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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
383,476
397,537
376,979
360,360 *
Nursery school, preschool
5.07%
5.49%
3.98%
3.60%
Kindergarten
4.32%
4.65%
4.96%
3.96%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
41.35%
42.26%
48.46% *
44.04% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
21.80%
20.84%
18.61% *
21.39%
College or graduate school
27.45%
26.77%
23.99%
27.01%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
821,287
798,584 *
765,416 *
749,612 *
Less than 9th grade
6.86%
7.24%
6.75%
6.30%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
8.04%
8.77%
10.39% *
7.87%
High school graduate (including equivalency)
20.96%
21.41%
23.55% *
25.43% *
Some college, no degree
26.56%
26.43%
25.81%
25.34%
Associate degree
8.51%
8.31%
8.38%
8.71%
Bachelor's degree
19.65%
18.88%
16.66% *
18.28%
Graduate or professional degree
9.42%
8.96%
8.46%
8.08%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
85.1
84.0
82.9 *
85.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
29.1
27.8
25.1 *
26.4 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
485,518
472,533 *
447,939 *
438,790 *
Never married
32.94%
34.95%
33.18%
32.21%
Now married, except separated
53.39%
51.60%
53.76%
51.84%
Separated
1.08%
1.89%
1.93% *
2.39% *
Widowed
2.22%
2.67%
2.61%
2.63%
Divorced
10.38%
8.89%
8.53%
10.93%
 
Females 15 years and over
523,248
510,786 *
489,285 *
477,589 *
Never married
27.68%
26.72%
27.94%
27.00%
Now married, except separated
47.04%
47.21%
46.55%
46.51%
Separated
3.84%
3.01%
3.33%
3.44%
Widowed
8.79%
8.34%
8.33%
8.56%
Divorced
12.66%
14.72%
13.84%
14.48%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
16,937
14,740
21,046
17,908
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
14.28%
20.14%
23.21%
19.08%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
13
17
30
21
As a percent of all women with a birth
14.3
20.1
23.2
19.1
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
48
42
64
55
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
11
18
15
28
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
84
86
120 *
108
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
26
9 *
27
18
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
28,058
27,455
25,203
22,569
Responsible for grandchildren
35.87%
35.57%
34.00%
30.17%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
17.62%
36.49%
27.27%
13.88%
1 or 2 years
8.48%
13.03%
15.47%
32.72%
3 or 4 years
16.58%
14.89%
7.07%
17.42%
5 or more years
57.32%
35.60%
50.19%
35.99%
 
Percent who are female
61.7
64.8
59.6
60.1
Percent who are married
68.9
54.1
80.2
67.1
Percent who are in labor force
44.9
59.5
59.9
56.8
Percent who are in poverty
15.2
0.0
20.2
20.5
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
947,927
920,631 *
881,196 *
861,001 *
Civilian veterans
12.49%
13.18%
11.61%
13.53%
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,289,854
1,265,501 *
1,223,797 *
1,183,024 *
Same house
79.70%
79.11%
80.16%
78.82%
Different house in the U.S.
19.18%
19.59%
18.48%
20.78%
Same county
12.04%
13.71%
11.78%
14.02%
Different county
7.14%
5.88%
6.70%
6.76%
Same state
5.01%
4.54%
4.93%
4.97%
Different state
2.13%
1.33%
1.77%
1.79%
Abroad
1.12%
1.30%
1.36%
0.40% *
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,305,349
1,279,497 c
1,243,275 c
1,198,004 c
Native
82.66%
81.17%
82.55%
84.99% *
Born in United States
81.41%
79.59%
81.35%
83.43%
State of residence
56.97%
55.97%
56.61%
59.55% *
Different state
24.44%
23.62%
24.73%
23.89%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
1.26%
1.58%
1.20%
1.56%
Foreign born
17.34%
18.83%
17.45%
15.01% *
Naturalized citizen
45.38%
38.78% *
40.32%
39.26%
Not a citizen
54.62%
61.22%
59.68%
60.74%
Entered 1990 or later
51.14%
50.88%
51.41%
42.81%
Entered before 1990
48.86%
49.12%
48.59%
57.19% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
226,283
240,932
216,984
179,770 *
Europe
18.38%
18.25%
22.91%
23.10%
Asia
41.95%
43.72%
38.98%
39.86%
Africa
0.62%
0.82%
2.28% *
2.24%
Oceania
3.57%
3.31%
6.95%
4.37%
Latin America
33.55%
33.04%
26.64% *
28.85%
Northern America
1.93%
0.86% *
2.24%
1.58%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,211,921
1,187,509 *
1,148,229 *
1,109,989 *
English only
74.41%
73.00%
75.05%
77.10%
Language other than English
25.59%
27.00%
24.95%
22.90%
Speak English less than "very well"
11.47%
13.12%
12.40%
10.65%
Spanish
10.34%
11.59%
8.67% *
9.18%
Speak English less than "very well"
5.38%
5.65%
4.55%
4.44%
Other Indo-European languages
6.03%
6.50%
7.88%
6.19%
Speak English less than "very well"
2.34%
2.91%
3.00%
2.33%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
8.94%
8.27%
7.42% *
7.06% *
Speak English less than "very well"
3.73%
4.31%
4.35%
3.82%
Other languages
0.29%
0.65%
0.98% *
0.47%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.02%
0.26%
0.49% *
0.06%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,305,349
1,279,497 c
1,243,275 c
1,198,004 c
Arab
0.30%
0.77%
0.66%
0.28%
Czech
0.15%
0.25%
0.08%
0.71% *
Danish
0.68%
1.06%
0.79%
0.51%
Dutch
1.60%
1.32%
1.19%
1.85%
English
8.36%
9.24%
10.49% *
10.32% *
French (except Basque)
2.82%
2.68%
2.21%
3.31%
French Canadian
0.47%
0.42%
0.48%
0.49%
German
12.23%
12.71%
12.31%
14.15% *
Greek
0.27%
0.54%
0.34%
0.26%
Hungarian
0.38%
0.35%
0.34%
0.44%
Irish
9.58%
9.71%
10.23%
9.17%
Italian
4.77%
5.85%
6.00%
5.57%
Lithuanian
0.06%
0.15%
0.16%
0.12%
Norwegian
1.62%
1.58%
1.92%
1.91%
Polish
0.74%
1.44% *
1.08%
1.51% *
Portuguese
1.46%
1.53%
1.54%
2.23%
Russian
1.17%
2.03%
2.23%
1.16%
Scotch-Irish
1.26%
1.46%
1.36%
1.66%
Scottish
1.81%
2.03%
2.22%
2.06%
Slovak
0.06%
0.16%
0.06%
0.04%
Subsaharan African
0.83%
1.05%
0.59%
0.59%
Swedish
1.90%
1.90%
1.89%
2.18%
Swiss
0.40%
0.83%
0.27%
0.32%
Ukrainian
1.68%
1.19%
1.06%
1.45%
United States or American
3.96%
3.81%
4.06%
3.51%
Welsh
0.70%
0.81%
0.58%
0.51%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.35%
0.17%
0.11%
0.01%
 
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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).

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.
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