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 Middlesex 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
355,389
344,118
347,177
351,869
Nursery school, preschool
8.56%
9.34%
7.13%
8.13%
Kindergarten
6.12%
4.80%
5.94%
6.36%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
40.69%
42.52% *
41.13%
42.00%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
19.99%
20.17%
17.67% *
19.04%
College or graduate school
24.64%
23.17%
28.13% *
24.48%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
994,395
1,004,275 *
998,427
981,374 *
Less than 9th grade
4.00%
2.83% *
2.52% *
3.51%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
5.97%
5.71%
5.60%
6.96%
High school graduate (including equivalency)
23.48%
24.31%
25.46% *
23.71%
Some college, no degree
12.77%
13.93%
14.66% *
13.36%
Associate degree
6.76%
6.43%
6.27%
6.22%
Bachelor's degree
24.81%
25.60%
24.15%
25.25%
Graduate or professional degree
22.21%
21.19%
21.33%
20.98%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
90.0
91.5 *
91.9 *
89.5
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
47.0
46.8
45.5
46.2
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
549,130
550,156
550,358
542,648 *
Never married
32.81%
31.92%
33.15%
32.01%
Now married, except separated
56.34%
58.85%
57.24%
58.32%
Separated
1.35%
1.34%
1.63%
1.29%
Widowed
2.95%
2.35%
1.84% *
2.82%
Divorced
6.55%
5.54%
6.15%
5.56%
 
Females 15 years and over
594,028
597,831 *
598,066 *
591,689
Never married
27.66%
27.42%
27.69%
28.60%
Now married, except separated
52.00%
52.86%
51.03%
51.79%
Separated
2.14%
1.87%
2.74%
2.04%
Widowed
8.94%
9.22%
8.95%
9.38%
Divorced
9.26%
8.64%
9.59%
8.19%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
16,372
21,027
18,232
20,578
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
16.29%
16.34%
13.58%
19.42%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
16
20
14
22
As a percent of all women with a birth
16.3
16.3
13.6
19.4
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
44
55
47
54
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
34
29
0
21
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
54
107 *
75
89 *
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
39
22 *
34
31
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
19,330
23,106
19,933
19,187
Responsible for grandchildren
36.46%
11.45% *
17.95% *
24.44%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
5.15%
9.22%
26.39%
22.86%
1 or 2 years
11.76%
0.00%
6.37%
25.93%
3 or 4 years
27.03%
8.85%
35.00%
25.39%
5 or more years
56.05%
81.93%
32.23%
25.82% *
 
Percent who are female
54.2
58.1
61.8
62.8
Percent who are married
69.4
57.6
36.1 *
44.2
Percent who are in labor force
55.8
59.6
57.1
60.5
Percent who are in poverty
2.7
0.0
22.3
19.9
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,088,569
1,096,466 *
1,099,523 *
1,082,599 *
Civilian veterans
8.73%
8.95%
9.76%
8.74%
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,402,183
1,404,507
1,398,322
1,395,856 *
Same house
86.57%
88.29%
87.37%
86.24%
Different house in the U.S.
12.36%
10.88%
11.44%
12.13%
Same county
8.13%
7.33%
6.84%
8.01%
Different county
4.22%
3.54%
4.60%
4.12%
Same state
2.44%
1.98%
2.25%
1.67% *
Different state
1.79%
1.56%
2.35%
2.44%
Abroad
1.07%
0.84%
1.19%
1.63%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,418,384
1,421,745 c
1,410,902 c
1,412,506 c
Native
83.50%
84.79%
84.51%
84.93%
Born in United States
81.58%
83.31% *
83.04%
83.54% *
State of residence
60.27%
63.34% *
62.36% *
62.36% *
Different state
21.31%
19.98%
20.68%
21.18%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
1.92%
1.48%
1.47%
1.39%
Foreign born
16.50%
15.21%
15.49%
15.07%
Naturalized citizen
44.02%
46.01%
43.69%
42.01%
Not a citizen
55.98%
53.99%
56.31%
57.99%
Entered 1990 or later
49.15%
49.26%
47.43%
46.55%
Entered before 1990
50.85%
50.74%
52.57%
53.45%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
233,977
216,190
218,584
212,278
Europe
30.07%
25.93%
25.44%
26.61%
Asia
39.15%
37.57%
35.03% *
37.71%
Africa
3.16%
2.81%
4.12%
4.63%
Oceania
0.44%
0.34%
0.71%
0.09% *
Latin America
21.49%
28.59%
30.20% *
25.63%
Northern America
5.69%
4.76%
4.49%
5.33%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,327,042
1,331,179 *
1,324,293 *
1,320,611 *
English only
77.89%
80.91% *
80.70% *
81.08% *
Language other than English
22.11%
19.09% *
19.30% *
18.92% *
Speak English less than "very well"
8.90%
7.88%
7.09% *
7.78%
Spanish
4.37%
4.33%
4.30%
3.62% *
Speak English less than "very well"
1.87%
1.89%
1.41%
1.54%
Other Indo-European languages
12.12%
9.24% *
9.70% *
9.85% *
Speak English less than "very well"
5.01%
3.47% *
3.57% *
3.86%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
4.72%
4.82%
4.66%
4.43%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.74%
2.37% *
2.09%
2.21%
Other languages
0.89%
0.71%
0.64%
1.03%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.28%
0.15%
0.01% *
0.17%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,418,384
1,421,745 c
1,410,902 c
1,412,506 c
Arab
0.92%
0.83%
0.96%
0.78%
Czech
0.42%
0.16% *
0.44%
0.29%
Danish
0.36%
0.34%
0.28%
0.26%
Dutch
0.75%
0.56%
0.63%
1.03%
English
11.83%
12.11%
13.44% *
13.28% *
French (except Basque)
5.84%
7.83% *
6.90%
6.19%
French Canadian
4.21%
4.06%
3.28% *
4.12%
German
6.71%
6.33%
6.87%
7.03%
Greek
1.51%
2.11%
1.27%
1.80%
Hungarian
0.40%
0.28%
0.51%
0.49%
Irish
23.36%
25.08%
25.55% *
23.70%
Italian
18.17%
17.23%
17.74%
17.36%
Lithuanian
0.93%
0.87%
0.76%
0.81%
Norwegian
0.88%
0.98%
0.83%
0.53% *
Polish
4.08%
3.73%
3.85%
4.45%
Portuguese
3.37%
3.14%
3.56%
3.35%
Russian
2.89%
2.73%
2.83%
3.47%
Scotch-Irish
2.01%
2.37%
2.08%
1.56%
Scottish
3.42%
3.29%
3.50%
3.06%
Slovak
0.17%
0.12%
0.23%
0.06%
Subsaharan African
0.81%
0.41%
0.54%
0.98%
Swedish
1.67%
1.81%
2.04%
1.76%
Swiss
0.32%
0.14%
0.23%
0.23%
Ukrainian
0.40%
0.51%
0.48%
0.32%
United States or American
3.80%
3.47%
2.73% *
3.83%
Welsh
0.44%
0.72%
0.43%
0.54%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
1.28%
1.31%
1.09%
1.37%
 
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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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