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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
2,217,067
2,194,664
2,025,397 *
2,132,946 *
Nursery school, preschool
7.62%
8.71% *
7.60%
8.36%
Kindergarten
5.12%
5.14%
5.01%
5.60%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
44.07%
45.05% *
45.02% *
44.67%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
22.03%
21.31%
21.03% *
20.33% *
College or graduate school
21.16%
19.80% *
21.35%
21.04%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
5,658,565
5,647,970
5,720,017 *
5,532,569 *
Less than 9th grade
5.95%
5.44% *
5.56%
5.59%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
8.71%
9.17%
9.68% *
10.81% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
31.23%
30.85%
30.71%
30.41%
Some college, no degree
16.44%
17.04%
17.06%
16.68%
Associate degree
5.56%
5.93%
5.20%
5.49%
Bachelor's degree
20.34%
20.07%
20.10%
19.72%
Graduate or professional degree
11.78%
11.50%
11.68%
11.31%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
85.3
85.4
84.8
83.6 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
32.1
31.6
31.8
31.0 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
3,179,222
3,150,358 *
3,158,669 *
3,074,832 *
Never married
30.90%
30.08%
30.79%
31.08%
Now married, except separated
58.23%
59.10%
58.85%
58.06%
Separated
1.92%
1.56%
1.75%
1.70%
Widowed
2.62%
2.74%
2.73%
2.75%
Divorced
6.33%
6.51%
5.88%
6.40%
 
Females 15 years and over
3,479,949
3,458,866 *
3,503,168 *
3,395,448 *
Never married
26.22%
26.17%
24.98% *
26.23%
Now married, except separated
52.26%
52.55%
52.16%
51.13% *
Separated
2.55%
2.70%
2.88%
2.28%
Widowed
10.24%
10.15%
10.71%
11.25% *
Divorced
8.72%
8.43%
9.27%
9.12%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
117,069
113,388
138,972 *
133,910 *
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
20.87%
26.87%
22.14%
22.76%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
25
31
31
31
As a percent of all women with a birth
20.9
26.9
22.1
22.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
54
52
62 *
62 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
16
19
31 *
32 *
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
105
104
121
115
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
26
24
28
30
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
181,662
202,041
212,482 *
159,149 *
Responsible for grandchildren
37.61%
35.38%
36.08%
36.21%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
16.75%
21.50%
18.66%
22.29%
1 or 2 years
37.00%
25.66% *
31.97%
23.86% *
3 or 4 years
14.85%
15.45%
11.74%
15.75%
5 or more years
31.40%
37.39%
37.64%
38.09%
 
Percent who are female
67.8
63.8
67.2
64.3
Percent who are married
71.1
69.3
71.3
66.5
Percent who are in labor force
60.2
59.2
55.1
51.1
Percent who are in poverty
19.3
11.5 *
19.0
20.2
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
6,312,382
6,269,953 *
6,350,523 *
6,134,403 *
Civilian veterans
9.26%
9.87% *
9.53%
10.28% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
8,334,828
8,293,246 *
8,188,991 *
8,114,527 *
Same house
88.18%
88.17%
88.68%
87.96%
Different house in the U.S.
11.04%
10.92%
10.35%
11.26%
Same county
6.90%
6.58%
6.04% *
6.71%
Different county
4.14%
4.35%
4.31%
4.55%
Same state
2.33%
2.31%
2.60%
2.37%
Different state
1.81%
2.03%
1.71%
2.18% *
Abroad
0.78%
0.91%
0.97%
0.78%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
8,444,076
8,395,357 c
8,289,599 c
8,219,529 c
Native
80.80%
81.12%
81.93% *
82.59% *
Born in United States
78.77%
78.86%
79.44%
80.32% *
State of residence
53.23%
52.93%
52.92%
53.10%
Different state
25.54%
25.92%
26.52% *
27.21% *
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
2.02%
2.26%
2.49% *
2.27%
Foreign born
19.20%
18.88%
18.07% *
17.41% *
Naturalized citizen
46.45%
48.43% *
45.82%
47.70%
Not a citizen
53.55%
51.57%
54.18%
52.30%
Entered 1990 or later
50.20%
46.55% *
47.00% *
40.40% *
Entered before 1990
49.80%
53.45% *
53.00% *
59.60% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
1,621,397
1,585,222
1,498,211 *
1,431,019 *
Europe
21.22%
23.62% *
22.80%
22.80%
Asia
28.61%
28.20%
28.63%
29.36% *
Africa
4.99%
4.30%
4.20%
4.74%
Oceania
0.11%
0.15%
0.18%
0.19%
Latin America
43.55%
42.09%
43.08%
41.82%
Northern America
1.52%
1.64%
1.11%
1.08%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
7,887,106
7,834,495 *
7,774,277 *
7,661,313 *
English only
73.72%
73.61%
74.50% *
74.70% *
Language other than English
26.28%
26.39%
25.50% *
25.30% *
Speak English less than "very well"
12.35%
11.73% *
11.72% *
10.29% *
Spanish
13.01%
12.83%
12.84%
12.22% *
Speak English less than "very well"
7.06%
6.53% *
6.55% *
5.69% *
Other Indo-European languages
8.35%
8.30%
8.19%
8.21%
Speak English less than "very well"
3.22%
3.07%
3.12%
2.73% *
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
3.73%
3.94%
3.46%
3.69%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.71%
1.67%
1.74%
1.52%
Other languages
1.19%
1.32%
1.01%
1.20%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.36%
0.46%
0.31%
0.34%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
8,444,076
8,395,357 c
8,289,599 c
8,219,529 c
Arab
0.80%
0.96%
0.98%
0.93%
Czech
0.31%
0.36%
0.33%
0.30%
Danish
0.21%
0.26%
0.28%
0.29% *
Dutch
1.47%
1.40%
1.63%
1.66%
English
6.60%
6.71%
6.88%
6.86%
French (except Basque)
1.45%
1.55%
1.72% *
1.80% *
French Canadian
0.33%
0.37%
0.38%
0.28%
German
12.91%
13.24%
14.30% *
13.00%
Greek
0.90%
0.88%
0.74%
0.79%
Hungarian
1.38%
1.52%
1.48%
1.66% *
Irish
16.23%
17.01% *
16.59%
17.26% *
Italian
18.92%
18.61%
18.30%
18.41%
Lithuanian
0.39%
0.46%
0.48%
0.53% *
Norwegian
0.58%
0.60%
0.65%
0.55%
Polish
6.97%
7.35%
7.29%
7.16%
Portuguese
1.05%
1.07%
0.85%
0.93%
Russian
2.37%
2.49%
2.55%
2.48%
Scotch-Irish
1.04%
1.17%
1.04%
1.18%
Scottish
1.46%
1.51%
1.38%
1.31%
Slovak
0.63%
0.61%
0.65%
0.68%
Subsaharan African
1.14%
0.71% *
0.65% *
0.85%
Swedish
0.64%
0.79%
0.89% *
0.70%
Swiss
0.18%
0.29% *
0.30% *
0.25%
Ukrainian
0.79%
0.83%
0.89%
1.02% *
United States or American
2.99%
3.15%
3.48% *
2.71%
Welsh
0.42%
0.44%
0.62% *
0.52%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
1.50%
1.28%
1.27%
1.53%
 
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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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