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 Cuyahoga 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
351,854
356,665
330,152 *
353,083
Nursery school, preschool
7.34%
6.22%
7.54%
5.94%
Kindergarten
4.02%
6.39% *
4.65%
4.17%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
44.50%
45.87% *
46.69% *
48.63% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
22.18%
21.60%
21.82%
20.44%
College or graduate school
21.95%
19.92%
19.30%
20.82%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
897,107
902,446 *
922,760 *
915,306 *
Less than 9th grade
3.58%
4.45%
3.45%
4.57%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
10.43%
11.31%
12.93% *
12.09% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
33.00%
32.14%
32.02%
32.64%
Some college, no degree
19.43%
18.85%
20.62%
20.83%
Associate degree
5.56%
5.80%
5.41%
5.07%
Bachelor's degree
17.50%
17.20%
15.19% *
16.75%
Graduate or professional degree
10.49%
10.25%
10.39%
8.06% *
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
86.0
84.2
83.6 *
83.3 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
28.0
27.5
25.6 *
24.8 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
492,310
493,345
500,478 *
496,502 *
Never married
35.12%
34.59%
33.43%
32.87%
Now married, except separated
49.98%
50.92%
52.04%
50.04%
Separated
1.89%
1.22%
2.07%
2.81%
Widowed
2.95%
3.46%
3.13%
3.21%
Divorced
10.06%
9.81%
9.32%
11.07%
 
Females 15 years and over
562,909
568,020 *
578,409 *
576,304 *
Never married
29.97%
30.34%
28.57%
28.20%
Now married, except separated
43.69%
42.41%
43.49%
44.93%
Separated
2.50%
2.26%
2.33%
2.71%
Widowed
11.65%
12.84%
12.69%
12.15%
Divorced
12.19%
12.15%
12.92%
12.00%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
19,357
15,402
19,448
13,927
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
43.00%
42.85%
39.85%
15.44% *
Per 1,000 unmarried women
44
34
39
12 *
As a percent of all women with a birth
43.0
42.9
39.8
15.4 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
58
45
55
40 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
34
30
18
9
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
106
83
94
61 *
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
28
20
34
30
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
27,338
30,228
32,133
24,685
Responsible for grandchildren
48.68%
60.65%
48.67%
52.98%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
21.33%
20.53%
22.17%
51.99% *
1 or 2 years
19.97%
18.01%
28.40%
16.89%
3 or 4 years
12.85%
11.43%
11.43%
12.79%
5 or more years
45.85%
50.03%
38.00%
18.33% *
 
Percent who are female
72.6
67.6
70.9
71.1
Percent who are married
62.9
72.1
59.5
67.1
Percent who are in labor force
62.3
76.1
55.0
53.3
Percent who are in poverty
22.4
9.5
31.7
29.7
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
999,031
1,004,846 *
1,025,634 *
1,018,235 *
Civilian veterans
11.41%
12.78% *
12.29%
12.99% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,315,421
1,333,702 *
1,335,899 *
1,350,265 *
Same house
85.17%
86.58%
87.05%
86.00%
Different house in the U.S.
14.39%
12.46%
12.71%
13.36%
Same county
11.91%
9.86%
9.93%
10.31%
Different county
2.47%
2.61%
2.79%
3.05%
Same state
1.08%
1.03%
1.47%
1.71% *
Different state
1.39%
1.58%
1.32%
1.34%
Abroad
0.45%
0.95%
0.24%
0.64%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,333,582
1,348,871 c
1,350,242 c
1,363,800 c
Native
93.23%
92.11%
94.06%
92.43%
Born in United States
92.25%
91.03%
92.45%
90.58% *
State of residence
72.79%
71.52%
73.31%
70.50%
Different state
19.47%
19.51%
19.14%
20.09%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.97%
1.08%
1.61% *
1.84% *
Foreign born
6.77%
7.89%
5.94%
7.57%
Naturalized citizen
53.15%
51.10%
56.40%
58.27%
Not a citizen
46.85%
48.90%
43.60%
41.73%
Entered 1990 or later
45.17%
46.32%
42.15%
36.42%
Entered before 1990
54.83%
53.68%
57.85%
63.58% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
90,307
106,396
80,231
103,255
Europe
53.64%
58.08%
44.82%
52.36%
Asia
29.44%
25.58%
36.35% *
28.23%
Africa
3.40%
1.45%
8.46% *
2.11%
Oceania
0.89%
0.97%
0.75%
0.19%
Latin America
10.82%
11.69%
5.68%
14.22%
Northern America
1.80%
2.23%
3.93%
2.89%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,245,206
1,256,972 *
1,265,759 *
1,273,032 *
English only
89.25%
87.63%
88.99%
88.32%
Language other than English
10.75%
12.37%
11.01%
11.68%
Speak English less than "very well"
4.12%
5.31%
3.90%
3.92%
Spanish
3.11%
2.99%
3.12%
3.31%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.95%
1.09%
0.81%
0.79%
Other Indo-European languages
5.68%
7.44% *
4.93%
5.29%
Speak English less than "very well"
2.23%
3.61% *
1.64%
1.92%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
1.15%
1.23%
1.50%
1.09%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.57%
0.39%
0.92%
0.54%
Other languages
0.81%
0.72%
1.46% *
2.00% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.38%
0.22%
0.53%
0.69%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,333,582
1,348,871 c
1,350,242 c
1,363,800 c
Arab
1.09%
0.81%
1.16%
2.11%
Czech
1.88%
1.79%
2.07%
1.55%
Danish
0.15%
0.14%
0.15%
0.16%
Dutch
0.90%
1.06%
1.09%
1.31%
English
6.51%
6.03%
6.39%
6.59%
French (except Basque)
1.37%
1.92%
1.42%
1.86%
French Canadian
0.26%
0.16%
0.27%
0.35%
German
16.85%
16.63%
17.86%
18.44%
Greek
0.74%
0.80%
0.92%
0.47%
Hungarian
3.91%
3.90%
3.57%
3.55%
Irish
13.41%
14.30%
12.24%
12.14%
Italian
9.23%
7.90% *
9.09%
9.86%
Lithuanian
0.45%
0.51%
0.39%
0.56%
Norwegian
0.42%
0.34%
0.17% *
0.18% *
Polish
8.45%
9.97% *
8.85%
8.14%
Portuguese
0.00%
0.08% *
0.04%
0.07%
Russian
1.48%
1.94%
1.58%
1.78%
Scotch-Irish
1.03%
0.89%
1.43%
1.10%
Scottish
1.26%
1.37%
1.29%
1.62%
Slovak
3.69%
3.03%
3.72%
3.62%
Subsaharan African
0.68%
0.41%
0.35%
0.39%
Swedish
0.91%
0.81%
0.54%
0.74%
Swiss
0.26%
0.28%
0.28%
0.27%
Ukrainian
0.94%
1.68%
1.00%
1.17%
United States or American
3.21%
2.90%
2.99%
2.79%
Welsh
0.61%
0.69%
0.67%
0.65%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.46%
0.70%
0.16%
0.61%
 
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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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