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 Pima County
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
246,268
237,956 *
232,217 *
229,569 *
Nursery school, preschool
5.12%
4.91%
4.50%
5.34%
Kindergarten
4.92%
4.76%
5.63%
5.23%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
40.46%
40.72%
43.26% *
40.71%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
19.98%
20.22%
19.88%
18.92%
College or graduate school
29.52%
29.38%
26.73% *
29.79%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
565,837
554,681 *
536,717 *
531,818 *
Less than 9th grade
5.22%
5.41%
6.21% *
5.83%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
8.82%
10.33% *
9.32%
9.86% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
24.22%
24.43%
24.80%
23.92%
Some college, no degree
26.06%
24.65% *
24.17% *
26.00%
Associate degree
6.90%
6.89%
7.60% *
7.22%
Bachelor's degree
17.03%
17.03%
16.63%
15.73% *
Graduate or professional degree
11.75%
11.26%
11.26%
11.45%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
86.0
84.3 *
84.5 *
84.3 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
28.8
28.3
27.9
27.2 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
330,799
324,988 *
315,267 *
312,405 *
Never married
30.88%
31.27%
31.68%
31.05%
Now married, except separated
54.51%
54.05%
53.44%
54.34%
Separated
1.94%
1.10% *
1.08% *
1.44%
Widowed
2.65%
3.17%
2.44%
2.74%
Divorced
10.03%
10.41%
11.37% *
10.43%
 
Females 15 years and over
354,589
350,248 *
339,513 *
336,146 *
Never married
24.87%
24.69%
25.37%
24.44%
Now married, except separated
49.27%
50.16%
48.60%
48.91%
Separated
2.01%
2.25%
2.36%
2.07%
Widowed
9.44%
9.85%
9.72%
10.15%
Divorced
14.42%
13.05%
13.95%
14.42%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
10,262
11,439
12,031
13,881 *
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
37.41%
35.22%
33.35%
32.89%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
34
38
37
42
As a percent of all women with a birth
37.4
35.2
33.3
32.9
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
47
53
57
66 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
33
61
45
56
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
84
89
105 *
118 *
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
17
18
19
23
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
18,134
18,253
17,585
17,495
Responsible for grandchildren
49.06%
44.95%
42.05%
43.73%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
21.98%
22.70%
26.02%
29.18%
1 or 2 years
18.82%
25.43%
30.01%
16.34%
3 or 4 years
17.23%
19.51%
14.63%
16.77%
5 or more years
41.97%
32.36%
29.34% *
37.71%
 
Percent who are female
63.1
55.4
62.5
59.4
Percent who are married
69.3
72.9
69.7
73.7
Percent who are in labor force
65.6
46.9 *
51.8 *
53.2 *
Percent who are in poverty
15.2
16.5
26.6 *
20.1
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
644,732
635,537 *
614,708 *
611,338 *
Civilian veterans
15.82%
15.01%
15.53%
16.13%
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
860,190
847,872 *
829,037 *
810,178 *
Same house
79.23%
79.32%
80.10%
78.97%
Different house in the U.S.
19.92%
19.83%
19.04%
20.13%
Same county
15.58%
13.88% *
13.96% *
14.44% *
Different county
4.34%
5.95% *
5.07% *
5.68% *
Same state
1.41%
1.43%
1.51%
1.37%
Different state
2.93%
4.51% *
3.57% *
4.32% *
Abroad
0.85%
0.85%
0.86%
0.90%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
870,764
859,187 c
841,014 c
821,712 c
Native
87.90%
88.25%
88.56%
88.77%
Born in United States
86.63%
86.65%
87.17%
87.15%
State of residence
38.15%
37.50%
38.10%
36.79% *
Different state
48.48%
49.15%
49.07%
50.36% *
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
1.27%
1.60% *
1.39%
1.62% *
Foreign born
12.10%
11.75%
11.44%
11.23%
Naturalized citizen
36.01%
42.23% *
38.82% *
41.31% *
Not a citizen
63.99%
57.77% *
61.18%
58.69% *
Entered 1990 or later
49.19%
40.75% *
38.93% *
37.68% *
Entered before 1990
50.81%
59.25% *
61.07% *
62.32% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
105,374
100,956
96,191 *
92,309 *
Europe
11.36%
12.71%
11.87%
11.70%
Asia
14.54%
13.50%
14.96%
14.13%
Africa
2.42%
1.85%
1.62%
1.62%
Oceania
0.09%
0.72% *
0.58% *
0.48%
Latin America
68.82%
67.49%
67.19%
68.26%
Northern America
2.77%
3.72%
3.78%
3.81%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
809,033
798,019 *
779,668 *
765,915 *
English only
72.85%
73.46%
72.73%
72.69%
Language other than English
27.15%
26.54%
27.27%
27.31%
Speak English less than "very well"
9.11%
8.41%
9.65%
9.08%
Spanish
23.26%
22.55%
22.72%
22.60%
Speak English less than "very well"
7.73%
7.23%
8.13%
7.61%
Other Indo-European languages
1.74%
1.83%
1.92%
2.22% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.50%
0.37%
0.45%
0.46%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
1.40%
1.34%
1.42%
1.33%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.71%
0.55%
0.73%
0.66%
Other languages
0.75%
0.83%
1.21% *
1.17% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.17%
0.27%
0.33% *
0.35% *
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
870,764
859,187 c
841,014 c
821,712 c
Arab
0.43%
0.31%
0.38%
0.48%
Czech
0.49%
0.50%
0.40%
0.62%
Danish
0.72%
0.55%
0.64%
0.68%
Dutch
1.49%
2.16% *
1.69%
1.88% *
English
11.56%
11.34%
11.65%
10.86%
French (except Basque)
3.34%
3.12%
3.61%
3.36%
French Canadian
0.57%
0.60%
0.62%
0.63%
German
17.90%
16.49% *
16.94%
17.28%
Greek
0.44%
0.53%
0.31%
0.36%
Hungarian
0.43%
0.36%
0.62% *
0.46%
Irish
11.99%
11.89%
11.27%
11.27%
Italian
4.73%
4.92%
4.17%
4.24%
Lithuanian
0.25%
0.15% *
0.20%
0.24%
Norwegian
1.38%
1.77% *
1.68% *
1.75% *
Polish
2.77%
2.69%
2.50%
2.58%
Portuguese
0.23%
0.25%
0.20%
0.21%
Russian
1.14%
1.20%
1.24%
1.18%
Scotch-Irish
2.10%
1.59% *
1.91%
1.93%
Scottish
2.34%
2.28%
2.49%
2.45%
Slovak
0.16%
0.08% *
0.16%
0.20%
Subsaharan African
0.45%
0.39%
0.42%
0.24%
Swedish
1.49%
1.81%
1.68%
1.95% *
Swiss
0.30%
0.36%
0.42%
0.41%
Ukrainian
0.19%
0.22%
0.25%
0.27%
United States or American
2.92%
3.15%
4.02% *
3.70% *
Welsh
0.67%
0.75%
0.86% *
0.82%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.15%
0.16%
0.07%
0.11%
 
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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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