30.21% *
28.36% *
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.95%
0.67% *
0.99%
0.82%
Foreign born
3.01%
3.02%
2.97%
3.17%
Naturalized citizen
57.72%
51.97%
58.19%
56.07%
Not a citizen
42.28%
48.03%
41.81%
43.93%
Entered 1990 or later
33.17%
30.44%
31.75%
31.61%
Entered before 1990
66.83%
69.56%
68.25%
68.39%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
38,185
38,028
37,206
39,316
Europe
29.77%
25.52%
29.94%
19.82% *
Asia
18.75%
23.08%
17.10%
23.89%
Africa
3.84%
2.64%
8.40% *
7.47%
Oceania
0.53%
3.27%
0.44%
0.63%
Latin America
4.45%
4.32%
6.76%
2.27%
Northern America
42.66%
41.17%
37.36%
45.91%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,203,618
1,191,914 *
1,189,827 *
1,170,063 *
English only
92.65%
92.84%
92.40%
92.54%
Language other than English
7.35%
7.16%
7.60%
7.46%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.57%
1.70%
2.14% *
1.57%
Spanish
0.72%
0.74%
0.65%
0.68%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.15%
0.17%
0.30%
0.14%
Other Indo-European languages
5.85%
5.62%
6.21%
5.65%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.07%
1.31%
1.56% *
1.18%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
0.56%
0.43%
0.41%
0.54%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.23%
0.19%
0.21%
0.17%
Other languages
0.22%
0.36%
0.33%
0.60% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.12%
0.04%
0.07%
0.08%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,270,602
1,259,547 c
1,251,745 c
1,240,011 c
Arab
0.45%
0.11% *
0.28%
0.21%
Czech
0.26%
0.08% *
0.26%
0.12%
Danish
0.46%
0.42%
0.40%
0.60%
Dutch
1.32%
1.08%
0.96%
1.05%
English
25.27%
24.90%
24.44%
25.67%
French (except Basque)
19.05%
20.29%
18.35%
17.90%
French Canadian
7.44%
6.58%
7.72%
7.02%
German
7.68%
7.23%
8.04%
7.25%
Greek
0.42%
0.45%
0.66%
0.44%
Hungarian
0.26%
0.35%
0.26%
0.25%
Irish
18.51%
19.05%
17.54%
15.17% *
Italian
5.70%
4.93%
5.20%
4.61% *
Lithuanian
0.35%
0.20% *
0.41%
0.58%
Norwegian
0.68%
0.85%
0.90%
0.93%
Polish
1.85%
2.34%
2.08%
2.05%
Portuguese
0.59%
0.64%
0.65%
0.44%
Russian
0.78%
1.04%
0.42% *
0.94%
Scotch-Irish
3.38%
3.17%
4.02%
3.87%
Scottish
5.58%
5.93%
5.25%
6.10%
Slovak
0.08%
0.20%
0.16%
0.13%
Subsaharan African
0.10%
0.10%
0.25% *
0.25% *
Swedish
1.99%
1.86%
1.52%
1.60%
Swiss
0.23%
0.25%
0.12%
0.23%
Ukrainian
0.12%
0.10%
0.12%
0.15%
United States or American
6.11%
6.77%
8.96% *
9.29% *
Welsh
0.73%
0.84%
0.59%
0.93%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.10%
0.01% *
0.02% *
0.03% *
 
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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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