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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
578,343
586,853
565,240
566,688
Nursery school, preschool
5.22%
5.75%
5.52%
5.40%
Kindergarten
5.29%
4.93%
5.73%
5.02%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
44.42%
46.51% *
45.97% *
48.61% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
23.40%
21.10% *
21.75%
19.29% *
College or graduate school
21.68%
21.71%
21.02%
21.68%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,260,727
1,272,238 *
1,291,255 *
1,277,299 *
Less than 9th grade
5.29%
5.62%
4.46%
4.85%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
12.43%
17.37% *
17.00% *
15.09% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
30.64%
30.58%
31.77%
33.58% *
Some college, no degree
25.07%
21.46% *
22.88% *
21.93% *
Associate degree
7.22%
6.36%
5.75% *
6.45%
Bachelor's degree
12.22%
12.83%
11.02%
11.54%
Graduate or professional degree
7.13%
5.77% *
7.11%
6.57%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
82.3
77.0 *
78.5 *
80.1 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
19.4
18.6
18.1
18.1
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
715,558
718,800
729,609 *
722,717 *
Never married
37.67%
37.95%
38.90%
36.74%
Now married, except separated
48.27%
48.05%
46.61%
46.76%
Separated
1.52%
1.73%
2.57% *
2.37% *
Widowed
2.15%
3.09% *
2.90% *
3.11% *
Divorced
10.39%
9.17%
9.02%
11.02%
 
Females 15 years and over
810,785
812,522
824,018 *
817,212 *
Never married
33.43%
31.72%
32.98%
31.67%
Now married, except separated
40.71%
40.92%
40.25%
41.32%
Separated
2.76%
3.12%
3.66%
3.45%
Widowed
10.42%
11.40%
10.65%
11.43%
Divorced
12.67%
12.84%
12.46%
12.13%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
33,025
30,619
27,646
37,763
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
56.35%
38.74% *
38.27% *
42.93%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
62
39
34 *
54
As a percent of all women with a birth
56.3
38.7 *
38.3 *
42.9
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
63
58
51
71
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
48
37
22
98 *
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
133
110
105
120
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
11
20
13
19
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
51,034
56,144
57,677
53,890
Responsible for grandchildren
45.16%
54.61%
43.90%
36.48%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
20.58%
19.01%
18.42%
20.40%
1 or 2 years
22.02%
16.12%
23.49%
17.97%
3 or 4 years
13.76%
12.36%
17.13%
10.19%
5 or more years
43.64%
52.51%
40.96%
51.43%
 
Percent who are female
66.3
62.8
63.7
57.9
Percent who are married
67.2
70.8
63.7
80.9 *
Percent who are in labor force
49.4
46.7
48.0
59.8
Percent who are in poverty
20.2
16.0
22.6
14.8
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,434,336
1,443,477 *
1,468,739 *
1,453,940 *
Civilian veterans
10.60%
10.92%
11.42%
11.47%
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,967,958
1,986,429 *
1,989,683 *
1,996,688 *
Same house
85.02%
86.91%
85.73%
86.11%
Different house in the U.S.
14.40%
12.87%
13.65%
13.35%
Same county
11.25%
10.06%
10.80%
9.79%
Different county
3.15%
2.81%
2.85%
3.56%
Same state
2.01%
1.64%
1.76%
2.07%
Different state
1.14%
1.17%
1.09%
1.49%
Abroad
0.58%
0.23% *
0.62%
0.54%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,996,634
2,013,098 c
2,012,920 c
2,028,544 c
Native
92.35%
92.78%
93.15%
92.79%
Born in United States
91.35%
92.17%
92.49%
92.03%
State of residence
70.70%
71.62%
72.43%
70.62%
Different state
20.66%
20.54%
20.06%
21.41%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.99%
0.62%
0.66%
0.76%
Foreign born
7.65%
7.22%
6.85%
7.21%
Naturalized citizen
40.65%
44.30%
45.57%
45.58%
Not a citizen
59.35%
55.70%
54.43%
54.42%
Entered 1990 or later
63.09%
55.59%
51.94%
49.68% *
Entered before 1990
36.91%
44.41% *
48.06% *
50.32% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
152,830
145,257
137,846
146,353
Europe
17.55%
18.68%
28.50% *
25.15% *
Asia
46.32%
51.95%
42.87%
46.16%
Africa
5.65%
3.15%
2.50%
2.73%
Oceania
0.25%
0.16%
0.00%
0.14%
Latin America
22.45%
18.60%
18.85%
19.00%
Northern America
7.78%
7.46%
7.27%
6.81%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,850,370
1,862,505 *
1,870,122 *
1,876,691 *
English only
88.38%
89.30%
89.59%
89.32%
Language other than English
11.62%
10.70%
10.41%
10.68%
Speak English less than "very well"
5.17%
4.38%
4.30%
4.04% *
Spanish
3.55%
3.46%
3.08%
3.09%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.93%
1.68%
1.53%
1.16% *
Other Indo-European languages
3.66%
3.39%
3.65%
4.13%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.10%
1.09%
1.36%
1.58%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
1.46%
0.89% *
1.33%
0.57% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.56%
0.37%
0.55%
0.22% *
Other languages
2.95%
2.96%
2.35%
2.89%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.57%
1.25%
0.86% *
1.08%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,996,634
2,013,098 c
2,012,920 c
2,028,544 c
Arab
3.26%
3.80%
2.40%
3.29%
Czech
0.27%
0.20%
0.20%
0.32%
Danish
0.17%
0.08%
0.27%
0.14%
Dutch
1.06%
0.99%
1.33%
0.77%
English
6.53%
6.67%
6.45%
6.29%
French (except Basque)
3.85%
3.30%
3.53%
3.37%
French Canadian
0.92%
1.38% *
1.28%
1.83% *
German
11.70%
10.62%
11.65%
12.51%
Greek
0.50%
0.41%
0.40%
0.44%
Hungarian
1.23%
1.65%
1.37%
1.51%
Irish
8.53%
8.84%
8.42%
8.39%
Italian
4.33%
4.78%
4.94%
4.25%
Lithuanian
0.34%
0.29%
0.30%
0.34%
Norwegian
0.52%
0.22% *
0.20% *
0.40%
Polish
8.61%
8.49%
9.21%
8.49%
Portuguese
0.08%
0.03%
0.07%
0.07%
Russian
0.42%
0.54%
0.79% *
0.55%
Scotch-Irish
1.06%
1.56% *
1.01%
1.09%
Scottish
1.93%
2.03%
1.87%
1.90%
Slovak
0.30%
0.34%
0.44%
0.25%
Subsaharan African
0.98%
1.13%
0.85%
0.63%
Swedish
0.68%
0.96%
0.52%
0.67%
Swiss
0.17%
0.15%
0.10%
0.10%
Ukrainian
0.61%
0.61%
0.68%
0.43%
United States or American
2.51%
2.43%
2.65%
2.76%
Welsh
0.26%
0.18%
0.37%
0.25%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.15%
0.09%
0.13%
0.15%
 
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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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