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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
6,034,668
5,962,289 *
5,858,355 *
5,666,610 *
Nursery school, preschool
6.61%
6.32%
6.35%
6.23%
Kindergarten
5.79%
6.24% *
5.93%
5.90%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
45.70%
46.02%
47.14% *
46.80% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
22.66%
21.72% *
21.66% *
22.30%
College or graduate school
19.25%
19.70%
18.93%
18.77%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
13,188,692
13,032,477 *
12,613,324 *
12,419,245 *
Less than 9th grade
10.74%
10.51%
10.76%
10.77%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
11.50%
11.81%
12.21% *
12.46% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
26.34%
25.98%
25.74%
26.38%
Some college, no degree
21.03%
21.41%
21.53%
21.73% *
Associate degree
5.90%
5.82%
5.60%
5.19% *
Bachelor's degree
16.41%
16.47%
16.40%
16.04%
Graduate or professional degree
8.08%
8.00%
7.77%
7.43% *
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
77.8
77.7
77.0 *
76.8 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
24.5
24.5
24.2
23.5 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
7,964,943
7,850,461 *
7,601,452 *
7,485,480 *
Never married
28.80%
28.58%
29.13%
29.00%
Now married, except separated
59.04%
59.21%
58.63%
58.71%
Separated
1.87%
1.75%
2.05%
1.90%
Widowed
2.10%
2.16%
1.97%
2.00%
Divorced
8.19%
8.31%
8.22%
8.39%
 
Females 15 years and over
8,349,221
8,261,814 *
8,047,409 *
7,905,784 *
Never married
23.45%
23.48%
23.12%
22.96%
Now married, except separated
53.52%
53.79%
53.48%
53.13%
Separated
3.26%
3.21%
3.30%
3.23%
Widowed
8.62%
8.32%
8.38%
8.97%
Divorced
11.15%
11.20%
11.72% *
11.72% *
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
350,430
381,388 *
355,740
373,328
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
25.98%
28.19%
26.79%
27.13%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
36
44 *
39
42
As a percent of all women with a birth
26.0
28.2
26.8
27.1
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
61
68 *
64
68 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
40
62 *
56 *
62 *
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
114
122
117
122
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
19
20
20
21
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
553,617
550,195
540,244
527,275
Responsible for grandchildren
45.54%
47.44%
45.60%
45.49%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
27.13%
27.55%
23.91%
25.08%
1 or 2 years
22.35%
22.78%
24.33%
23.99%
3 or 4 years
14.42%
12.30%
14.78%
15.44%
5 or more years
36.11%
37.36%
36.97%
35.49%
 
Percent who are female
61.0
59.6
59.9
60.8
Percent who are married
76.4
75.3
77.4
75.7
Percent who are in labor force
61.1
62.3
62.1
57.2
Percent who are in poverty
22.3
19.3
22.5
24.4
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
15,285,106
15,085,882 *
14,592,648 *
14,359,092 *
Civilian veterans
10.66%
11.02% *
11.34% *
11.55% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
21,203,283
20,873,009 *
20,442,963 *
19,991,270 *
Same house
83.13%
82.66%
82.11% *
81.21% *
Different house in the U.S.
16.22%
16.49%
17.05% *
17.85% *
Same county
10.84%
11.03%
11.50% *
11.30%
Different county
5.37%
5.47%
5.55%
6.55% *
Same state
3.68%
3.69%
3.48%
4.03% *
Different state
1.70%
1.78%
2.06% *
2.52% *
Abroad
0.65%
0.85% *
0.84% *
0.95% *
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
21,547,821
21,215,494 c
20,764,441 c
20,290,711 c
Native
84.42%
84.80%
85.47% *
85.93% *
Born in United States
83.20%
83.73%
84.32% *
84.77% *
State of residence
60.97%
61.38%
60.97%
61.70%
Different state
22.23%
22.35%
23.35% *
23.07%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
1.22%
1.07% *
1.15%
1.16%
Foreign born
15.58%
15.20%
14.53% *
14.07% *
Naturalized citizen
31.15%
31.69%
30.49%
31.59%
Not a citizen
68.85%
68.31%
69.51%
68.41%
Entered 1990 or later
52.73%
50.88% *
46.88% *
46.94% *
Entered before 1990
47.27%
49.12% *
53.12% *
53.06% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
3,357,523
3,225,201 *
3,017,066 *
2,855,376 *
Europe
4.49%
5.03%
5.30% *
4.82%
Asia
16.41%
16.63%
16.18%
16.95% *
Africa
2.22%
2.25%
1.99%
2.20%
Oceania
0.26%
0.27%
0.19%
0.19%
Latin America
75.41%
74.77%
74.98%
74.40%
Northern America
1.22%
1.05%
1.37%
1.43%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
19,751,381
19,511,661 *
19,046,046 *
18,670,252 *
English only
67.51%
68.54% *
67.76%
68.62% *
Language other than English
32.49%
31.46% *
32.24%
31.38% *
Speak English less than "very well"
14.79%
13.58% *
13.54% *
14.04% *
Spanish
28.18%
27.37% *
28.04%
27.22% *
Speak English less than "very well"
13.13%
12.09% *
11.97% *
12.52%
Other Indo-European languages
1.83%
1.70%
1.78%
1.76%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.51%
0.40% *
0.47%
0.40% *
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
2.02%
1.96%
1.98%
1.98%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.98%
0.98%
0.97%
1.00%
Other languages
0.46%
0.43%
0.44%
0.43%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.17%
0.11% *
0.13%
0.12%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
21,547,821
21,215,494 c
20,764,441 c
20,290,711 c
Arab
0.34%
0.37%
0.36%
0.29%
Czech
0.82%
0.84%
0.85%
0.89%
Danish
0.22%
0.19%
0.23%
0.22%
Dutch
1.14%
1.15%
1.15%
1.18%
English
8.52%
8.61%
8.03%
8.13%
French (except Basque)
2.44%
2.62%
2.83% *
2.76% *
French Canadian
0.30%
0.31%
0.35%
0.31%
German
10.97%
11.63% *
11.72% *
10.94%
Greek
0.19%
0.15%
0.17%
0.13% *
Hungarian
0.16%
0.20%
0.18%
0.19%
Irish
8.15%
8.43%
8.74% *
8.49%
Italian
1.87%
1.88%
1.86%
1.82%
Lithuanian
0.04%
0.08% *
0.06%
0.06%
Norwegian
0.49%
0.60% *
0.64% *
0.64% *
Polish
1.08%
1.09%
1.12%
1.15%
Portuguese
0.12%
0.09%
0.11%
0.06% *
Russian
0.33%
0.30%
0.28%
0.32%
Scotch-Irish
1.73%
1.96% *
1.85%
1.96% *
Scottish
1.56%
1.68%
1.79% *
1.56%
Slovak
0.02%
0.05% *
0.06% *
0.06% *
Subsaharan African
0.56%
0.49%
0.58%
0.48%
Swedish
0.63%
0.69%
0.76% *
0.63%
Swiss
0.13%
0.15%
0.15%
0.16%
Ukrainian
0.07%
0.07%
0.09%
0.08%
United States or American
7.23%
7.85%
6.77%
7.69%
Welsh
0.45%
0.44%
0.43%
0.40%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.25%
0.14% *
0.17%
0.20%
 
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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).

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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