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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
390,042
410,629
385,560
406,951
Nursery school, preschool
5.73%
4.91%
4.92%
4.86%
Kindergarten
4.38%
5.17%
5.33%
6.37%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
43.71%
41.90% *
44.16%
42.19%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
21.18%
20.48%
20.78%
21.91%
College or graduate school
24.99%
27.53%
24.81%
24.66%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
925,622
925,692
931,580 *
938,378 *
Less than 9th grade
5.27%
5.81%
7.33% *
7.82% *
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
19.78%
18.76%
19.63%
19.09%
High school graduate (including equivalency)
33.73%
35.00%
32.85%
35.20%
Some college, no degree
17.04%
15.95%
15.06% *
14.62% *
Associate degree
4.30%
5.45%
5.01%
5.94% *
Bachelor's degree
12.00%
10.72%
11.33%
9.07% *
Graduate or professional degree
7.88%
8.31%
8.77%
8.25%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
74.9
75.4
73.0
73.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
19.9
19.0
20.1
17.3 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
503,420
505,186
511,188 *
513,016 *
Never married
41.71%
43.52%
42.93%
43.45%
Now married, except separated
40.55%
41.11%
41.32%
40.33%
Separated
3.27%
3.59%
4.04%
3.41%
Widowed
3.51%
4.04%
4.46%
3.42%
Divorced
10.95%
7.73% *
7.25% *
9.39%
 
Females 15 years and over
615,292
617,280
620,936 *
628,274 *
Never married
37.23%
39.43%
40.23% *
37.60%
Now married, except separated
32.57%
32.75%
33.49%
33.32%
Separated
5.89%
5.10%
4.37% *
3.94% *
Widowed
13.55%
12.89%
12.35%
14.05%
Divorced
10.76%
9.82%
9.55%
11.10%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
18,959
16,219
25,294
20,356
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
54.53%
51.04%
56.22%
45.93%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
43
33
57
37
As a percent of all women with a birth
54.5
51.0
56.2
45.9
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
49
42
64
52
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
40
9
97 *
22
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
85
84
101
74
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
18
11
21
36
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
43,930
50,186
47,194
42,972
Responsible for grandchildren
43.36%
40.14%
41.91%
51.00%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
10.12%
7.76%
9.94%
15.49%
1 or 2 years
29.54%
25.70%
8.57% *
14.32%
3 or 4 years
21.09%
17.61%
9.49% *
20.38%
5 or more years
39.25%
48.93%
71.99% *
49.82%
 
Percent who are female
72.5
75.7
80.9
72.6
Percent who are married
58.6
50.5
51.9
43.9
Percent who are in labor force
52.7
42.1
40.3
53.5
Percent who are in poverty
28.3
25.9
34.6
35.5
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,054,567
1,061,723 *
1,072,821 *
1,081,185 *
Civilian veterans
9.54%
10.84% *
10.92% *
9.45%
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,404,805
1,423,306 *
1,413,556 *
1,444,361 *
Same house
89.35%
87.58%
86.96% *
88.46%
Different house in the U.S.
10.16%
11.96%
12.19% *
10.41%
Same county
8.65%
9.29%
8.49%
8.31%
Different county
1.51%
2.67% *
3.70% *
2.10%
Same state
0.79%
0.99%
1.00%
0.75%
Different state
0.73%
1.68% *
2.70% *
1.36% *
Abroad
0.49%
0.46%
0.85%
1.13% *
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,423,538
1,436,694 c
1,437,080 c
1,462,819 c
Native
89.49%
90.04%
89.34%
90.72%
Born in United States
86.55%
86.89%
86.61%
88.19%
State of residence
70.54%
71.51%
70.78%
71.43%
Different state
16.00%
15.39%
15.83%
16.75%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
2.94%
3.15%
2.72%
2.53%
Foreign born
10.51%
9.96%
10.66%
9.28%
Naturalized citizen
46.79%
41.66%
43.33%
43.59%
Not a citizen
53.21%
58.34%
56.67%
56.41%
Entered 1990 or later
51.51%
53.40%
51.48%
44.47%
Entered before 1990
48.49%
46.60%
48.52%
55.53%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
149,672
143,046
153,240
135,128
Europe
26.53%
31.82%
25.84%
26.51%
Asia
40.43%
38.13%
36.96%
37.42%
Africa
11.12%
6.92%
9.55%
7.63%
Oceania
0.94%
0.00%
0.00%
0.71%
Latin America
20.14%
22.49%
26.96%
27.56%
Northern America
0.85%
0.65%
0.69%
0.17% *
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,324,929
1,336,360 *
1,345,284 *
1,368,328 *
English only
81.13%
83.78% *
82.51%
82.04%
Language other than English
18.87%
16.22% *
17.49%
17.96%
Speak English less than "very well"
9.00%
7.86%
7.99%
9.14%
Spanish
8.18%
7.24% *
7.46%
7.99%
Speak English less than "very well"
3.55%
3.01%
3.43%
4.35%
Other Indo-European languages
5.14%
4.77%
5.68%
5.41%
Speak English less than "very well"
2.38%
2.35%
1.98%
2.52%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
4.10%
3.64%
3.81%
3.77%
Speak English less than "very well"
2.45%
2.31%
2.35%
2.16%
Other languages
1.46%
0.58% *
0.55% *
0.79%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.63%
0.20%
0.23%
0.11% *
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,423,538
1,436,694 c
1,437,080 c
1,462,819 c
Arab
0.48%
0.61%
0.50%
0.57%
Czech
0.03%
0.19% *
0.15% *
0.12%
Danish
0.00%
0.02%
0.04%
0.10%
Dutch
0.40%
0.30%
0.40%
0.52%
English
2.87%
3.34%
3.58%
4.99% *
French (except Basque)
0.89%
0.79%
0.87%
0.89%
French Canadian
0.11%
0.13%
0.27%
0.09%
German
8.76%
9.12%
9.37%
11.16% *
Greek
0.20%
0.15%
0.22%
0.37%
Hungarian
0.28%
0.39%
0.44%
0.64%
Irish
13.10%
15.10% *
14.54%
14.93%
Italian
10.20%
9.31%
9.50%
10.96%
Lithuanian
0.64%
0.28% *
0.46%
0.43%
Norwegian
0.06%
0.12%
0.19% *
0.17%
Polish
4.32%
4.91%
5.90% *
5.18%
Portuguese
0.20%
0.12%
0.14%
0.20%
Russian
1.94%
2.05%
1.94%
1.66%
Scotch-Irish
0.35%
0.75% *
0.78% *
0.94% *
Scottish
0.54%
0.60%
0.60%
0.56%
Slovak
0.10%
0.12%
0.17%
0.22%
Subsaharan African
2.15%
1.84%
2.09%
1.09% *
Swedish
0.13%
0.30%
0.22%
0.12%
Swiss
0.07%
0.00%
0.08%
0.10%
Ukrainian
1.49%
0.94%
0.79% *
1.06%
United States or American
1.62%
2.41%
2.03%
1.51%
Welsh
0.30%
0.45%
0.53%
0.17%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
1.48%
1.11%
2.13%
1.67%
 
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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.
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