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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
146,250
146,142
141,646
146,227
Nursery school, preschool
6.53%
5.46%
4.61% *
4.95% *
Kindergarten
4.69%
4.14%
4.23%
5.23%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
42.07%
45.69% *
45.03% *
47.38% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
25.14%
23.40% *
25.31%
23.26% *
College or graduate school
21.56%
21.32%
20.83%
19.19%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
410,797
407,818 *
410,309
398,866 *
Less than 9th grade
4.38%
3.98%
4.77%
5.07%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
6.98%
8.23% *
8.71% *
7.93% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
33.28%
33.56%
32.28%
35.19% *
Some college, no degree
15.55%
15.54%
16.72%
15.46%
Associate degree
7.78%
7.87%
7.65%
8.00%
Bachelor's degree
19.93%
18.49% *
18.64%
17.50% *
Graduate or professional degree
12.10%
12.33%
11.22%
10.85% *
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
88.6
87.8
86.5 *
87.0 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
32.0
30.8
29.9 *
28.3 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
238,553
235,065 *
234,588 *
227,365 *
Never married
29.81%
29.85%
28.36%
27.63% *
Now married, except separated
55.93%
57.25%
58.79% *
58.01%
Separated
1.00%
1.29%
1.15%
1.13%
Widowed
2.37%
2.41%
2.45%
2.39%
Divorced
10.89%
9.20% *
9.24% *
10.83%
 
Females 15 years and over
250,755
248,596 *
250,361
240,794 *
Never married
24.92%
22.87% *
22.95% *
22.80% *
Now married, except separated
51.99%
54.86% *
54.85% *
55.10% *
Separated
1.03%
1.14%
1.43%
1.20%
Widowed
9.36%
8.80%
9.83%
9.19%
Divorced
12.70%
12.33%
10.94% *
11.72%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
6,747
5,951
7,865
8,362
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
29.46%
32.80%
23.62%
34.62%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
26
28
26
43
As a percent of all women with a birth
29.5
32.8
23.6
34.6
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
44
38
50
55
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
24
20
18
57
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
91
70
102
103
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
17
23
24
22
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
5,664
6,738
6,402
5,705
Responsible for grandchildren
39.34%
35.60%
24.32% *
50.06%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
31.82%
8.59% *
27.23%
23.88%
1 or 2 years
29.76%
36.85%
38.47%
32.84%
3 or 4 years
14.95%
29.35%
23.12%
12.04%
5 or more years
23.47%
25.22%
11.18%
31.23%
 
Percent who are female
71.7
61.1
63.7
64.7
Percent who are married
58.8
83.9 *
69.3
72.6
Percent who are in labor force
63.4
58.5
84.5 *
60.0
Percent who are in poverty
10.4
6.4
16.0
5.9
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
461,620
455,887 *
458,339 *
440,890 *
Civilian veterans
12.59%
13.73% *
12.27%
13.41%
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
592,539
591,489
586,979 *
581,863 *
Same house
86.90%
87.23%
87.91%
85.40%
Different house in the U.S.
12.89%
12.52%
11.82%
14.24%
Same county
8.07%
7.89%
7.15%
9.33%
Different county
4.82%
4.63%
4.67%
4.92%
Same state
2.17%
1.43% *
1.59% *
1.81%
Different state
2.65%
3.20%
3.08%
3.10%
Abroad
0.21%
0.25%
0.28%
0.35%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
598,352
595,826 c
592,321 c
588,067 c
Native
96.51%
96.15%
96.28%
96.52%
Born in United States
95.63%
95.29%
95.52%
95.67%
State of residence
55.72%
54.01% *
54.39%
55.14%
Different state
39.92%
41.28%
41.12%
40.53%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.88%
0.86%
0.77%
0.85%
Foreign born
3.49%
3.85%
3.72%
3.48%
Naturalized citizen
54.37%
53.40%
53.99%
49.82%
Not a citizen
45.63%
46.60%
46.01%
50.18%
Entered 1990 or later
49.18%
40.62%
39.68%
39.25%
Entered before 1990
50.82%
59.38%
60.32%
60.75%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
20,897
22,929
22,030
20,488
Europe
38.11%
36.47%
39.65%
43.66%
Asia
22.53%
26.15%
23.76%
16.39% *
Africa
4.82%
3.78%
1.09%
3.33%
Oceania
0.61%
0.40%
0.44%
1.28%
Latin America
6.91%
6.32%
6.77%
5.45%
Northern America
27.02%
26.89%
28.29%
29.89%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
567,271
564,068 *
562,947 *
554,684 *
English only
94.88%
95.05%
95.24%
94.89%
Language other than English
5.12%
4.95%
4.76%
5.11%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.49%
1.25%
1.28%
1.46%
Spanish
0.60%
0.84%
0.68%
0.83%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.14%
0.14%
0.10%
0.19%
Other Indo-European languages
3.67%
3.18%
3.25%
3.60%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.92%
0.79%
0.95%
0.99%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
0.62%
0.52%
0.61%
0.56%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.30%
0.17%
0.16%
0.27%
Other languages
0.24%
0.41%
0.22%
0.12%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.12%
0.15%
0.07%
0.01%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
598,352
595,826 c
592,321 c
588,067 c
Arab
0.28%
0.54% *
0.33%
0.26%
Czech
0.22%
0.28%
0.42% *
0.24%
Danish
0.38%
0.41%
0.28%
0.35%
Dutch
1.45%
1.73%
1.55%
1.67%
English
21.50%
23.04%
21.58%
20.98%
French (except Basque)
20.48%
18.34% *
19.66%
19.63%
French Canadian
7.96%
8.82%
7.90%
8.17%
German
10.15%
9.63%
10.79%
10.23%
Greek
0.47%
0.39%
0.30%
0.30%
Hungarian
0.53%
0.49%
0.58%
0.62%
Irish
17.64%
17.57%
18.16%
17.69%
Italian
6.34%
6.72%
6.55%
7.04%
Lithuanian
0.32%
0.19%
0.38%
0.29%
Norwegian
0.91%
0.72%
0.54% *
0.85%
Polish
3.68%
2.79% *
3.44%
4.20%
Portuguese
0.42%
0.44%
0.43%
0.32%
Russian
1.22%
1.32%
1.40%
1.30%
Scotch-Irish
2.56%
3.24% *
2.05% *
2.04% *
Scottish
5.79%
4.90% *
5.34%
4.93% *
Slovak
0.12%
0.14%
0.15%
0.05%
Subsaharan African
0.15%
0.18%
0.03%
0.25%
Swedish
1.54%
1.67%
1.74%
1.51%
Swiss
0.23%
0.28%
0.28%
0.26%
Ukrainian
0.29%
0.22%
0.37%
0.24%
United States or American
6.21%
6.74%
7.38% *
8.02% *
Welsh
1.38%
1.29%
1.21%
0.91% *
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.02%
0.08%
0.07%
0.01%
 
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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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