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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
680,219
689,119
689,274
728,919 *
Nursery school, preschool
5.66%
5.19%
4.93%
4.99%
Kindergarten
4.73%
6.88% *
5.37%
4.63%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
42.41%
41.14%
44.27% *
41.83%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
22.08%
21.21%
22.68%
20.77%
College or graduate school
25.11%
25.58%
22.75%
27.79%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,559,251
1,559,135
1,537,248 *
1,517,987 *
Less than 9th grade
11.76%
10.87%
8.59% *
10.56%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
13.68%
16.00% *
14.78%
15.53% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
28.77%
28.79%
34.17% *
27.82%
Some college, no degree
14.44%
15.76%
16.30% *
18.25% *
Associate degree
6.80%
5.59% *
5.81%
5.75%
Bachelor's degree
14.35%
14.09%
12.56% *
14.36%
Graduate or professional degree
10.19%
8.90% *
7.79% *
7.72% *
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
74.6
73.1
76.6 *
73.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
24.5
23.0
20.3 *
22.1 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
869,677
869,558
859,924 *
854,219 *
Never married
39.67%
38.85%
37.70%
40.08%
Now married, except separated
46.16%
46.04%
46.96%
45.18%
Separated
5.64%
6.21%
6.79%
3.61% *
Widowed
3.23%
3.41%
2.59%
5.51% *
Divorced
5.31%
5.48%
5.96%
5.62%
 
Females 15 years and over
1,027,160
1,035,001 *
1,025,249
1,021,108 *
Never married
32.93%
34.45%
34.10%
36.71% *
Now married, except separated
36.70%
37.34%
38.30%
38.19%
Separated
9.63%
8.53%
9.98%
5.90% *
Widowed
10.46%
10.71%
10.17%
11.29%
Divorced
10.29%
8.97%
7.45% *
7.91% *
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
30,927
39,394
36,800
45,210 *
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
34.97%
32.82%
38.54%
38.79%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
30
34
39
46
As a percent of all women with a birth
35.0
32.8
38.5
38.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
46
58
54
66 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
19
18
11
41
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
87
81
82
98
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
15
46 *
38 *
42 *
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
68,313
73,087
61,940
63,857
Responsible for grandchildren
26.95%
30.71%
41.52% *
44.18% *
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
19.70%
23.16%
16.51%
29.43%
1 or 2 years
20.65%
22.33%
35.24%
9.45%
3 or 4 years
20.66%
17.67%
18.76%
20.27%
5 or more years
38.98%
36.84%
29.48%
40.86%
 
Percent who are female
71.6
80.0
73.7
67.0
Percent who are married
59.6
45.9
58.4
74.5
Percent who are in labor force
50.0
57.3
39.4
50.5
Percent who are in poverty
32.8
18.9
24.7
25.3
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,793,521
1,800,603 *
1,781,523 *
1,768,074 *
Civilian veterans
3.61%
4.08%
4.45% *
4.78% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
2,403,176
2,416,708 *
2,397,905
2,383,779 *
Same house
91.03%
90.59%
90.96%
91.50%
Different house in the U.S.
7.99%
8.48%
8.25%
7.36%
Same county
5.94%
6.96%
6.76%
5.15%
Different county
2.05%
1.52%
1.49%
2.21%
Same state
1.24%
0.95%
0.91%
1.44%
Different state
0.81%
0.56%
0.58%
0.77%
Abroad
0.98%
0.93%
0.79%
1.14%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
2,433,203
2,448,708 c
2,425,980 c
2,426,027 c
Native
63.04%
61.96%
63.94%
63.36%
Born in United States
58.99%
57.64%
59.18%
59.67%
State of residence
50.51%
49.50%
50.05%
50.82%
Different state
8.48%
8.15%
9.12%
8.85%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
4.05%
4.32%
4.76%
3.69%
Foreign born
36.96%
38.04%
36.06%
36.64%
Naturalized citizen
59.37%
55.46% *
50.10% *
49.37% *
Not a citizen
40.63%
44.54% *
49.90% *
50.63% *
Entered 1990 or later
45.25%
44.19%
45.04%
42.89%
Entered before 1990
54.75%
55.81%
54.96%
57.11%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
899,242
931,470
874,833
888,906
Europe
24.84%
22.19% *
24.82%
25.12%
Asia
20.31%
20.68%
23.55% *
21.30%
Africa
2.43%
2.59%
2.36%
2.06%
Oceania
0.05%
0.10%
0.12%
0.13%
Latin America
51.75%
53.87%
48.37%
50.93%
Northern America
0.63%
0.57%
0.77%
0.46%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
2,248,861
2,265,307 *
2,247,524 *
2,245,093 *
English only
55.53%
56.78%
58.03% *
54.59%
Language other than English
44.47%
43.22%
41.97% *
45.41%
Speak English less than "very well"
20.95%
21.57%
22.75%
21.59%
Spanish
18.18%
18.34%
16.93% *
18.45%
Speak English less than "very well"
7.81%
8.86%
7.86%
7.57%
Other Indo-European languages
18.13%
16.15% *
15.75% *
18.09%
Speak English less than "very well"
8.66%
7.87%
8.73%
8.76%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
5.98%
6.30%
6.69%
6.09%
Speak English less than "very well"
3.83%
4.07%
4.77% *
3.95%
Other languages
2.17%
2.43%
2.60%
2.79%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.65%
0.77%
1.39% *
1.31% *
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
2,433,203
2,448,708 c
2,425,980 c
2,426,027 c
Arab
1.03%
1.80%
1.44%
1.71% *
Czech
0.14%
0.05%
0.14%
0.09%
Danish
0.05%
0.05%
0.02%
0.09%
Dutch
0.21%
0.15%
0.15%
0.33%
English
1.17%
1.19%
1.18%
0.97%
French (except Basque)
0.37%
0.37%
0.34%
0.59%
French Canadian
0.10%
0.12%
0.08%
0.07%
German
1.60%
2.39% *
1.62%
1.61%
Greek
0.55%
0.78%
0.26%
0.72%
Hungarian
1.13%
0.90%
0.92%
0.88%
Irish
3.07%
2.90%
3.24%
3.25%
Italian
7.00%
7.10%
6.71%
8.38% *
Lithuanian
0.12%
0.12%
0.16%
0.12%
Norwegian
0.25%
0.16%
0.24%
0.30%
Polish
2.80%
3.03%
2.48%
3.63%
Portuguese
0.04%
0.11%
0.03%
0.15%
Russian
4.68%
4.13%
4.70%
4.77%
Scotch-Irish
0.16%
0.22%
0.08%
0.26%
Scottish
0.30%
0.32%
0.20%
0.45%
Slovak
0.04%
0.04%
0.03%
0.01%
Subsaharan African
1.26%
0.82%
1.28%
1.69%
Swedish
0.13%
0.23%
0.34% *
0.21%
Swiss
0.08%
0.02%
0.03%
0.04%
Ukrainian
1.26%
0.91%
0.90%
1.38%
United States or American
3.98%
7.21% *
5.81% *
4.35%
Welsh
0.09%
0.05%
0.08%
0.05%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
10.20%
8.87%
5.54% *
12.16% *
 
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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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