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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
392,481
380,240
372,281 *
365,568 *
Nursery school, preschool
7.58%
6.89%
6.79%
7.41%
Kindergarten
5.30%
5.03%
6.52%
4.35%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
40.35%
45.34% *
45.79% *
47.22% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
22.88%
22.23%
19.87% *
20.86%
College or graduate school
23.88%
20.50% *
21.03%
20.16% *
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
960,585
948,479 *
938,829 *
924,394 *
Less than 9th grade
5.01%
2.98% *
3.21% *
3.28% *
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
5.54%
7.41% *
7.56% *
8.66% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
33.00%
31.73%
31.58%
32.56%
Some college, no degree
17.61%
21.76% *
20.60% *
18.28%
Associate degree
8.62%
7.82%
7.83%
7.62%
Bachelor's degree
17.05%
16.10%
17.01%
17.61%
Graduate or professional degree
13.17%
12.20%
12.22%
12.00%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
89.5
89.6
89.2
88.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
30.2
28.3
29.2
29.6
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
550,784
541,800 *
532,256 *
519,738 *
Never married
28.63%
29.46%
27.66%
28.40%
Now married, except separated
61.94%
58.44% *
61.69%
62.09%
Separated
1.47%
1.82%
2.29% *
1.65%
Widowed
2.40%
2.46%
2.75%
2.95%
Divorced
5.56%
7.82% *
5.60%
4.91%
 
Females 15 years and over
582,506
575,536 *
567,723 *
556,574 *
Never married
23.95%
24.34%
22.01% *
22.67%
Now married, except separated
55.29%
55.10%
57.53%
55.20%
Separated
2.28%
2.39%
2.30%
2.22%
Widowed
9.70%
9.62%
10.32%
10.55%
Divorced
8.78%
8.55%
7.84%
9.36%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
19,875
14,515
21,122
20,182
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
8.15%
8.76%
18.60%
10.50%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
10
8
28 *
14
As a percent of all women with a birth
8.2
8.8
18.6
10.5
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
54
39
58
56
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
0
5
0
0
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
97
81
103
104
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
37
20 *
40
35
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
32,293
30,374
32,369
32,027
Responsible for grandchildren
26.45%
18.35%
34.11%
25.03%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
7.47%
34.69%
20.59%
28.27% *
1 or 2 years
19.25%
15.09%
30.66%
26.98%
3 or 4 years
30.90%
26.37%
22.36%
20.72%
5 or more years
42.38%
23.86%
26.39%
24.03%
 
Percent who are female
54.2
59.7
67.7 *
58.7
Percent who are married
79.0
74.6
75.0
70.8
Percent who are in labor force
52.5
59.7
61.6
45.1
Percent who are in poverty
5.8
0.0
18.3
2.3
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,074,251
1,060,002 *
1,043,577 *
1,020,944 *
Civilian veterans
9.58%
10.07%
10.73% *
10.48% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,421,086
1,412,418 *
1,394,855 *
1,372,553 *
Same house
91.78%
91.70%
90.63%
91.80%
Different house in the U.S.
7.90%
7.87%
8.91%
7.78%
Same county
5.55%
6.53%
6.47%
5.24%
Different county
2.35%
1.34% *
2.44%
2.54%
Same state
1.66%
0.56% *
1.72%
1.27%
Different state
0.69%
0.78%
0.71%
1.27% *
Abroad
0.32%
0.43%
0.46%
0.42%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,437,766
1,429,351 c
1,410,480 c
1,390,791 c
Native
86.75%
88.16%
88.37% *
90.13% *
Born in United States
85.49%
86.58%
86.74%
88.32% *
State of residence
77.94%
80.02% *
78.44%
80.04% *
Different state
7.55%
6.56%
8.30%
8.27%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
1.26%
1.58%
1.64%
1.81%
Foreign born
13.25%
11.84%
11.63% *
9.87% *
Naturalized citizen
42.41%
51.66% *
57.13% *
52.56% *
Not a citizen
57.59%
48.34% *
42.87% *
47.44% *
Entered 1990 or later
46.78%
42.68%
32.07% *
30.25% *
Entered before 1990
53.22%
57.32%
67.93% *
69.75% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
190,497
169,189 *
163,971 *
137,331 *
Europe
18.33%
29.57% *
26.62% *
31.23% *
Asia
20.79%
20.98%
20.53%
20.69%
Africa
2.14%
3.23%
1.84%
1.90%
Oceania
0.15%
0.00%
0.00%
0.25%
Latin America
57.99%
45.54% *
48.39% *
44.71% *
Northern America
0.60%
0.67%
2.62% *
1.22%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,341,839
1,332,131 *
1,313,428 *
1,290,950 *
English only
81.98%
83.96% *
84.37% *
85.22% *
Language other than English
18.02%
16.04% *
15.63% *
14.78% *
Speak English less than "very well"
9.17%
5.44% *
4.54% *
4.44% *
Spanish
10.87%
7.64% *
9.37% *
8.42% *
Speak English less than "very well"
6.22%
3.28% *
2.23% *
2.52% *
Other Indo-European languages
4.81%
6.48% *
4.44%
5.02%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.76%
1.46%
1.63%
1.40%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
2.02%
1.56%
1.52%
1.16% *
Speak English less than "very well"
1.08%
0.66%
0.64% *
0.44% *
Other languages
0.32%
0.35%
0.29%
0.19%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.11%
0.05%
0.03%
0.08%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,437,766
1,429,351 c
1,410,480 c
1,390,791 c
Arab
0.25%
0.42%
0.50%
0.01% *
Czech
0.69%
0.61%
0.43%
0.82%
Danish
0.39%
0.23%
0.28%
0.28%
Dutch
0.66%
0.70%
0.83%
0.99%
English
5.79%
5.93%
6.27%
5.22%
French (except Basque)
1.76%
2.27%
2.06%
1.98%
French Canadian
0.61%
0.39%
0.46%
0.66%
German
18.56%
17.59%
15.25% *
15.77% *
Greek
1.02%
0.69%
0.99%
1.37%
Hungarian
0.91%
1.12%
0.79%
0.67%
Irish
24.01%
21.75%
21.33% *
20.71% *
Italian
27.25%
28.09%
28.12%
26.54%
Lithuanian
0.41%
0.78%
0.28%
0.44%
Norwegian
1.28%
0.91%
1.13%
1.09%
Polish
6.07%
5.57%
5.67%
4.62% *
Portuguese
0.42%
0.97%
0.30%
0.26%
Russian
3.03%
2.71%
2.10% *
2.17% *
Scotch-Irish
1.05%
0.92%
0.66% *
0.73%
Scottish
0.95%
1.46%
1.19%
0.75%
Slovak
0.08%
0.17%
0.16%
0.19%
Subsaharan African
0.26%
1.00%
0.21%
0.43%
Swedish
1.39%
1.43%
1.03%
1.39%
Swiss
0.15%
0.45%
0.10%
0.28%
Ukrainian
0.89%
0.54%
0.28% *
0.54%
United States or American
2.81%
3.05%
2.82%
2.75%
Welsh
0.48%
0.09% *
0.31%
0.30%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
1.72%
0.93% *
0.87% *
1.21%
 
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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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