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 Alameda 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
401,108
418,626
418,096
411,396
Nursery school, preschool
6.26%
6.72%
5.36%
6.65%
Kindergarten
4.17%
5.35%
4.24%
5.53%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
39.11%
38.11%
43.34% *
38.24%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
20.73%
18.49% *
17.25% *
18.31% *
College or graduate school
29.74%
31.33%
29.81%
31.27%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
954,685
954,906
930,226 *
931,578 *
Less than 9th grade
7.42%
6.53%
6.25%
7.04%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
6.68%
9.92% *
11.39% *
8.31% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
21.12%
18.10% *
18.36% *
19.93%
Some college, no degree
19.72%
19.56%
20.92%
21.42%
Associate degree
5.80%
6.26%
7.00% *
6.77%
Bachelor's degree
23.67%
24.41%
20.99% *
21.94%
Graduate or professional degree
15.58%
15.21%
15.10%
14.59%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
85.9
83.6 *
82.4 *
84.6
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
39.3
39.6
36.1 *
36.5 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
551,916
549,489
542,138 *
543,530 *
Never married
36.39%
35.98%
36.48%
37.73%
Now married, except separated
53.38%
52.10%
48.96% *
48.96% *
Separated
1.40%
1.63%
1.70%
2.34%
Widowed
1.88%
1.84%
2.95% *
2.53%
Divorced
6.95%
8.45%
9.92% *
8.43%
 
Females 15 years and over
581,186
586,593 *
572,669 *
573,408 *
Never married
28.39%
29.02%
30.44%
28.63%
Now married, except separated
49.59%
47.03%
46.58% *
45.78% *
Separated
2.49%
3.13%
2.49%
2.76%
Widowed
8.21%
7.72%
8.10%
9.61%
Divorced
11.32%
13.11%
12.40%
13.21%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
20,289
23,226
24,615
20,532
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
22.95%
25.25%
29.69%
9.02% *
Per 1,000 unmarried women
25
29
36
9 *
As a percent of all women with a birth
23.0
25.3
29.7
9.0 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
52
58
63
52
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
13
5
22
5
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
110
101
87
83
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
13
33 *
51 *
35 *
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
40,314
34,278
34,780
36,733
Responsible for grandchildren
22.51%
28.87%
37.73% *
24.50%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
13.19%
15.35%
13.94%
28.52%
1 or 2 years
31.45%
8.69%
30.36%
38.66%
3 or 4 years
25.33%
15.76%
8.53%
7.23%
5 or more years
30.04%
60.20% *
47.17%
25.59%
 
Percent who are female
60.0
56.9
47.5
66.7
Percent who are married
80.7
68.1
74.5
63.5
Percent who are in labor force
71.9
52.5
67.8
55.4
Percent who are in poverty
10.5
5.6
14.0
15.0
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,078,063
1,080,288 *
1,057,327 *
1,062,639 *
Civilian veterans
7.05%
9.10% *
8.86% *
9.92% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,413,191
1,423,906 *
1,406,322 *
1,397,934 *
Same house
83.33%
86.79% *
84.40%
84.87%
Different house in the U.S.
15.29%
12.54% *
14.09%
14.00%
Same county
11.12%
7.92% *
9.62%
8.13% *
Different county
4.17%
4.62%
4.47%
5.86% *
Same state
3.31%
3.30%
3.02%
3.89%
Different state
0.86%
1.32%
1.46% *
1.98% *
Abroad
1.38%
0.67% *
1.51%
1.13%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,433,586
1,444,656 c
1,430,686 c
1,416,006 c
Native
69.53%
70.56%
71.45%
72.79% *
Born in United States
68.59%
69.15%
70.34%
71.71% *
State of residence
47.10%
49.07%
48.77%
47.82%
Different state
21.49%
20.08% *
21.57%
23.89% *
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.94%
1.41% *
1.11%
1.08%
Foreign born
30.47%
29.44%
28.55%
27.21% *
Naturalized citizen
43.26%
48.56% *
42.96%
41.09%
Not a citizen
56.74%
51.44%
57.04%
58.91%
Entered 1990 or later
53.21%
44.57% *
45.16% *
41.39% *
Entered before 1990
46.79%
55.43% *
54.84% *
58.61% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
436,863
425,313
408,472
385,337 *
Europe
6.49%
8.83% *
7.76%
8.81% *
Asia
53.43%
54.47%
55.98% *
56.37%
Africa
2.71%
2.72%
3.40%
3.51%
Oceania
1.52%
1.11%
2.65%
1.62%
Latin America
34.54%
31.85%
28.71% *
28.97% *
Northern America
1.31%
1.02%
1.51%
0.71%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,331,449
1,340,852 *
1,325,838 *
1,318,496 *
English only
60.18%
62.40% *
62.90% *
63.27% *
Language other than English
39.82%
37.60% *
37.10% *
36.73% *
Speak English less than "very well"
19.12%
17.10% *
16.21% *
17.04% *
Spanish
15.95%
14.92%
14.10% *
13.55% *
Speak English less than "very well"
9.40%
7.58% *
6.78% *
6.97% *
Other Indo-European languages
6.86%
6.58%
6.42%
6.52%
Speak English less than "very well"
2.09%
1.74%
1.43% *
1.97%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
16.00%
15.25%
15.26%
15.42%
Speak English less than "very well"
7.09%
7.37%
7.65%
7.72%
Other languages
1.01%
0.85%
1.32%
1.23%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.55%
0.41%
0.35%
0.38%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,433,586
1,444,656 c
1,430,686 c
1,416,006 c
Arab
0.46%
0.62%
0.91%
0.96%
Czech
0.47%
0.35%
0.31%
0.17% *
Danish
0.55%
0.71%
0.55%
0.57%
Dutch
1.33%
1.16%
0.96%
1.22%
English
6.56%
6.70%
7.06%
6.48%
French (except Basque)
1.92%
2.48%
2.28%
2.38%
French Canadian
0.50%
0.29%
0.34%
0.32%
German
8.77%
8.79%
8.47%
8.81%
Greek
0.66%
0.29% *
0.24% *
0.36%
Hungarian
0.22%
0.30%
0.27%
0.30%
Irish
5.86%
6.70%
7.79% *
7.24% *
Italian
4.60%
4.38%
4.58%
4.16%
Lithuanian
0.30%
0.16%
0.15%
0.17%
Norwegian
1.17%
1.19%
1.33%
1.28%
Polish
1.54%
1.39%
1.20%
1.63%
Portuguese
2.28%
2.51%
2.79%
3.07%
Russian
1.20%
1.47%
1.07%
1.17%
Scotch-Irish
1.20%
1.37%
1.18%
1.03%
Scottish
1.81%
1.66%
1.43%
1.51%
Slovak
0.03%
0.04%
0.04%
0.06%
Subsaharan African
2.09%
1.56%
2.33%
1.66%
Swedish
1.28%
1.40%
0.89%
1.51%
Swiss
0.13%
0.37% *
0.36% *
0.27% *
Ukrainian
0.14%
0.15%
0.19%
0.30%
United States or American
0.98%
1.93% *
1.83% *
1.52%
Welsh
0.36%
0.47%
0.86% *
0.47%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.39%
0.23%
0.12%
0.23%
 
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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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