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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
4,839,349
4,871,830
4,839,068
4,896,545
Nursery school, preschool
6.08%
5.89%
5.81%
6.24%
Kindergarten
4.86%
5.31% *
5.36% *
5.18%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
42.41%
43.66% *
44.42% *
44.31% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
22.12%
21.56%
21.47% *
21.45% *
College or graduate school
24.54%
23.58% *
22.94% *
22.82% *
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
12,503,233
12,396,264 *
12,276,420 *
12,184,401 *
Less than 9th grade
7.02%
7.05%
6.42% *
6.94%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
9.80%
10.96% *
11.50% *
12.01% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
29.46%
29.22%
29.93%
28.84% *
Some college, no degree
16.07%
16.15%
16.87% *
16.83% *
Associate degree
7.94%
7.34% *
7.38% *
7.27% *
Bachelor's degree
17.16%
16.68% *
16.35% *
16.25% *
Graduate or professional degree
12.55%
12.60%
11.54% *
11.86% *
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
83.2
82.0 *
82.1 *
81.0 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
29.7
29.3
27.9 *
28.1 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
7,035,194
6,973,631 *
6,882,297 *
6,823,682 *
Never married
35.23%
34.38% *
34.17% *
34.26% *
Now married, except separated
53.19%
52.88%
53.57%
53.48%
Separated
2.42%
3.05% *
3.08% *
2.56%
Widowed
2.63%
2.87%
2.84%
3.19% *
Divorced
6.52%
6.82%
6.35%
6.50%
 
Females 15 years and over
7,821,704
7,766,474 *
7,716,199 *
7,675,026 *
Never married
29.86%
29.19% *
28.77% *
29.26%
Now married, except separated
46.06%
46.50%
47.12% *
46.63%
Separated
4.39%
4.27%
4.57%
3.76% *
Widowed
10.33%
10.53%
10.60%
11.06% *
Divorced
9.35%
9.50%
8.95%
9.29%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
234,500
270,796 *
282,624 *
293,052 *
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
27.05%
26.87%
31.25% *
32.44% *
Per 1,000 unmarried women
25
30
36 *
39 *
As a percent of all women with a birth
27.1
26.9
31.3 *
32.4 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
48
55 *
57 *
60 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
18
22
24
32 *
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
89
94
97
102 *
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
21
32 *
33 *
31 *
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
388,195
402,262
380,704
410,829
Responsible for grandchildren
33.53%
32.60%
36.94%
34.73%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
18.37%
22.52%
25.90% *
21.43%
1 or 2 years
20.75%
23.36%
29.57% *
17.92%
3 or 4 years
17.64%
14.02%
14.53%
20.33%
5 or more years
43.24%
40.10%
29.99% *
40.32%
 
Percent who are female
65.5
69.6
67.1
64.4
Percent who are married
65.2
66.2
69.9
69.8
Percent who are in labor force
53.0
54.2
53.5
48.2
Percent who are in poverty
24.1
19.9
21.6
25.2
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
14,091,013
13,980,589 *
13,855,198 *
13,734,034 *
Civilian veterans
8.07%
8.52% *
8.86% *
9.16% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
18,378,403
18,342,933 *
18,208,113 *
18,170,095 *
Same house
89.45%
89.01%
89.49%
88.96%
Different house in the U.S.
10.01%
10.37%
9.81%
10.18%
Same county
6.84%
7.34%
6.60%
6.81%
Different county
3.17%
3.03%
3.21%
3.36%
Same state
2.15%
1.92%
2.07%
2.23%
Different state
1.02%
1.10%
1.14%
1.13%
Abroad
0.55%
0.61%
0.70% *
0.87% *
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
18,600,527
18,571,545 c
18,433,370 c
18,395,996 c
Native
79.17%
79.07%
79.75% *
79.74% *
Born in United States
76.70%
76.43%
76.95%
77.18%
State of residence
65.53%
65.33%
66.04%
65.70%
Different state
11.17%
11.10%
10.90%
11.47%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
2.48%
2.64%
2.80% *
2.57%
Foreign born
20.83%
20.93%
20.25% *
20.26% *
Naturalized citizen
50.91%
50.27%
49.31% *
46.56% *
Not a citizen
49.09%
49.73%
50.69% *
53.44% *
Entered 1990 or later
44.44%
43.55%
40.17% *
39.89% *
Entered before 1990
55.56%
56.45%
59.83% *
60.11% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
3,873,687
3,886,791
3,732,885 *
3,726,075 *
Europe
20.12%
20.45%
22.14% *
21.91% *
Asia
24.70%
24.37%
25.14%
24.91%
Africa
3.25%
3.37%
3.09%
2.77%
Oceania
0.12%
0.15%
0.18%
0.16%
Latin America
50.12%
50.15%
47.87% *
48.45% *
Northern America
1.68%
1.50%
1.58%
1.80%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
17,394,711
17,349,438 *
17,226,942 *
17,154,284 *
English only
72.53%
72.61%
73.33% *
72.82%
Language other than English
27.47%
27.39%
26.67% *
27.18%
Speak English less than "very well"
13.49%
12.86% *
12.07% *
12.07% *
Spanish
14.14%
13.99%
13.52% *
13.57% *
Speak English less than "very well"
7.12%
6.73% *
6.04% *
6.09% *
Other Indo-European languages
8.23%
8.30%
8.33%
8.56%
Speak English less than "very well"
3.57%
3.26% *
3.28% *
3.34%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
4.11%
4.02%
3.78% *
3.84% *
Speak English less than "very well"
2.53%
2.51%
2.35%
2.24% *
Other languages
1.00%
1.08%
1.05%
1.22% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.27%
0.37% *
0.41% *
0.39% *
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
18,600,527
18,571,545 c
18,433,370 c
18,395,996 c
Arab
0.58%
0.77% *
0.63%
0.67%
Czech
0.28%
0.27%
0.29%
0.31%
Danish
0.20%
0.20%
0.18%
0.18%
Dutch
1.43%
1.58%
1.53%
1.54%
English
6.75%
7.04%
7.15%
7.05%
French (except Basque)
3.41%
3.50%
3.79%
3.68%
French Canadian
0.96%
1.00%
0.83%
0.86%
German
11.24%
11.77%
11.81%
11.64%
Greek
0.70%
0.76%
0.74%
0.89% *
Hungarian
0.85%
0.80%
0.83%
0.82%
Irish
13.48%
13.38%
13.17%
13.74%
Italian
14.46%
14.53%
14.99%
14.79%
Lithuanian
0.27%
0.30%
0.27%
0.26%
Norwegian
0.49%
0.46%
0.47%
0.52%
Polish
5.06%
5.10%
5.17%
5.24%
Portuguese
0.28%
0.28%
0.24%
0.29%
Russian
2.62%
2.40% *
2.59%
2.80%
Scotch-Irish
0.74%
0.86% *
0.90% *
1.01% *
Scottish
1.27%
1.37%
1.21%
1.24%
Slovak
0.23%
0.22%
0.20%
0.17% *
Subsaharan African
0.97%
1.02%
0.76% *
0.87%
Swedish
0.71%
0.81%
0.73%
0.80%
Swiss
0.19%
0.24%
0.20%
0.21%
Ukrainian
0.74%
0.74%
0.63% *
0.76%
United States or American
3.67%
4.20% *
4.00%
3.87%
Welsh
0.47%
0.46%
0.58%
0.57%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
3.81%
3.49% *
2.81% *
3.98%
 
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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.
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