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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
415,261
428,531
424,651
428,966
Nursery school, preschool
5.84%
5.38%
5.56%
5.83%
Kindergarten
5.05%
4.74%
4.20%
4.38%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
41.18%
40.91%
41.09%
40.29%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
21.36%
19.66%
20.43%
20.03%
College or graduate school
26.57%
29.31%
28.71%
29.47%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,201,532
1,195,608 *
1,170,146 *
1,160,731 *
Less than 9th grade
2.55%
2.98%
3.30% *
2.66%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
5.37%
5.89%
5.43%
5.37%
High school graduate (including equivalency)
19.09%
18.71%
19.56%
20.62%
Some college, no degree
23.11%
22.73%
22.36%
23.02%
Associate degree
7.71%
7.85%
8.43%
7.65%
Bachelor's degree
28.28%
27.56%
27.69%
26.45%
Graduate or professional degree
13.90%
14.27%
13.23%
14.24%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
92.1
91.1
91.3
92.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
42.2
41.8
40.9
40.7
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
692,676
685,361 *
677,707 *
677,350 *
Never married
34.48%
32.05% *
33.17%
34.13%
Now married, except separated
52.01%
54.63%
53.54%
51.33%
Separated
1.35%
1.94%
1.88%
1.74%
Widowed
2.02%
1.65%
1.70%
2.50%
Divorced
10.13%
9.74%
9.72%
10.29%
 
Females 15 years and over
711,469
707,014 *
698,806 *
696,539 *
Never married
27.16%
27.57%
28.00%
28.02%
Now married, except separated
50.73%
50.30%
49.92%
49.51%
Separated
1.13%
1.59%
1.39%
1.25%
Widowed
7.14%
7.81%
7.34%
7.97%
Divorced
13.84%
12.73%
13.35%
13.26%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
20,802
28,858 *
21,387
21,064
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
16.34%
17.04%
19.66%
22.70%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
14
22
17
20
As a percent of all women with a birth
16.3
17.0
19.7
22.7
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
44
61 *
45
44
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
13
7
31
8
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
75
95
64
71
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
26
44 *
32
28
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
16,350
25,420 *
19,730
22,436
Responsible for grandchildren
26.26%
40.93%
30.46%
37.34%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
0.00%
18.02% *
22.86% *
18.81% *
1 or 2 years
44.92%
13.54%
47.79%
32.33%
3 or 4 years
13.23%
12.09%
10.12%
6.22%
5 or more years
41.85%
56.34%
19.23%
42.64%
 
Percent who are female
58.1
54.1
51.3
74.0
Percent who are married
75.2
58.8
69.8
65.6
Percent who are in labor force
47.9
70.5 *
83.0 *
56.5
Percent who are in poverty
6.2
34.0 *
10.6
13.4
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,340,531
1,329,911 *
1,310,196 *
1,307,241 *
Civilian veterans
11.07%
11.44%
11.71%
12.26% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,702,236
1,696,125 *
1,685,517 *
1,681,235 *
Same house
80.73%
81.08%
82.62% *
80.35%
Different house in the U.S.
18.36%
17.95%
15.91% *
18.19%
Same county
13.40%
13.26%
11.76%
12.34%
Different county
4.96%
4.69%
4.15%
5.85%
Same state
2.03%
2.05%
1.49% *
2.13%
Different state
2.93%
2.64%
2.66%
3.72%
Abroad
0.91%
0.97%
1.47%
1.46%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,723,162
1,720,682 c
1,702,862 c
1,699,415 c
Native
83.23%
82.75%
83.00%
84.28%
Born in United States
81.90%
81.13%
81.69%
82.60%
State of residence
42.59%
41.92%
42.99%
42.75%
Different state
39.32%
39.20%
38.70%
39.86%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
1.32%
1.63%
1.31%
1.68%
Foreign born
16.77%
17.25%
17.00%
15.72%
Naturalized citizen
43.52%
42.49%
44.14%
42.20%
Not a citizen
56.48%
57.51%
55.86%
57.80%
Entered 1990 or later
56.11%
57.30%
52.13%
53.76%
Entered before 1990
43.89%
42.70%
47.87% *
46.24%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
289,019
296,773
289,454
267,195
Europe
18.46%
22.57%
18.73%
22.37%
Asia
51.50%
47.45%
49.73%
52.37%
Africa
5.51%
4.94%
5.46%
4.57%
Oceania
2.40%
2.02%
2.28%
1.96%
Latin America
16.72%
16.57%
16.07%
13.13%
Northern America
5.40%
6.44%
7.73%
5.59%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,619,266
1,612,569 *
1,595,794 *
1,594,476 *
English only
80.72%
79.43%
79.59%
80.67%
Language other than English
19.28%
20.57%
20.41%
19.33%
Speak English less than "very well"
8.21%
9.87% *
8.80%
8.13%
Spanish
4.33%
4.95%
5.18% *
3.98%
Speak English less than "very well"
2.38%
2.64%
2.41%
1.58% *
Other Indo-European languages
4.84%
5.57%
5.17%
5.04%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.49%
2.19%
1.41%
1.80%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
8.94%
9.20%
8.66%
9.19%
Speak English less than "very well"
3.74%
4.51% *
4.43% *
4.39%
Other languages
1.16%
0.85%
1.40%
1.13%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.60%
0.53%
0.55%
0.36%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,723,162
1,720,682 c
1,702,862 c
1,699,415 c
Arab
0.31%
0.45%
0.37%
0.16%
Czech
0.56%
0.57%
0.71%
0.45%
Danish
1.28%
0.92%
1.29%
1.28%
Dutch
1.99%
1.74%
2.08%
2.27%
English
14.02%
12.84%
13.37%
14.13%
French (except Basque)
3.37%
3.81%
4.31% *
3.66%
French Canadian
0.78%
0.69%
1.08%
0.51%
German
18.39%
17.55%
18.33%
18.31%
Greek
0.30%
0.42%
0.48%
0.48%
Hungarian
0.41%
0.45%
0.40%
0.51%
Irish
11.16%
11.87%
11.93%
10.66%
Italian
4.17%
4.40%
4.62%
4.04%
Lithuanian
0.14%
0.18%
0.15%
0.24%
Norwegian
6.16%
5.60%
6.34%
6.07%
Polish
1.97%
1.94%
2.47%
2.07%
Portuguese
0.34%
0.48%
0.31%
0.39%
Russian
1.45%
1.67%
1.71%
1.80%
Scotch-Irish
2.99%
2.30%
2.50%
2.11% *
Scottish
3.56%
3.19%
3.79%
3.38%
Slovak
0.15%
0.12%
0.16%
0.14%
Subsaharan African
1.46%
1.14%
1.41%
0.99%
Swedish
3.97%
4.28%
3.47%
4.66%
Swiss
0.87%
0.51% *
0.62%
0.80%
Ukrainian
0.44%
1.83% *
0.53%
1.16%
United States or American
4.77%
5.26%
4.71%
5.97%
Welsh
1.03%
1.02%
1.22%
0.85%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.09%
0.11%
0.18%
0.00% *
 
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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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