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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
350,044
353,596
346,365
333,986 *
Nursery school, preschool
7.28%
7.20%
8.41%
9.43% *
Kindergarten
4.19%
4.34%
5.66%
5.69%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
42.22%
44.12% *
44.34% *
44.01%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
20.59%
20.43%
18.93%
21.13%
College or graduate school
25.73%
23.90%
22.65% *
19.73% *
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
901,215
903,124
892,730 *
896,265 *
Less than 9th grade
3.64%
3.96%
4.98% *
4.70%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
5.75%
5.25%
7.17% *
7.37% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
27.00%
28.60%
26.32%
27.70%
Some college, no degree
17.58%
16.12%
17.40%
16.24%
Associate degree
8.17%
7.69%
6.91% *
7.71%
Bachelor's degree
21.72%
21.77%
21.56%
20.70%
Graduate or professional degree
16.15%
16.62%
15.65%
15.57%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
90.6
90.8
87.8 *
87.9 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
37.9
38.4
37.2
36.3
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
505,202
501,815 *
491,652 *
493,625 *
Never married
31.22%
27.73% *
29.08%
28.54% *
Now married, except separated
61.66%
63.85%
62.49%
62.18%
Separated
0.56%
0.67%
1.23% *
1.14% *
Widowed
2.51%
4.30% *
3.37% *
2.82%
Divorced
4.05%
3.45%
3.84%
5.31%
 
Females 15 years and over
551,289
551,335
547,005 *
543,631 *
Never married
24.34%
22.63%
23.66%
21.77% *
Now married, except separated
57.89%
54.95% *
54.02% *
56.05%
Separated
2.28%
2.81%
2.00%
1.99%
Widowed
9.89%
11.41%
12.10% *
11.89% *
Divorced
5.61%
8.20% *
8.22% *
8.30% *
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
16,357
16,141
18,707
20,988
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
17.70%
15.73%
17.21%
27.54%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
21
18
22
43
As a percent of all women with a birth
17.7
15.7
17.2
27.5
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
50
50
56
64
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
20
0
0
5
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
86
95
94
127
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
34
32
45
36
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
29,860
21,778
27,199
24,703
Responsible for grandchildren
10.79%
18.73%
18.17%
19.87%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
20.83%
14.76%
46.25%
22.86%
1 or 2 years
15.33%
19.93%
0.00%
16.12%
3 or 4 years
35.44%
13.63%
29.55%
19.50%
5 or more years
28.40%
51.68%
24.21%
41.52%
 
Percent who are female
64.6
86.1 *
82.4
72.1
Percent who are married
85.9
67.8
79.4
45.5 *
Percent who are in labor force
73.6
74.1
47.8
34.7 *
Percent who are in poverty
0.0
7.0
17.7
14.1
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,003,003
1,000,141 *
990,906 *
983,705 *
Civilian veterans
8.51%
9.59% *
10.07% *
9.77% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,304,334
1,309,497 *
1,296,844 *
1,299,328 *
Same house
92.34%
93.67%
94.03%
92.33%
Different house in the U.S.
7.41%
6.16%
5.62% *
7.28%
Same county
4.66%
4.11%
2.81% *
4.80%
Different county
2.75%
2.04%
2.81%
2.48%
Same state
1.78%
1.69%
2.17%
2.24%
Different state
0.97%
0.36% *
0.63%
0.23% *
Abroad
0.26%
0.17%
0.35%
0.40%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,317,003
1,323,033 c
1,312,990 c
1,312,886 c
Native
81.26%
81.69%
82.33%
80.64%
Born in United States
80.07%
80.97%
80.52%
79.95%
State of residence
74.10%
74.56%
73.94%
73.76%
Different state
5.98%
6.41%
6.58%
6.19%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
1.18%
0.72%
1.80%
0.69%
Foreign born
18.74%
18.31%
17.67%
19.36%
Naturalized citizen
59.84%
59.89%
55.29% *
52.43% *
Not a citizen
40.16%
40.11%
44.71%
47.57% *
Entered 1990 or later
29.78%
32.85%
31.06%
29.92%
Entered before 1990
70.22%
67.15%
68.94%
70.08%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
246,857
242,227
231,863
254,195
Europe
21.65%
23.33%
25.10%
25.25%
Asia
27.48%
26.83%
27.40%
25.41%
Africa
1.93%
4.51% *
3.86%
2.66%
Oceania
0.08%
0.10%
0.00%
0.15%
Latin America
47.70%
44.65%
42.67%
45.43%
Northern America
1.15%
0.58%
0.97%
1.10%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,238,417
1,240,157 *
1,229,731 *
1,226,499 *
English only
77.79%
77.31%
78.20%
77.60%
Language other than English
22.21%
22.69%
21.80%
22.40%
Speak English less than "very well"
8.80%
8.83%
8.27%
9.02%
Spanish
9.61%
9.59%
7.90% *
9.17%
Speak English less than "very well"
4.40%
4.21%
3.83%
4.44%
Other Indo-European languages
7.71%
8.81%
9.89% *
8.69%
Speak English less than "very well"
2.22%
2.65%
2.71%
2.72%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
4.05%
3.62%
2.88% *
3.23%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.95%
1.93%
1.44%
1.56%
Other languages
0.84%
0.67%
1.14%
1.31%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.23%
0.04% *
0.28%
0.29%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,317,003
1,323,033 c
1,312,990 c
1,312,886 c
Arab
0.35%
0.56%
0.85%
0.48%
Czech
0.44%
0.25%
0.40%
0.30%
Danish
0.19%
0.16%
0.08%
0.09%
Dutch
0.39%
0.44%
0.56%
0.70%
English
3.56%
3.38%
3.33%
3.48%
French (except Basque)
1.11%
0.95%
1.00%
1.09%
French Canadian
0.24%
0.35%
0.13%
0.41%
German
12.59%
13.06%
13.42%
11.89%
Greek
1.41%
1.46%
1.49%
1.68%
Hungarian
1.54%
1.26%
1.23%
1.05%
Irish
17.47%
18.38%
16.99%
17.03%
Italian
24.05%
25.22%
26.48% *
23.65%
Lithuanian
0.32%
0.63%
0.65%
0.37%
Norwegian
0.69%
0.72%
0.65%
0.65%
Polish
6.17%
5.12%
6.11%
5.23%
Portuguese
0.51%
0.16%
0.17%
0.41%
Russian
5.36%
4.57%
4.97%
5.32%
Scotch-Irish
0.48%
0.82% *
0.78%
0.53%
Scottish
0.98%
0.78%
0.63%
0.81%
Slovak
0.18%
0.23%
0.06%
0.07%
Subsaharan African
0.23%
0.63% *
0.45%
0.52%
Swedish
0.78%
0.60%
0.82%
0.54%
Swiss
0.17%
0.46%
0.16%
0.21%
Ukrainian
0.28%
0.44%
0.43%
0.60% *
United States or American
2.65%
5.18% *
4.70% *
4.19% *
Welsh
0.08%
0.10%
0.14%
0.11%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
4.18%
3.93%
3.36%
3.96%
 
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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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