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TABLE 2. SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  2003
Estimate		 2002
Estimate		 2001
Estimate		 2000
Estimate
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
2,698,031
2,735,567
2,606,311 *
2,668,158
Nursery school, preschool
5.41%
5.81%
5.43%
5.81%
Kindergarten
4.79%
5.24%
5.09%
5.40% *
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
42.85%
43.17%
43.69%
45.12% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
23.36%
22.09% *
22.74% *
21.68% *
College or graduate school
23.59%
23.69%
23.06%
21.98%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
6,396,371
6,346,040 *
6,407,508
6,263,911 *
Less than 9th grade
3.76%
3.55%
3.81%
4.01%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
9.16%
11.21% *
11.03% *
10.73% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
32.15%
31.61%
32.13%
32.26%
Some college, no degree
22.82%
22.48%
22.52%
22.73%
Associate degree
7.82%
7.60%
7.31% *
7.34% *
Bachelor's degree
15.11%
15.30%
14.45%
14.52%
Graduate or professional degree
9.17%
8.26% *
8.75%
8.41% *
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
87.1
85.2 *
85.2 *
85.3 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
24.3
23.6
23.2 *
22.9 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
3,724,914
3,695,250 *
3,713,910 *
3,627,929 *
Never married
30.24%
30.90%
31.18%
31.05%
Now married, except separated
57.11%
55.99% *
55.72% *
55.29% *
Separated
0.93%
1.06%
1.32% *
1.41% *
Widowed
2.21%
2.46%
2.62% *
2.71% *
Divorced
9.51%
9.59%
9.16%
9.54%
 
Females 15 years and over
4,011,845
3,976,089 *
3,995,430 *
3,905,232 *
Never married
25.96%
25.00% *
24.67% *
25.83%
Now married, except separated
51.57%
51.74%
52.38%
50.72%
Separated
1.62%
1.85%
1.97% *
1.60%
Widowed
9.59%
9.83%
9.40%
10.24% *
Divorced
11.27%
11.58%
11.58%
11.61%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
142,576
148,182
152,873
141,800
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
33.17%
34.65%
33.75%
33.79%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
38
42
42
39
As a percent of all women with a birth
33.2
34.7
33.7
33.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
56
58
59
56
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
21
29
24
49 *
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
113
120
119
104
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
20
17
20
19
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
157,073
170,231
170,666
170,912
Responsible for grandchildren
40.78%
45.62%
39.97%
39.23%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
23.15%
22.08%
21.04%
24.02%
1 or 2 years
23.74%
21.45%
24.98%
24.41%
3 or 4 years
16.46%
16.66%
14.41%
15.58%
5 or more years
36.64%
39.82%
39.57%
35.99%
 
Percent who are female
62.7
60.1
61.8
57.4
Percent who are married
66.7
72.2
65.7
77.7 *
Percent who are in labor force
55.3
55.6
53.9
58.2
Percent who are in poverty
17.0
17.2
19.4
14.0
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
7,295,445
7,231,150 *
7,287,644 *
7,102,951 *
Civilian veterans
11.20%
11.84% *
11.53%
12.04% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
9,696,527
9,675,361 *
9,631,426 *
9,574,442 *
Same house
86.48%
86.49%
86.27%
85.37% *
Different house in the U.S.
13.09%
13.24%
13.13%
14.15% *
Same county
8.75%
8.81%
8.44%
8.96%
Different county
4.33%
4.43%
4.70%
5.19% *
Same state
3.13%
2.99%
3.25%
3.41%
Different state
1.20%
1.44%
1.45%
1.79% *
Abroad
0.43%
0.27% *
0.59% *
0.48%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
9,825,840
9,797,198 c
9,740,127 c
9,688,555 c
Native
94.07%
94.53% *
94.36%
94.70% *
Born in United States
93.49%
93.96% *
93.70%
94.11% *
State of residence
75.19%
75.35%
75.35%
74.75%
Different state
18.30%
18.61%
18.35%
19.37% *
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.58%
0.57%
0.66%
0.59%
Foreign born
5.93%
5.47% *
5.64%
5.30% *
Naturalized citizen
41.84%
45.28% *
43.10%
46.20% *
Not a citizen
58.16%
54.72%
56.90%
53.80%
Entered 1990 or later
56.21%
53.42%
48.27% *
46.33% *
Entered before 1990
43.79%
46.58% *
51.73% *
53.67% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
582,334
535,763 *
549,161
513,023 *
Europe
25.00%
26.97%
32.99% *
31.36% *
Asia
44.71%
44.04%
40.15% *
41.72%
Africa
2.89%
3.29%
2.48%
2.42%
Oceania
0.41%
0.15%
0.13%
0.07%
Latin America
18.23%
17.50%
15.59%
15.46%
Northern America
8.76%
8.05%
8.67%
8.97%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
9,178,031
9,130,579 *
9,116,944 *
9,021,020 *
English only
91.43%
91.78%
91.77%
91.86%
Language other than English
8.57%
8.22%
8.23%
8.14%
Speak English less than "very well"
3.46%
3.07% *
3.13% *
2.82% *
Spanish
2.74%
2.51%
2.30% *
2.30% *
Speak English less than "very well"
1.24%
1.13%
0.90% *
0.74% *
Other Indo-European languages
2.98%
3.11%
3.26%
3.50% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.92%
0.97%
1.08%
1.17% *
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
1.49%
1.25% *
1.32%
1.02% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.66%
0.44% *
0.61%
0.46% *
Other languages
1.36%
1.36%
1.35%
1.31%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.63%
0.53%
0.53%
0.46%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
9,825,840
9,797,198 c
9,740,127 c
9,688,555 c
Arab
1.26%
1.46%
1.23%
1.12%
Czech
0.43%
0.48%
0.49%
0.52%
Danish
0.43%
0.43%
0.46%
0.49%
Dutch
5.01%
5.30%
5.18%
4.87%
English
11.28%
10.97%
11.37%
11.51%
French (except Basque)
5.77%
5.54%
5.85%
6.04%
French Canadian
1.74%
2.05% *
2.17% *
2.22% *
German
22.89%
22.42%
23.26%
23.73%
Greek
0.43%
0.39%
0.37%
0.51%
Hungarian
0.95%
1.14%
1.04%
1.22% *
Irish
11.81%
11.95%
11.69%
12.27%
Italian
4.93%
4.79%
4.91%
4.81%
Lithuanian
0.32%
0.40%
0.29%
0.37%
Norwegian
1.04%
0.92%
0.76% *
0.88%
Polish
9.59%
9.53%
9.43%
9.30%
Portuguese
0.05%
0.06%
0.09%
0.11% *
Russian
0.78%
0.81%
0.98% *
0.80%
Scotch-Irish
1.78%
1.54% *
1.59%
1.73%
Scottish
2.60%
2.40%
2.41%
2.57%
Slovak
0.37%
0.28%
0.34%
0.31%
Subsaharan African
0.49%
0.60%
0.36%
0.38%
Swedish
2.04%
1.90%
1.67%
1.89%
Swiss
0.29%
0.23%
0.22% *
0.25%
Ukrainian
0.51%
0.50%
0.45%
0.48%
United States or American
4.83%
5.15%
5.59% *
5.04%
Welsh
0.50%
0.53%
0.58%
0.52%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.09%
0.07%
0.16%
0.07%
 
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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).

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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.
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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