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 Oakland 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
319,866
329,970
305,803 *
317,115
Nursery school, preschool
6.19%
6.74%
6.69%
6.47%
Kindergarten
4.62%
6.44% *
3.86%
4.36%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
42.85%
41.17% *
42.56%
44.86% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
22.32%
20.50%
23.05%
21.86%
College or graduate school
24.03%
25.15%
23.83%
22.45%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
806,424
806,435
815,262 *
796,954 *
Less than 9th grade
1.90%
2.13%
3.02% *
2.72% *
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
5.56%
7.69% *
6.67%
5.66%
High school graduate (including equivalency)
22.33%
22.09%
22.45%
23.94%
Some college, no degree
22.34%
21.22%
20.73%
19.97% *
Associate degree
6.55%
6.26%
6.54%
7.07%
Bachelor's degree
24.51%
25.24%
23.28%
25.16%
Graduate or professional degree
16.83%
15.37%
17.31%
15.49%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
92.5
90.2 *
90.3 *
91.6
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
41.3
40.6
40.6
40.7
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
458,721
451,291 *
455,317 *
448,765 *
Never married
28.13%
28.75%
29.21%
29.74%
Now married, except separated
61.47%
60.91%
59.39%
59.28%
Separated
1.29%
0.68%
0.67%
0.63%
Widowed
1.74%
1.60%
1.68%
2.85% *
Divorced
7.37%
8.06%
9.05%
7.49%
 
Females 15 years and over
488,429
487,845
491,260
480,259 *
Never married
23.49%
23.50%
22.50%
24.58%
Now married, except separated
56.37%
53.90% *
56.90%
54.24%
Separated
1.19%
1.25%
1.15%
1.05%
Widowed
8.65%
9.60%
7.51%
9.36%
Divorced
10.31%
11.74%
11.94%
10.77%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
15,824
18,538
16,858
18,537
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
17.71%
20.13%
19.94%
14.77%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
21
27
23
19
As a percent of all women with a birth
17.7
20.1
19.9
14.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
50
59
52
58
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
5
11
6
10
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
116
110
88
101
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
17
34 *
37 *
38 *
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
14,856
19,239
17,255
18,628
Responsible for grandchildren
36.10%
27.69%
35.11%
26.83%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
3.45%
65.80% *
14.42%
22.13%
1 or 2 years
49.77%
17.81%
17.51%
8.08% *
3 or 4 years
13.74%
0.00%
7.18%
61.88% *
5 or more years
33.04%
16.39% *
60.88% *
7.90% *
 
Percent who are female
55.4
67.8
63.6
54.1
Percent who are married
60.7
57.8
72.3
84.2
Percent who are in labor force
78.3
76.4
37.6 *
67.2
Percent who are in poverty
0.0
6.9
14.1
10.1
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
898,570
890,594 *
900,043 *
881,102 *
Civilian veterans
10.84%
10.29%
9.16% *
10.03%
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,180,924
1,173,106 *
1,173,612 *
1,165,744 *
Same house
87.81%
87.32%
86.03%
86.66%
Different house in the U.S.
11.41%
12.29%
12.72%
12.90%
Same county
7.11%
7.44%
7.04%
7.65%
Different county
4.30%
4.84%
5.68%
5.25%
Same state
2.91%
3.65%
3.64%
3.40%
Different state
1.39%
1.20%
2.05%
1.85%
Abroad
0.78%
0.39%
1.25%
0.44%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,194,039
1,188,893 c
1,184,866 c
1,180,408 c
Native
88.85%
90.09%
88.47%
90.35% *
Born in United States
88.23%
89.53%
87.52%
89.40%
State of residence
69.34%
69.87%
68.02%
69.30%
Different state
18.90%
19.66%
19.50%
20.10%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.62%
0.56%
0.95%
0.95%
Foreign born
11.15%
9.91%
11.53%
9.65% *
Naturalized citizen
38.66%
51.83% *
44.57% *
47.45% *
Not a citizen
61.34%
48.17% *
55.43%
52.55%
Entered 1990 or later
58.40%
49.16%
49.52%
47.20% *
Entered before 1990
41.60%
50.84% *
50.48% *
52.80% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
133,094
117,873
136,602
113,936 *
Europe
21.30%
24.04%
33.11% *
29.97% *
Asia
56.96%
53.09%
49.55% *
54.77%
Africa
1.21%
2.12%
3.20% *
0.69%
Oceania
0.98%
0.35%
0.00%
0.00%
Latin America
6.72%
9.31%
6.49%
6.26%
Northern America
12.83%
11.10%
7.65% *
8.32% *
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,117,301
1,111,692 *
1,110,117 *
1,100,346 *
English only
87.07%
88.21%
85.45%
86.83%
Language other than English
12.93%
11.79%
14.55%
13.17%
Speak English less than "very well"
4.64%
3.85%
5.97% *
4.91%
Spanish
2.31%
2.35%
1.67% *
2.14%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.70%
1.02%
0.49%
0.69%
Other Indo-European languages
4.57%
4.28%
6.82% *
5.30%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.29%
1.29%
2.34% *
1.53%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
3.42%
3.23%
3.05%
2.57% *
Speak English less than "very well"
1.51%
0.96%
1.50%
1.37%
Other languages
2.64%
1.94%
3.01%
3.16%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.13%
0.58%
1.64%
1.32%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,194,039
1,188,893 c
1,184,866 c
1,180,408 c
Arab
1.67%
1.79%
2.27%
1.51%
Czech
0.36%
0.56%
0.48%
0.58%
Danish
0.13%
0.38% *
0.72% *
0.34% *
Dutch
2.06%
2.30%
1.79%
1.80%
English
12.23%
12.50%
12.02%
13.32%
French (except Basque)
4.98%
4.30%
4.84%
5.34%
French Canadian
2.48%
2.06%
2.38%
1.86%
German
20.99%
20.62%
20.21%
20.32%
Greek
0.77%
0.50%
0.91%
0.69%
Hungarian
0.97%
1.63% *
1.05%
1.31%
Irish
12.26%
14.85% *
13.94%
14.41% *
Italian
6.44%
6.36%
6.56%
6.55%
Lithuanian
0.34%
0.55%
0.58%
0.53%
Norwegian
0.98%
0.76%
0.92%
0.87%
Polish
12.26%
10.44% *
10.93%
10.78%
Portuguese
0.05%
0.04%
0.06%
0.12%
Russian
2.48%
2.23%
2.63%
2.66%
Scotch-Irish
2.35%
1.92%
1.86%
2.24%
Scottish
3.32%
3.36%
2.71%
3.53%
Slovak
0.37%
0.32%
0.40%
0.49%
Subsaharan African
1.27%
1.41%
0.34% *
0.50% *
Swedish
1.41%
1.97%
1.46%
1.81%
Swiss
0.10%
0.24%
0.34% *
0.11%
Ukrainian
0.81%
0.84%
0.81%
0.95%
United States or American
3.48%
3.78%
4.48% *
5.16% *
Welsh
0.67%
0.85%
0.82%
0.63%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.12%
0.26%
0.25%
0.05%
 
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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.
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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