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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
217,624
216,982
225,101
231,434 *
Nursery school, preschool
5.20%
4.61%
4.97%
5.23%
Kindergarten
5.42%
3.81% *
4.99%
4.86%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
44.09%
45.76%
44.91%
46.55% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
24.82%
24.91%
24.61%
23.95%
College or graduate school
20.47%
20.91%
20.51%
19.41%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
590,841
587,518 *
575,804 *
572,946 *
Less than 9th grade
2.98%
3.29%
3.51%
4.05% *
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
6.51%
8.40% *
10.07% *
10.23% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
32.67%
32.36%
31.09%
30.75%
Some college, no degree
24.97%
24.47%
23.84%
24.62%
Associate degree
7.11%
6.67%
6.38%
5.16% *
Bachelor's degree
18.23%
17.27%
17.97%
17.98%
Graduate or professional degree
7.52%
7.55%
7.14%
7.22%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
90.5
88.3 *
86.4 *
85.7 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
25.8
24.8
25.1
25.2
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
353,336
351,396
346,821 *
341,268 *
Never married
27.94%
26.61%
27.25%
27.86%
Now married, except separated
58.33%
60.47% *
59.71%
58.06%
Separated
1.29%
1.13%
1.33%
1.14%
Widowed
2.45%
2.48%
2.58%
2.83%
Divorced
10.00%
9.31%
9.13%
10.11%
 
Females 15 years and over
366,209
359,921 *
354,380 *
350,206 *
Never married
21.46%
21.00%
20.59%
20.55%
Now married, except separated
55.53%
56.80%
57.29% *
57.25%
Separated
1.27%
1.97% *
1.81%
1.78% *
Widowed
9.90%
9.39%
9.61%
9.28%
Divorced
11.84%
10.84%
10.70% *
11.14%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
10,897
12,668
11,182
12,560
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
40.62%
24.04% *
27.75%
29.83%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
43
32
33
40
As a percent of all women with a birth
40.6
24.0 *
27.7 *
29.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
48
57
50
56
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
36
58
23
39
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
106
110
110
121
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
10
20 *
15
17
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
12,029
14,728
10,589
12,057
Responsible for grandchildren
61.85%
51.30%
65.17%
50.73%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
31.21%
25.98%
19.01% *
29.21%
1 or 2 years
22.58%
46.26% *
29.68%
15.12%
3 or 4 years
25.91%
6.86% *
13.61%
24.88%
5 or more years
20.30%
20.90%
37.70% *
30.78%
 
Percent who are female
56.9
59.5
55.5
57.2
Percent who are married
76.5
72.9
80.6
83.5
Percent who are in labor force
70.3
67.3
57.6 *
61.1
Percent who are in poverty
18.3
21.5
23.3
17.7
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
675,010
667,569 *
654,651 *
645,328 *
Civilian veterans
15.57%
15.62%
16.65% *
15.79%
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
882,968
874,751 *
871,008 *
866,685 *
Same house
85.74%
82.51% *
84.39%
84.36%
Different house in the U.S.
14.08%
17.25% *
15.27%
15.29%
Same county
8.08%
10.55% *
9.54%
8.84%
Different county
5.99%
6.70%
5.73%
6.45%
Same state
2.68%
2.37%
2.59%
3.10%
Different state
3.32%
4.32%
3.14%
3.35%
Abroad
0.18%
0.24%
0.33%
0.35%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
892,497
884,587 c
879,639 c
877,433 c
Native
98.19%
98.39%
98.34%
98.38%
Born in United States
97.43%
97.58%
97.51%
97.51%
State of residence
55.21%
56.33%
56.08%
57.02%
Different state
42.22%
41.25%
41.43%
40.49%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.76%
0.81%
0.84%
0.87%
Foreign born
1.81%
1.61%
1.66%
1.62%
Naturalized citizen
55.96%
59.93%
50.76%
61.57%
Not a citizen
44.04%
40.07%
49.24%
38.43%
Entered 1990 or later
36.57%
28.42%
34.65%
19.11% *
Entered before 1990
63.43%
71.58% *
65.35%
80.89% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
16,191
14,236
14,587
14,201
Europe
39.96%
40.22%
40.89%
39.05%
Asia
21.24%
14.56%
20.46%
17.07%
Africa
2.75%
1.11%
0.05%
1.68%
Oceania
6.18%
3.85%
2.04%
0.06% *
Latin America
9.62%
11.23%
3.96% *
7.91%
Northern America
20.26%
29.03%
32.59% *
34.22% *
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
840,297
831,030 *
826,815 *
823,414 *
English only
95.89%
95.86%
96.10%
95.36%
Language other than English
4.11%
4.14%
3.90%
4.64%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.92%
0.75%
0.78%
1.58% *
Spanish
1.34%
1.65%
1.23%
1.33%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.20%
0.28%
0.18%
0.41% *
Other Indo-European languages
1.62%
1.45%
1.66%
2.20%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.42%
0.29%
0.25%
0.91%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
0.45%
0.36%
0.35%
0.34%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.23%
0.10% *
0.17%
0.08% *
Other languages
0.70%
0.68%
0.66%
0.76%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.08%
0.08%
0.18%
0.18% *
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
892,497
884,587 c
879,639 c
877,433 c
Arab
0.21%
0.16%
0.15%
0.12%
Czech
0.75%
0.80%
0.85%
0.88%
Danish
1.86%
2.41%
2.64%
2.23%
Dutch
2.80%
2.94%
2.64%
3.02%
English
13.50%
14.17%
14.02%
14.13%
French (except Basque)
4.26%
4.19%
4.98%
4.23%
French Canadian
1.13%
1.04%
1.11%
1.04%
German
30.60%
30.01%
28.93%
32.02%
Greek
0.27%
0.33%
0.17%
0.20%
Hungarian
0.26%
0.40%
0.45%
0.33%
Irish
16.16%
15.22%
15.19%
16.73%
Italian
3.20%
2.98%
3.13%
3.34%
Lithuanian
0.11%
0.19%
0.21%
0.20%
Norwegian
11.70%
12.31%
12.84%
11.83%
Polish
2.26%
1.96%
2.09%
2.29%
Portuguese
0.16%
0.23%
0.29% *
0.10%
Russian
1.10%
0.98%
0.78%
1.04%
Scotch-Irish
2.60%
2.94%
3.29% *
2.86%
Scottish
3.61%
3.65%
3.55%
3.32%
Slovak
0.16%
0.15%
0.13%
0.10%
Subsaharan African
0.06%
0.08%
0.01%
0.01%
Swedish
3.22%
4.13% *
4.18% *
4.00% *
Swiss
0.41%
0.53%
0.75% *
0.82% *
Ukrainian
0.26%
0.25%
0.17%
0.42%
United States or American
5.02%
4.79%
4.64%
4.58%
Welsh
1.19%
1.22%
1.07%
1.00%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.01%
0.05%
0.03%
0.05%
 
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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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