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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
189,926
190,222
182,957 *
188,996
Nursery school, preschool
5.66%
5.50%
4.81% *
4.24% *
Kindergarten
5.96%
5.21%
5.40%
5.39%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
44.42%
44.78%
44.21%
45.67%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
23.87%
24.03%
24.19%
26.19% *
College or graduate school
20.10%
20.47%
21.39%
18.51%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
469,606
468,434
472,463 *
460,514 *
Less than 9th grade
5.60%
5.92%
6.01%
6.05%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
5.79%
6.50%
6.34%
7.32% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
33.86%
33.40%
33.21%
32.60%
Some college, no degree
22.78%
22.63%
23.18%
23.01%
Associate degree
8.86%
7.96% *
7.57% *
7.54% *
Bachelor's degree
17.21%
17.46%
17.47%
17.01%
Graduate or professional degree
5.90%
6.14%
6.22%
6.47%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
88.6
87.6
87.7
86.6 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
23.1
23.6
23.7
23.5
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
282,719
281,321 *
282,872
276,116 *
Never married
29.35%
28.66%
27.98%
28.48%
Now married, except separated
59.62%
59.58%
61.39% *
58.64%
Separated
0.79%
0.76%
0.81%
1.01%
Widowed
2.03%
2.40%
2.13%
3.01% *
Divorced
8.21%
8.60%
7.69%
8.86%
 
Females 15 years and over
294,082
292,747
295,735 *
287,615 *
Never married
20.84%
22.43% *
21.38%
23.38% *
Now married, except separated
58.54%
55.70% *
57.88%
55.03% *
Separated
1.10%
1.10%
1.29%
1.20%
Widowed
10.67%
10.12%
9.99%
11.19%
Divorced
8.86%
10.65% *
9.46%
9.20%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
10,146
11,657
12,270
10,424
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
28.57%
26.11%
26.05%
27.08%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
38
37
40
34
As a percent of all women with a birth
28.6
26.1
26.0
27.1
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
55
64
66
57
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
33
27
20
21
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
114
124
140
128
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
13
27 *
19 *
12
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
4,972
5,432
7,334 *
5,470
Responsible for grandchildren
50.68%
48.32%
55.13%
47.07%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
39.96%
25.68%
21.79%
10.21% *
1 or 2 years
7.74%
23.81% *
21.20% *
23.84% *
3 or 4 years
17.74%
14.32%
22.16%
36.19% *
5 or more years
34.56%
36.19%
34.85%
29.75%
 
Percent who are female
63.8
56.3
67.6
67.1
Percent who are married
64.8
77.6
78.4
82.1 *
Percent who are in labor force
70.8
76.9
72.0
80.2
Percent who are in poverty
10.4
7.3
6.2
3.0
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
538,835
535,118 *
539,673
523,342 *
Civilian veterans
13.44%
13.04%
14.59% *
14.25%
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
726,082
722,278 *
718,457 *
716,841 *
Same house
85.37%
84.17%
85.20%
83.95%
Different house in the U.S.
14.29%
15.71%
14.19%
15.73%
Same county
8.69%
9.49%
7.99%
9.57%
Different county
5.60%
6.22%
6.20%
6.17%
Same state
3.07%
3.47%
3.06%
3.60%
Different state
2.54%
2.76%
3.13%
2.57%
Abroad
0.34%
0.12% *
0.61%
0.32%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
735,349
731,963 c
727,968 c
726,426 c
Native
98.29%
98.12%
97.54% *
98.24%
Born in United States
97.73%
97.53%
96.95% *
97.58%
State of residence
67.38%
67.23%
66.63%
66.87%
Different state
30.35%
30.30%
30.32%
30.71%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.56%
0.59%
0.58%
0.66%
Foreign born
1.71%
1.88%
2.46% *
1.76%
Naturalized citizen
44.53%
44.33%
42.85%
41.42%
Not a citizen
55.47%
55.67%
57.15%
58.58%
Entered 1990 or later
55.20%
58.46%
62.03%
51.67%
Entered before 1990
44.80%
41.54%
37.97%
48.33%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
12,595
13,791
17,939 *
12,790
Europe
31.31%
22.76%
28.84%
23.97%
Asia
29.16%
32.19%
32.49%
31.31%
Africa
12.51%
7.86%
12.18%
9.13%
Oceania
1.71%
0.80%
0.09%
1.33%
Latin America
18.94%
22.15%
16.72%
21.29%
Northern America
6.37%
14.24% *
9.68%
12.97%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
683,219
681,039 *
681,467 *
676,802 *
English only
95.14%
94.40%
94.44%
95.35%
Language other than English
4.86%
5.60%
5.56%
4.65%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.70%
1.77%
2.29%
1.65%
Spanish
1.53%
1.76%
1.62%
1.61%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.55%
0.84%
0.53%
0.59%
Other Indo-European languages
2.39%
2.98%
2.75%
2.34%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.80%
0.58%
1.17%
0.78%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
0.38%
0.43%
0.69% *
0.23% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.21%
0.17%
0.32%
0.14%
Other languages
0.56%
0.43%
0.50%
0.47%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.14%
0.18%
0.27% *
0.14%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
735,349
731,963 c
727,968 c
726,426 c
Arab
0.23%
0.15%
0.30%
0.21%
Czech
2.32%
2.26%
2.07%
2.16%
Danish
2.30%
2.57%
2.62%
2.65%
Dutch
4.58%
4.85%
4.77%
5.01%
English
8.48%
9.73%
8.73%
8.82%
French (except Basque)
2.77%
3.26%
3.50% *
3.54% *
French Canadian
0.53%
0.47%
0.63%
0.76%
German
47.91%
48.20%
47.67%
45.86%
Greek
0.19%
0.16%
0.14%
0.11%
Hungarian
0.16%
0.16%
0.15%
0.13%
Irish
11.46%
11.40%
12.06%
11.99%
Italian
1.15%
1.59%
1.38%
1.57%
Lithuanian
0.06%
0.03%
0.08%
0.05%
Norwegian
17.11%
16.20%
16.42%
16.88%
Polish
1.51%
1.67%
1.54%
1.75%
Portuguese
0.05%
0.05%
0.05%
0.12%
Russian
1.34%
1.26%
1.70%
1.40%
Scotch-Irish
1.32%
1.51%
1.47%
1.24%
Scottish
1.42%
1.56%
1.32%
1.29%
Slovak
0.05%
0.04%
0.19%
0.02%
Subsaharan African
0.24%
0.23%
0.38%
0.21%
Swedish
4.25%
4.25%
4.30%
4.31%
Swiss
0.57%
0.43%
0.56%
0.52%
Ukrainian
0.14%
0.06%
0.17%
0.14%
United States or American
4.70%
4.91%
3.85%
5.09%
Welsh
0.50%
0.54%
0.41%
0.54%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.08%
0.01% *
0.11%
0.04%
 
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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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