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 San Bernardino 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
582,365
590,784
559,162 *
533,971 *
Nursery school, preschool
5.03%
5.05%
4.14%
4.70%
Kindergarten
5.87%
4.87%
5.99%
7.52% *
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
44.72%
44.36%
50.36% *
46.38% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
22.35%
22.23%
21.72%
22.49%
College or graduate school
22.03%
23.49%
17.79% *
18.91% *
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,049,059
1,014,052 *
970,311 *
954,793 *
Less than 9th grade
11.53%
10.08%
9.21% *
11.44%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
12.72%
14.29%
15.50% *
13.82%
High school graduate (including equivalency)
26.27%
27.62%
28.42%
26.27%
Some college, no degree
24.48%
24.15%
22.55%
23.73%
Associate degree
8.08%
6.99%
7.16%
7.97%
Bachelor's degree
10.54%
11.36%
11.61%
10.09%
Graduate or professional degree
6.37%
5.52%
5.55%
6.68%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
75.7
75.6
75.3
74.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
16.9
16.9
17.2
16.8
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
654,677
629,328 *
597,505 *
582,653 *
Never married
34.19%
31.37% *
32.88%
30.55% *
Now married, except separated
52.11%
56.70% *
54.16%
55.48% *
Separated
1.94%
2.38%
1.96%
1.85%
Widowed
2.00%
1.61%
2.23%
2.47%
Divorced
9.75%
7.94%
8.78%
9.64%
 
Females 15 years and over
686,221
661,467 *
633,834 *
617,827 *
Never married
29.01%
26.55% *
27.33%
24.47% *
Now married, except separated
48.77%
50.47%
51.46%
53.20% *
Separated
3.62%
4.06%
3.40%
3.48%
Widowed
7.96%
7.92%
7.16%
8.80%
Divorced
10.64%
11.01%
10.65%
10.05%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
33,278
31,295
36,379
36,447
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
42.21%
23.85% *
32.60%
26.24% *
Per 1,000 unmarried women
59
35 *
56
52
As a percent of all women with a birth
42.2
23.8 *
32.6
26.2 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
68
66
80
83
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
40
55
28
55
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
129
120
148
148
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
21
21
38 *
36
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
56,109
62,768
67,316 *
38,901 *
Responsible for grandchildren
38.89%
39.60%
46.54%
44.05%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
8.24%
22.16%
25.80% *
21.59%
1 or 2 years
26.40%
16.04%
25.90%
23.09%
3 or 4 years
12.65%
15.40%
15.77%
24.00%
5 or more years
52.70%
46.40%
32.52% *
31.33% *
 
Percent who are female
57.8
53.7
55.2
68.6
Percent who are married
69.7
79.0
80.1
52.7
Percent who are in labor force
51.8
56.9
65.3
47.2
Percent who are in poverty
11.3
15.3
12.4
24.1
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,239,609
1,194,282 *
1,135,507 *
1,105,325 *
Civilian veterans
10.49%
11.25%
10.36%
11.19%
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,789,352
1,740,965 *
1,697,177 *
1,641,566 *
Same house
83.12%
82.33%
79.20% *
81.17%
Different house in the U.S.
16.21%
17.09%
19.95% *
18.25%
Same county
9.58%
10.38%
13.58% *
11.95% *
Different county
6.63%
6.72%
6.37%
6.31%
Same state
5.18%
4.70%
4.19%
4.71%
Different state
1.46%
2.02%
2.18%
1.60%
Abroad
0.67%
0.57%
0.85%
0.58%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,816,343
1,766,599 c
1,721,269 c
1,664,402 c
Native
79.99%
81.39%
81.76% *
81.10%
Born in United States
79.07%
80.41%
80.89% *
79.98%
State of residence
59.07%
59.55%
59.87%
57.79%
Different state
19.99%
20.86%
21.02%
22.19% *
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.92%
0.97%
0.87%
1.12%
Foreign born
20.01%
18.61%
18.24% *
18.90%
Naturalized citizen
37.11%
41.23% *
37.32%
37.84%
Not a citizen
62.89%
58.77%
62.68%
62.16%
Entered 1990 or later
37.85%
35.56%
36.11%
32.38%
Entered before 1990
62.15%
64.44%
63.89%
67.62%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
363,499
328,852 *
313,993 *
314,617 *
Europe
5.07%
5.37%
5.85%
5.43%
Asia
19.92%
19.39%
19.84%
20.13%
Africa
1.52%
1.82%
1.54%
1.37%
Oceania
0.58%
0.66%
0.58%
1.02%
Latin America
72.09%
71.08%
71.04%
69.88%
Northern America
0.81%
1.68%
1.15%
2.17% *
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,671,894
1,621,856 *
1,573,372 *
1,521,693 *
English only
62.91%
65.76% *
65.37% *
64.40%
Language other than English
37.09%
34.24% *
34.63% *
35.60%
Speak English less than "very well"
16.36%
14.83%
14.09% *
15.75%
Spanish
30.97%
28.19% *
28.69% *
28.53% *
Speak English less than "very well"
13.84%
11.83% *
11.97% *
13.32%
Other Indo-European languages
1.69%
1.31%
1.94%
2.05%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.55%
0.46%
0.38%
0.47%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
3.41%
3.89%
3.54%
4.13% *
Speak English less than "very well"
1.47%
2.22% *
1.58%
1.67%
Other languages
1.03%
0.85%
0.47% *
0.89%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.50%
0.32%
0.16%
0.29%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,816,343
1,766,599 c
1,721,269 c
1,664,402 c
Arab
1.09%
0.44% *
0.61%
0.59%
Czech
0.21%
0.14%
0.25%
0.27%
Danish
0.37%
0.38%
0.35%
0.72% *
Dutch
1.16%
1.97% *
2.22% *
1.67% *
English
6.91%
7.81%
7.38%
8.94% *
French (except Basque)
2.29%
3.79% *
2.49%
2.41%
French Canadian
0.62%
0.32% *
0.37%
0.50%
German
11.35%
10.91%
11.03%
11.78%
Greek
0.51%
0.10% *
0.21%
0.14% *
Hungarian
0.28%
0.30%
0.27%
0.27%
Irish
7.56%
8.78%
8.77%
9.60% *
Italian
3.58%
4.70%
4.02%
4.16%
Lithuanian
0.30%
0.18%
0.09%
0.06%
Norwegian
0.63%
1.19% *
0.97%
1.20% *
Polish
1.23%
1.24%
1.44%
1.50%
Portuguese
0.30%
0.23%
0.58%
0.37%
Russian
0.41%
0.58%
0.32%
0.21%
Scotch-Irish
1.60%
1.23%
1.15%
1.78%
Scottish
1.22%
1.22%
1.81%
1.47%
Slovak
0.07%
0.02%
0.09%
0.06%
Subsaharan African
0.77%
0.63%
0.26% *
0.50%
Swedish
1.19%
1.32%
1.10%
1.04%
Swiss
0.21%
0.17%
0.08% *
0.40%
Ukrainian
0.06%
0.18%
0.13%
0.15%
United States or American
3.83%
3.24%
2.74% *
3.31%
Welsh
0.40%
0.55%
0.51%
0.64%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.05%
0.00%
0.18%
0.17%
 
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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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