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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
854,319
849,334
843,085
804,314 *
Nursery school, preschool
5.47%
6.99% *
5.32%
5.46%
Kindergarten
4.81%
5.20%
4.49%
5.19%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
41.92%
42.78% *
44.45% *
42.60%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
19.93%
19.25%
20.27%
19.41%
College or graduate school
27.87%
25.78%
25.47% *
27.34%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,872,016
1,851,160 *
1,789,619 *
1,781,166 *
Less than 9th grade
9.02%
9.52%
10.35% *
10.85% *
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
8.85%
11.08% *
10.89% *
11.30% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
19.09%
16.36% *
15.37% *
16.38% *
Some college, no degree
22.05%
21.38%
23.99% *
22.21%
Associate degree
7.54%
8.62% *
7.45%
7.27%
Bachelor's degree
22.64%
22.24%
20.88% *
21.20%
Graduate or professional degree
10.81%
10.80%
11.07%
10.79%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
82.1
79.4 *
78.8 *
77.8 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
33.5
33.0
32.0
32.0
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
1,113,979
1,097,359 *
1,070,159 *
1,066,276 *
Never married
32.27%
33.21%
31.23%
33.82%
Now married, except separated
56.64%
56.54%
58.24%
54.69% *
Separated
1.49%
1.30%
1.57%
1.70%
Widowed
2.25%
1.78%
1.65% *
2.19%
Divorced
7.35%
7.18%
7.31%
7.60%
 
Females 15 years and over
1,139,362
1,132,946 *
1,095,357 *
1,091,007 *
Never married
24.98%
25.46%
24.18%
24.86%
Now married, except separated
53.51%
53.31%
53.67%
53.34%
Separated
2.39%
2.39%
2.69%
3.07%
Widowed
8.03%
7.73%
8.22%
7.95%
Divorced
11.09%
11.11%
11.24%
10.78%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
37,223
43,515
53,865 *
47,518 *
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
16.23%
25.34%
17.75%
18.98%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
17
32
30
28
As a percent of all women with a birth
16.2
25.3
17.8
19.0
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
49
57
72 *
63 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
13
27
56 *
11
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
82
89
107 *
113 *
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
30
35
45
32
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
54,457
67,804
57,728
70,544 *
Responsible for grandchildren
28.66%
21.72%
25.28%
26.89%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
14.77%
14.97%
25.70%
32.21% *
1 or 2 years
19.58%
21.94%
28.04%
19.71%
3 or 4 years
12.51%
23.18%
9.48%
19.35%
5 or more years
53.14%
39.92%
36.78%
28.74% *
 
Percent who are female
65.4
60.9
67.5
63.3
Percent who are married
61.5
79.2
55.4
68.9
Percent who are in labor force
58.7
44.7
71.1
50.2
Percent who are in poverty
9.4
11.5
7.9
18.8
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
2,134,184
2,112,620 *
2,043,624 *
2,038,782 *
Civilian veterans
8.10%
8.60%
9.05% *
8.82% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
2,863,526
2,863,153
2,803,594 *
2,764,269 *
Same house
85.95%
83.49% *
83.26% *
83.17% *
Different house in the U.S.
13.55%
15.74% *
15.42% *
15.23%
Same county
10.15%
11.81%
11.31%
10.80%
Different county
3.40%
3.92%
4.11%
4.43% *
Same state
2.35%
2.80%
2.81%
2.99%
Different state
1.05%
1.12%
1.30%
1.44%
Abroad
0.50%
0.77%
1.31% *
1.59% *
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
2,914,252
2,896,130 c
2,848,078 c
2,803,924 c
Native
70.69%
70.06%
69.63%
69.22%
Born in United States
69.86%
69.03%
68.85%
68.39%
State of residence
48.05%
47.70%
47.51%
45.87% *
Different state
21.81%
21.33%
21.34%
22.52%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.83%
1.03%
0.79%
0.83%
Foreign born
29.31%
29.94%
30.37%
30.78%
Naturalized citizen
43.97%
43.39%
36.65% *
36.13% *
Not a citizen
56.03%
56.61%
63.35% *
63.87% *
Entered 1990 or later
40.72%
38.85%
40.06%
43.20%
Entered before 1990
59.28%
61.15%
59.94%
56.80%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
854,143
867,189
864,832
862,979
Europe
5.95%
6.20%
7.84% *
6.25%
Asia
39.39%
37.75%
35.44% *
37.20% *
Africa
1.13%
1.38%
1.74%
1.39%
Oceania
0.37%
0.45%
0.96% *
0.42%
Latin America
51.54%
51.93%
51.44%
53.17%
Northern America
1.62%
2.28%
2.58% *
1.57%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
2,695,634
2,674,719 *
2,622,607 *
2,588,956 *
English only
57.95%
57.73%
56.98%
57.46%
Language other than English
42.05%
42.27%
43.02%
42.54%
Speak English less than "very well"
21.51%
21.45%
21.54%
22.84%
Spanish
26.12%
26.37%
26.40%
25.53%
Speak English less than "very well"
14.15%
14.30%
14.72%
15.22%
Other Indo-European languages
3.72%
4.63%
4.46%
4.31%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.93%
1.54% *
1.15%
1.08%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
11.46%
10.71%
11.06%
11.94%
Speak English less than "very well"
6.16%
5.47%
5.36% *
6.35%
Other languages
0.75%
0.56%
1.09%
0.77%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.27%
0.14%
0.31%
0.19%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
2,914,252
2,896,130 c
2,848,078 c
2,803,924 c
Arab
0.92%
0.69%
1.06%
0.76%
Czech
0.40%
0.32%
0.19%
0.17% *
Danish
0.67%
0.71%
0.70%
0.71%
Dutch
1.27%
1.34%
1.59%
1.58%
English
8.53%
9.19%
10.29% *
8.36%
French (except Basque)
3.00%
2.39%
2.68%
2.95%
French Canadian
0.38%
0.47%
0.67% *
0.54%
German
11.37%
12.42%
12.04%
11.86%
Greek
0.41%
0.28%
0.33%
0.44%
Hungarian
0.50%
0.55%
0.62%
0.37%
Irish
8.85%
8.91%
8.80%
8.69%
Italian
5.31%
4.67%
4.81%
4.75%
Lithuanian
0.17%
0.16%
0.17%
0.26%
Norwegian
1.56%
1.50%
1.21% *
1.70%
Polish
1.69%
1.60%
2.14%
1.99%
Portuguese
0.48%
0.33%
0.36%
0.34%
Russian
0.98%
1.76% *
1.18%
1.10%
Scotch-Irish
1.27%
1.65%
1.73% *
1.49%
Scottish
1.93%
2.22%
1.90%
1.90%
Slovak
0.15%
0.09%
0.09%
0.11%
Subsaharan African
0.27%
0.16%
0.32%
0.16%
Swedish
1.58%
1.32%
1.45%
1.29%
Swiss
0.32%
0.34%
0.21%
0.42%
Ukrainian
0.19%
0.07% *
0.30%
0.16%
United States or American
3.12%
3.10%
2.84%
6.11% *
Welsh
0.61%
0.54%
0.76%
0.47%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.08%
0.08%
0.04%
0.07%
 
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Footnotes

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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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