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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
195,738
191,428
178,662 *
179,674 *
Nursery school, preschool
7.63%
7.83%
8.04%
8.19%
Kindergarten
5.82%
5.37%
6.20%
7.07% *
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
45.14%
47.19% *
46.28% *
47.19% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
21.75%
20.31% *
21.22%
20.62%
College or graduate school
19.66%
19.30%
18.25%
16.93% *
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
412,939
406,541 *
404,230 *
389,302 *
Less than 9th grade
4.87%
5.38%
5.31%
4.85%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
5.85%
6.02%
6.29%
7.46% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
23.04%
21.61% *
22.78%
22.91%
Some college, no degree
20.28%
19.99%
20.22%
20.11%
Associate degree
5.90%
5.84%
5.74%
5.78%
Bachelor's degree
24.23%
25.94% *
23.90%
24.02%
Graduate or professional degree
15.82%
15.23%
15.77%
14.87%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
89.3
88.6
88.4
87.7 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
40.1
41.2
39.7
38.9
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
247,227
241,001 *
237,537 *
227,543 *
Never married
27.15%
26.66%
26.46%
26.82%
Now married, except separated
63.12%
63.40%
64.92% *
64.57%
Separated
1.03%
0.85%
0.67%
0.71%
Widowed
1.65%
1.68%
1.89%
1.72%
Divorced
7.04%
7.41%
6.05%
6.17%
 
Females 15 years and over
253,416
248,764 *
245,420 *
235,425 *
Never married
22.78%
22.65%
21.83%
20.08% *
Now married, except separated
58.79%
59.59%
60.56% *
60.58% *
Separated
1.56%
0.77% *
1.52%
1.76%
Widowed
6.84%
7.35%
7.38%
7.37%
Divorced
10.03%
9.64%
8.71% *
10.21%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
9,324
11,963 *
11,419 *
11,367 *
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
12.07%
22.33% *
19.91%
20.08% *
Per 1,000 unmarried women
16
39 *
35 *
37 *
As a percent of all women with a birth
12.1
22.3 *
19.9
20.1 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
53
69 *
66 *
68 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
4
35 *
47 *
46 *
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
107
123
132 *
128
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
29
41
27
33
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
7,793
8,859
9,353
11,001 *
Responsible for grandchildren
25.90%
32.19%
30.71%
38.51%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
25.37%
33.10%
14.62%
23.58%
1 or 2 years
26.61%
25.28%
34.78%
20.87%
3 or 4 years
27.35%
9.43%
6.65% *
23.44%
5 or more years
20.66%
32.19%
43.94% *
32.11%
 
Percent who are female
71.2
50.9 *
57.3 *
60.8
Percent who are married
74.3
83.4
73.5
69.5
Percent who are in labor force
51.3
63.3
65.1
73.4 *
Percent who are in poverty
23.7
14.2
19.5
9.6
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
467,877
457,165 *
452,251 *
431,337 *
Civilian veterans
9.82%
9.72%
9.69%
10.59% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
652,496
643,789 *
630,031 *
615,094 *
Same house
86.73%
87.67%
85.59%
85.78%
Different house in the U.S.
12.72%
11.98%
13.74%
13.32%
Same county
7.73%
7.13%
8.12%
7.65%
Different county
5.00%
4.85%
5.62%
5.67%
Same state
2.71%
2.66%
3.16%
3.46% *
Different state
2.29%
2.19%
2.47%
2.22%
Abroad
0.55%
0.34%
0.66%
0.90% *
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
663,721
654,067 c
640,133 c
623,378 c
Native
83.31%
84.17%
83.79%
85.00% *
Born in United States
81.84%
82.99%
82.59%
83.84% *
State of residence
59.20%
60.35%
59.60%
59.71%
Different state
22.65%
22.64%
22.99%
24.13% *
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
1.46%
1.18%
1.19%
1.16%
Foreign born
16.69%
15.83%
16.21%
15.00% *
Naturalized citizen
40.57%
42.87%
39.86%
40.51%
Not a citizen
59.43%
57.13%
60.14%
59.49%
Entered 1990 or later
53.41%
47.71%
47.70% *
41.50% *
Entered before 1990
46.59%
52.29% *
52.30% *
58.50% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
110,799
103,516
103,797 *
93,496 *
Europe
22.49%
24.20%
22.69%
22.65%
Asia
22.50%
22.82%
22.36%
20.62% *
Africa
0.82%
1.07%
1.15%
0.75%
Oceania
0.03%
0.17%
0.29% *
0.38%
Latin America
52.82%
50.14% *
51.78%
53.38%
Northern America
1.34%
1.59%
1.74%
2.23% *
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
611,450
600,983 *
589,012 *
570,488 *
English only
75.85%
77.98% *
77.15% *
78.81% *
Language other than English
24.15%
22.02% *
22.85% *
21.19% *
Speak English less than "very well"
10.80%
9.80% *
10.81%
9.52% *
Spanish
15.12%
13.70% *
13.63% *
13.14% *
Speak English less than "very well"
8.16%
7.02% *
8.06%
6.92% *
Other Indo-European languages
5.48%
5.21%
5.96%
4.68% *
Speak English less than "very well"
1.47%
1.56%
1.77%
1.21%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
3.18%
2.73%
2.79%
2.93%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.13%
1.11%
0.92%
1.32%
Other languages
0.37%
0.39%
0.46%
0.44%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.04%
0.11%
0.06%
0.07%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
663,721
654,067 c
640,133 c
623,378 c
Arab
0.15%
0.30%
0.31%
0.16%
Czech
1.04%
0.88%
1.35%
1.00%
Danish
0.92%
0.87%
0.97%
0.88%
Dutch
1.54%
1.49%
1.33%
1.51%
English
7.50%
7.71%
7.96%
8.15%
French (except Basque)
2.83%
2.80%
2.68%
2.68%
French Canadian
0.39%
0.60%
0.53%
0.50%
German
22.99%
22.97%
21.30% *
22.98%
Greek
1.18%
0.97%
0.94%
0.95%
Hungarian
0.70%
0.55%
0.74%
0.78%
Irish
13.69%
13.36%
12.68%
13.18%
Italian
7.88%
6.91%
7.60%
7.18%
Lithuanian
0.91%
0.75%
0.75%
0.96%
Norwegian
2.07%
2.64% *
2.08%
2.31%
Polish
9.69%
8.91%
9.83%
9.63%
Portuguese
0.07%
0.07%
0.08%
0.11%
Russian
4.06%
4.20%
4.08%
3.90%
Scotch-Irish
1.26%
1.31%
1.43%
1.10%
Scottish
1.73%
1.58%
1.71%
1.81%
Slovak
0.23%
0.29%
0.35%
0.27%
Subsaharan African
0.31%
0.13%
0.20%
0.24%
Swedish
3.02%
3.75% *
4.13% *
3.48%
Swiss
0.31%
0.25%
0.45%
0.43%
Ukrainian
0.85%
0.68%
0.53% *
0.79%
United States or American
4.46%
3.30% *
4.51%
4.07%
Welsh
0.52%
0.44%
0.58%
0.58%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.41%
0.26%
0.54%
0.49%
 
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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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