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Data followed by an * indicates a Significant Difference at the 90 percent level between that data and the data from the most current year.  Data followed by a "c" indicates the estimate for that year and the current year are both controlled; a statistical test is not appropriate.
TABLE 2. SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  2003
Estimate		 2002
Estimate		 2001
Estimate		 2000
Estimate
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
1,882,237
1,795,737 *
1,836,456 *
1,748,899 *
Nursery school, preschool
6.07%
6.69%
6.75%
6.75%
Kindergarten
5.54%
5.50%
4.98%
5.33%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
42.51%
43.80% *
44.92% *
44.54% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
21.32%
21.46%
21.01%
21.22%
College or graduate school
24.55%
22.55% *
22.34% *
22.16% *
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
4,731,871
4,676,826 *
4,581,483 *
4,555,970 *
Less than 9th grade
6.05%
6.11%
6.48%
6.64% *
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
9.48%
9.98%
10.34% *
10.86% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
27.12%
27.23%
26.41%
26.76%
Some college, no degree
18.99%
19.28%
19.30%
19.79%
Associate degree
6.14%
5.73%
6.14%
5.84%
Bachelor's degree
19.81%
18.80%
19.40%
18.30% *
Graduate or professional degree
12.42%
12.88%
11.93%
11.82% *
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
84.5
83.9
83.2 *
82.5 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
32.2
31.7
31.3
30.1 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
2,727,913
2,676,691 *
2,608,796 *
2,578,518 *
Never married
29.82%
29.33%
28.41% *
27.92% *
Now married, except separated
58.01%
58.66%
58.66%
59.36% *
Separated
2.21%
2.24%
2.40%
2.63%
Widowed
2.32%
2.33%
2.40%
2.10%
Divorced
7.63%
7.45%
8.13%
7.99%
 
Females 15 years and over
2,932,427
2,902,936 *
2,840,907 *
2,821,999 *
Never married
23.88%
23.69%
23.83%
23.07%
Now married, except separated
52.49%
53.08%
53.27%
53.41%
Separated
3.48%
3.67%
3.29%
3.23%
Widowed
9.24%
9.04%
9.70%
10.01% *
Divorced
10.91%
10.53%
9.91% *
10.29%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
97,682
109,965
98,244
113,937 *
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
23.62%
29.10%
26.73%
23.86%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
27
39 *
32
34
As a percent of all women with a birth
23.6
29.1
26.7
23.9
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
52
58
53
61 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
19
39 *
21
34
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
98
108
101
120 *
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
25
24
23
22
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
137,684
130,485
125,391
131,530
Responsible for grandchildren
46.72%
40.18%
46.97%
46.34%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
28.72%
25.19%
20.75%
25.66%
1 or 2 years
20.39%
17.16%
19.53%
23.47%
3 or 4 years
10.32%
16.77%
11.81%
12.33%
5 or more years
40.57%
40.89%
47.90%
38.54%
 
Percent who are female
62.7
61.7
69.4 *
57.9
Percent who are married
69.5
78.1 *
71.4
82.9 *
Percent who are in labor force
61.1
67.2
62.9
55.4
Percent who are in poverty
13.5
13.7
13.6
14.6
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
5,289,221
5,211,362 *
5,073,172 *
5,034,669 *
Civilian veterans
14.63%
14.56%
14.45%
15.11%
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
7,053,901
6,974,624 *
6,868,036 *
6,751,600 *
Same house
84.37%
83.73%
84.31%
83.31%
Different house in the U.S.
14.74%
15.65%
14.70%
15.85%
Same county
6.49%
7.08%
6.59%
6.96%
Different county
8.25%
8.56%
8.12%
8.89%
Same state
4.81%
5.23%
4.71%
4.92%
Different state
3.43%
3.33%
3.41%
3.96%
Abroad
0.89%
0.63% *
0.99%
0.85%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
7,151,960
7,063,247 c
6,956,276 c
6,847,117 c
Native
90.81%
91.19%
91.67% *
91.91% *
Born in United States
89.29%
89.82% *
90.05% *
90.44% *
State of residence
51.15%
51.32%
51.28%
50.96%
Different state
38.15%
38.50%
38.77%
39.48% *
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
1.52%
1.37%
1.62%
1.47%
Foreign born
9.19%
8.81%
8.33% *
8.09% *
Naturalized citizen
40.40%
39.61%
39.19%
44.13% *
Not a citizen
59.60%
60.39%
60.81%
55.87%
Entered 1990 or later
56.55%
54.93%
52.21% *
45.87% *
Entered before 1990
43.45%
45.07%
47.79% *
54.13% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
656,940
622,301 *
579,417 *
553,964 *
Europe
15.60%
14.08%
13.79%
15.90%
Asia
40.69%
41.88%
41.92%
41.35%
Africa
8.15%
6.72%
7.83%
6.51%
Oceania
0.56%
0.80%
0.56%
0.38%
Latin America
32.84%
34.70%
33.58%
33.56%
Northern America
2.16%
1.82%
2.32%
2.31%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
6,667,441
6,575,869 *
6,477,629 *
6,389,028 *
English only
88.03%
88.50%
89.14% *
89.39% *
Language other than English
11.97%
11.50%
10.86% *
10.61% *
Speak English less than "very well"
5.10%
4.76%
4.32% *
4.08% *
Spanish
4.82%
4.89%
4.72%
4.49%
Speak English less than "very well"
2.55%
2.44%
2.19% *
1.94% *
Other Indo-European languages
3.27%
2.91%
2.86% *
3.11%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.84%
0.80%
0.69%
0.86%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
3.02%
2.75%
2.64% *
2.24% *
Speak English less than "very well"
1.45%
1.26%
1.23%
1.06% *
Other languages
0.87%
0.95%
0.63%
0.77%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.25%
0.26%
0.22%
0.23%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
7,151,960
7,063,247 c
6,956,276 c
6,847,117 c
Arab
0.55%
0.58%
0.56%
0.72%
Czech
0.32%
0.29%
0.25%
0.33%
Danish
0.29%
0.25%
0.25%
0.30%
Dutch
1.10%
1.37%
1.23%
1.34%
English
12.84%
13.06%
13.23%
13.51%
French (except Basque)
2.17%
2.25%
2.34%
2.43%
French Canadian
0.45%
0.42%
0.43%
0.49%
German
13.00%
13.07%
13.16%
13.27%
Greek
0.37%
0.50%
0.29%
0.49%
Hungarian
0.32%
0.42%
0.29%
0.43%
Irish
11.16%
11.26%
11.40%
10.87%
Italian
4.04%
4.05%
3.86%
3.46% *
Lithuanian
0.18%
0.22%
0.19%
0.25%
Norwegian
0.71%
0.76%
0.81%
0.59%
Polish
1.95%
1.94%
2.00%
1.65% *
Portuguese
0.21%
0.25%
0.13%
0.24%
Russian
0.58%
0.72%
0.73%
0.56%
Scotch-Irish
2.71%
2.50%
2.51%
2.54%
Scottish
2.59%
2.44%
2.40%
2.53%
Slovak
0.24%
0.18%
0.21%
0.16% *
Subsaharan African
1.37%
1.23%
1.06%
0.68% *
Swedish
0.70%
0.81%
0.81%
0.83%
Swiss
0.25%
0.32%
0.25%
0.28%
Ukrainian
0.19%
0.28%
0.23%
0.26%
United States or American
11.78%
12.16%
12.02%
11.91%
Welsh
0.78%
0.58% *
0.84%
0.73%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.44%
0.23% *
0.27%
0.32%
 
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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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