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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
319,959
303,909 *
307,933 *
304,078 *
Nursery school, preschool
5.93%
5.83%
4.89%
6.89%
Kindergarten
5.08%
5.21%
4.26%
6.15%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
43.13%
48.59% *
46.86% *
46.61% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
24.18%
22.72% *
23.69%
22.52% *
College or graduate school
21.68%
17.66% *
20.30%
17.83% *
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
846,531
838,178 *
837,202 *
809,019 *
Less than 9th grade
3.20%
2.99%
3.88% *
3.12%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
7.37%
9.29% *
9.15% *
9.34% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
29.92%
30.27%
29.01%
29.70%
Some college, no degree
19.11%
18.77%
19.72%
18.85%
Associate degree
10.11%
8.51% *
9.28%
8.73% *
Bachelor's degree
19.62%
19.63%
19.01%
19.97%
Graduate or professional degree
10.66%
10.54%
9.95%
10.28%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
89.4
87.7 *
87.0 *
87.5 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
30.3
30.2
29.0
30.3
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
491,235
482,466 *
480,355 *
458,977 *
Never married
27.11%
27.99%
27.40%
27.13%
Now married, except separated
58.76%
58.28%
59.70%
58.68%
Separated
0.89%
0.86%
0.85%
1.10%
Widowed
1.90%
2.14%
2.39%
2.09%
Divorced
11.34%
10.73%
9.65% *
11.01%
 
Females 15 years and over
513,564
504,317 *
502,446 *
484,397 *
Never married
22.38%
21.44%
21.28%
21.66%
Now married, except separated
55.85%
56.03%
56.74%
56.53%
Separated
1.13%
1.39%
1.67% *
1.49%
Widowed
8.33%
8.43%
8.73%
8.80%
Divorced
12.31%
12.72%
11.58%
11.51%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
17,168
16,356
15,074
15,720
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
18.45%
23.17%
25.78%
27.49%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
21
27
28
32
As a percent of all women with a birth
18.5
23.2
25.8
27.5
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
52
50
46
49
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
19
30
12
32
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
103
101
93
110
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
27
21
22
14 *
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
14,474
16,313
18,666 *
17,346
Responsible for grandchildren
30.72%
36.17%
29.32%
33.10%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
21.43%
30.96%
20.69%
23.36%
1 or 2 years
10.57%
22.59%
21.78%
25.73%
3 or 4 years
37.60%
28.98%
20.49%
29.00%
5 or more years
30.40%
17.47%
37.04%
21.91%
 
Percent who are female
59.3
63.1
54.6
54.0
Percent who are married
76.5
72.7
85.2
88.4
Percent who are in labor force
66.3
80.4
65.7
66.8
Percent who are in poverty
12.9
18.3
3.7
4.4
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
946,500
931,356 *
929,679 *
891,805 *
Civilian veterans
13.52%
14.94% *
14.66% *
14.93% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,237,393
1,225,833 *
1,212,349 *
1,183,998 *
Same house
86.75%
87.40%
87.41%
85.14% *
Different house in the U.S.
12.89%
12.35%
12.16%
14.54% *
Same county
7.08%
7.09%
6.64%
7.70%
Different county
5.81%
5.26%
5.52%
6.85%
Same state
2.05%
1.92%
1.62%
2.68%
Different state
3.75%
3.34%
3.90%
4.16%
Abroad
0.36%
0.26%
0.43%
0.32%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,251,572
1,238,917 c
1,223,636 c
1,200,247 c
Native
94.95%
95.48%
95.32%
95.46%
Born in United States
93.98%
94.50%
94.39%
94.44%
State of residence
42.23%
42.81%
43.47%
43.50%
Different state
51.75%
51.69%
50.92%
50.93%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.98%
0.98%
0.93%
1.02%
Foreign born
5.05%
4.52%
4.68%
4.54%
Naturalized citizen
43.58%
43.63%
50.11% *
45.79%
Not a citizen
56.42%
56.37%
49.89%
54.21%
Entered 1990 or later
46.23%
47.08%
35.76% *
36.27% *
Entered before 1990
53.77%
52.92%
64.24% *
63.73% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
63,149
56,020
57,215
54,495 *
Europe
31.96%
29.62%
29.53%
34.15%
Asia
27.80%
26.52%
26.66%
25.39%
Africa
6.32%
5.88%
6.81%
0.90% *
Oceania
0.34%
0.51%
1.18%
0.12%
Latin America
16.58%
17.43%
14.31%
17.87%
Northern America
16.99%
20.04%
21.50%
21.58%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,179,322
1,165,699 *
1,155,084 *
1,123,377 *
English only
91.92%
92.57%
91.85%
92.56%
Language other than English
8.08%
7.43%
8.15%
7.44%
Speak English less than "very well"
2.73%
2.60%
2.62%
2.16% *
Spanish
1.64%
1.77%
1.56%
1.40%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.78%
0.82%
0.67%
0.58%
Other Indo-European languages
5.03%
4.44%
5.28%
5.07%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.34%
1.21%
1.34%
1.14%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
1.08%
1.04%
0.99%
0.83%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.53%
0.51%
0.39%
0.42%
Other languages
0.32%
0.19%
0.33%
0.14%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.07%
0.07%
0.22%
0.02%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,251,572
1,238,917 c
1,223,636 c
1,200,247 c
Arab
0.48%
0.60%
0.51%
0.44%
Czech
0.22%
0.13%
0.17%
0.20%
Danish
0.27%
0.39%
0.31%
0.46%
Dutch
1.15%
1.19%
1.05%
1.10%
English
20.12%
21.79% *
21.50%
21.56% *
French (except Basque)
17.38%
17.85%
18.96% *
16.66%
French Canadian
9.28%
8.60%
9.64%
10.52% *
German
10.30%
10.24%
8.80% *
10.36%
Greek
1.30%
1.61%
1.57%
1.38%
Hungarian
0.50%
0.15% *
0.44%
0.33%
Irish
21.12%
22.83% *
21.94%
20.86%
Italian
10.41%
8.96% *
9.45%
8.47% *
Lithuanian
0.58%
0.79%
0.93% *
1.00% *
Norwegian
0.90%
1.06%
0.78%
0.95%
Polish
4.55%
4.27%
5.29%
4.50%
Portuguese
1.30%
1.05%
0.93%
1.10%
Russian
0.96%
1.03%
0.78%
0.76%
Scotch-Irish
2.66%
2.43%
2.97%
2.42%
Scottish
5.17%
5.16%
5.83%
5.53%
Slovak
0.30%
0.04% *
0.05% *
0.17%
Subsaharan African
0.40%
0.25%
0.30%
0.06% *
Swedish
2.00%
2.09%
2.35%
2.56%
Swiss
0.18%
0.23%
0.21%
0.29%
Ukrainian
0.37%
0.39%
0.26%
0.25%
United States or American
4.53%
5.16%
4.58%
5.47% *
Welsh
0.60%
0.52%
1.06% *
0.86%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.14%
0.21%
0.22%
0.25%
 
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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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