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 Palm Beach 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
277,283
273,493
240,876 *
248,738 *
Nursery school, preschool
7.77%
8.17%
6.91%
6.82%
Kindergarten
4.75%
4.68%
4.40%
5.20%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
43.41%
43.82%
46.62% *
45.08%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
22.38%
22.41%
24.03%
21.04%
College or graduate school
21.69%
20.92%
18.05% *
21.86%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
847,116
831,227 *
816,207 *
802,936 *
Less than 9th grade
4.73%
5.28%
4.96%
4.94%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
8.33%
10.76% *
11.02% *
10.43% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
28.60%
26.39% *
27.07%
27.93%
Some college, no degree
20.93%
22.65%
20.73%
20.63%
Associate degree
6.93%
7.71%
6.88%
6.21%
Bachelor's degree
19.04%
18.18%
19.59%
18.73%
Graduate or professional degree
11.44%
9.03% *
9.75% *
11.13%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
86.9
84.0 *
84.0 *
84.6 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
30.5
27.2 *
29.3
29.9
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
467,341
454,890 *
444,420 *
431,466 *
Never married
26.37%
28.68%
27.93%
25.19%
Now married, except separated
58.74%
56.95%
56.42%
58.46%
Separated
1.62%
0.51% *
1.92%
2.31%
Widowed
3.77%
3.39%
3.77%
4.85%
Divorced
9.50%
10.48%
9.96%
9.19%
 
Females 15 years and over
508,765
500,595 *
488,554 *
479,840 *
Never married
20.59%
21.03%
19.14%
18.52%
Now married, except separated
50.62%
49.52%
53.52%
53.89% *
Separated
1.90%
2.22%
1.72%
2.22%
Widowed
14.09%
14.16%
14.22%
12.83%
Divorced
12.81%
13.06%
11.40%
12.54%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
15,079
16,257
16,060
18,245
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
34.62%
53.63%
38.24%
29.51%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
39
66
53
47
As a percent of all women with a birth
34.6
53.6
38.2
29.5
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
56
62
63
73
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
7
35
32
46
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
118
113
124
135
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
25
33
30
36
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
18,245
19,574
22,353
20,279
Responsible for grandchildren
38.24%
30.82%
54.87%
35.78%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
6.09%
18.32%
43.96% *
36.47% *
1 or 2 years
46.56%
38.84%
23.10%
48.55%
3 or 4 years
12.10%
4.08%
1.65%
9.95%
5 or more years
35.25%
38.77%
31.29%
5.03% *
 
Percent who are female
63.9
72.9
54.5
65.2
Percent who are married
65.1
56.4
92.2 *
77.7
Percent who are in labor force
84.2
60.0
66.9
54.4 *
Percent who are in poverty
9.4
31.4
8.8
19.0
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
932,809
911,487 *
891,897 *
873,075 *
Civilian veterans
13.14%
13.50%
14.15%
14.59% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,183,559
1,155,702 *
1,130,149 *
1,098,433 *
Same house
83.33%
85.09%
82.19%
82.71%
Different house in the U.S.
15.83%
14.12%
16.63%
16.20%
Same county
11.01%
9.16%
10.67%
10.02%
Different county
4.82%
4.96%
5.96%
6.18%
Same state
2.01%
2.09%
1.87%
2.24%
Different state
2.81%
2.87%
4.09%
3.94%
Abroad
0.84%
0.79%
1.18%
1.09%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,196,071
1,171,318 c
1,145,721 c
1,111,856 c
Native
79.69%
81.01%
79.92%
82.22% *
Born in United States
77.83%
79.08%
78.43%
80.71% *
State of residence
27.42%
26.67%
26.06%
25.85%
Different state
50.42%
52.40% *
52.36% *
54.86% *
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
1.85%
1.93%
1.50%
1.51%
Foreign born
20.31%
18.99%
20.08%
17.78% *
Naturalized citizen
47.37%
42.03% *
41.60% *
41.04% *
Not a citizen
52.63%
57.97%
58.40%
58.96%
Entered 1990 or later
47.47%
44.80%
41.95%
44.73%
Entered before 1990
52.53%
55.20%
58.05% *
55.27%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
242,954
222,479
230,008
197,678 *
Europe
16.34%
17.05%
18.81%
17.20%
Asia
9.59%
7.58% *
9.79%
8.99%
Africa
3.09%
1.50% *
1.50%
2.36%
Oceania
0.26%
0.22%
0.32%
0.10%
Latin America
66.39%
67.07%
63.76%
67.22%
Northern America
4.33%
6.59%
5.83%
4.12%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,123,308
1,102,475 *
1,077,652 *
1,048,825 *
English only
75.40%
74.85%
77.12%
78.03% *
Language other than English
24.60%
25.15%
22.88%
21.97% *
Speak English less than "very well"
12.99%
11.52%
9.46% *
7.71% *
Spanish
13.32%
12.67%
12.28%
12.32%
Speak English less than "very well"
6.46%
5.91%
5.24% *
4.22% *
Other Indo-European languages
9.08%
9.91%
9.11%
7.48%
Speak English less than "very well"
5.36%
4.48%
3.67% *
2.45% *
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
1.27%
1.18%
0.87%
1.00%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.81%
0.55%
0.26% *
0.26% *
Other languages
0.93%
1.39%
0.62%
1.17%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.36%
0.58%
0.29%
0.78%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,196,071
1,171,318 c
1,145,721 c
1,111,856 c
Arab
0.91%
0.66%
0.61%
0.82%
Czech
0.21%
0.53% *
0.31%
0.27%
Danish
0.41%
0.19%
0.34%
0.19%
Dutch
1.12%
1.18%
0.88%
0.91%
English
7.32%
7.80%
8.00%
10.43% *
French (except Basque)
3.37%
3.61%
2.27% *
3.02%
French Canadian
0.67%
0.66%
0.75%
0.81%
German
10.39%
10.94%
12.26% *
13.08% *
Greek
0.84%
0.66%
0.53%
0.83%
Hungarian
1.09%
1.64%
0.82%
0.93%
Irish
10.14%
11.16%
11.57%
12.43% *
Italian
9.44%
9.90%
11.45% *
8.20%
Lithuanian
0.52%
0.61%
0.47%
0.39%
Norwegian
0.70%
0.72%
0.81%
0.49%
Polish
4.49%
4.90%
4.88%
4.36%
Portuguese
0.49%
0.37%
0.53%
0.47%
Russian
4.74%
4.67%
4.29%
5.52%
Scotch-Irish
0.92%
1.45% *
1.55% *
1.25%
Scottish
1.72%
1.61%
1.47%
1.91%
Slovak
0.15%
0.10%
0.06%
0.24%
Subsaharan African
0.66%
0.09% *
0.41%
0.42%
Swedish
1.02%
1.08%
1.03%
1.03%
Swiss
0.23%
0.15%
0.10%
0.25%
Ukrainian
0.29%
0.49%
0.32%
0.44%
United States or American
6.77%
5.34% *
4.75% *
5.64%
Welsh
0.67%
0.30%
0.31%
0.38%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
6.60%
5.80%
5.38%
4.51% *
 
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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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