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 Phoenix city, Maricopa County pt.
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
363,867
338,689
348,405
354,059
Nursery school, preschool
5.16%
3.75%
4.94%
4.72%
Kindergarten
5.15%
6.79%
6.05%
7.11% *
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
46.40%
47.88%
50.01%
48.30%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
20.73%
21.07%
19.28%
19.62%
College or graduate school
22.56%
20.51%
19.72% *
20.24%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
802,965
794,392
766,035 *
754,744 *
Less than 9th grade
10.63%
9.73%
10.85%
9.60%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
10.29%
11.88%
12.88% *
12.36%
High school graduate (including equivalency)
24.90%
23.60%
23.09%
26.20%
Some college, no degree
23.86%
24.93%
23.69%
23.13%
Associate degree
7.54%
6.33%
6.72%
7.05%
Bachelor's degree
15.80%
15.73%
15.33%
14.58%
Graduate or professional degree
6.99%
7.80%
7.45%
7.08%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
79.1
78.4
76.3 *
78.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
22.8
23.5
22.8
21.7
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
501,341
508,001
480,662
468,965 *
Never married
34.92%
35.99%
33.76%
37.29%
Now married, except separated
48.79%
50.22%
51.34%
49.51%
Separated
2.87%
1.51% *
1.75%
2.09%
Widowed
1.95%
1.40%
1.83%
1.06% *
Divorced
11.47%
10.88%
11.32%
10.05%
 
Females 15 years and over
490,242
483,577
476,115
478,448
Never married
26.86%
27.19%
25.28%
26.55%
Now married, except separated
46.50%
50.91% *
49.12% *
48.11%
Separated
3.84%
2.70%
2.87%
3.78%
Widowed
7.75%
7.34%
8.13%
9.20%
Divorced
15.04%
11.87% *
14.60%
12.37% *
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
25,935
25,516
27,161
25,137
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
41.84%
34.78%
37.36%
32.60%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
62
54
63
50
As a percent of all women with a birth
41.8
34.8
37.4
32.6
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
74
73
81
73
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
41
21
59
65
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
135
131
145
133
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
26
33
19
14
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
25,802
24,252
28,980
32,627
Responsible for grandchildren
55.74%
44.66%
44.31%
40.75%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
34.77%
22.71%
24.05%
9.20% *
1 or 2 years
22.86%
31.64%
22.47%
33.31%
3 or 4 years
17.30%
24.64%
18.89%
25.67%
5 or more years
25.07%
21.01%
34.59%
31.83%
 
Percent who are female
57.4
67.3
60.1
46.9
Percent who are married
82.5
56.5 *
72.4
88.2
Percent who are in labor force
68.3
55.3
60.4
55.2
Percent who are in poverty
28.2
26.1
21.0
24.7
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
938,246
935,943
896,154 *
891,664 *
Civilian veterans
9.79%
10.22%
10.66%
11.55% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,295,020
1,285,470
1,274,749
1,266,609
Same house
79.48%
78.64%
79.77%
74.90% *
Different house in the U.S.
19.01%
20.21%
18.75%
23.51% *
Same county
15.19%
15.87%
13.51%
16.56%
Different county
3.82%
4.34%
5.24% *
6.95% *
Same state
0.73%
0.67%
0.70%
0.89%
Different state
3.09%
3.67%
4.54% *
6.06% *
Abroad
1.51%
1.16%
1.48%
1.59%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,319,037
1,312,389
1,300,491
1,289,346
Native
77.89%
78.86%
80.73% *
81.11% *
Born in United States
76.92%
78.19%
79.53% *
80.09% *
State of residence
34.97%
35.77%
36.99%
33.87%
Different state
41.95%
42.43%
42.55%
46.22% *
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.97%
0.66%
1.20%
1.02%
Foreign born
22.11%
21.14%
19.27% *
18.89% *
Naturalized citizen
19.75%
21.04%
21.14%
22.36%
Not a citizen
80.25%
78.96%
78.86%
77.64%
Entered 1990 or later
63.82%
57.65%
61.23%
57.87%
Entered before 1990
36.18%
42.35% *
38.77%
42.13% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
291,652
277,502
250,551 *
243,594 *
Europe
6.42%
9.62%
8.37%
5.97%
Asia
8.75%
7.24%
8.66%
8.67%
Africa
1.32%
1.92%
1.60%
0.38%
Oceania
0.21%
0.09%
0.36%
0.51%
Latin America
81.34%
79.26%
78.61%
81.80%
Northern America
1.96%
1.86%
2.40%
2.67%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,206,210
1,190,112
1,173,985
1,165,894
English only
65.23%
65.26%
66.80%
68.23%
Language other than English
34.77%
34.74%
33.20%
31.77%
Speak English less than "very well"
18.77%
15.56% *
15.63% *
14.74% *
Spanish
30.15%
29.79%
28.11%
27.55%
Speak English less than "very well"
17.05%
13.93% *
13.72% *
13.46% *
Other Indo-European languages
1.76%
2.64% *
2.18%
1.90%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.44%
0.92%
0.71%
0.57%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
1.74%
0.87% *
1.61%
1.35%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.87%
0.44% *
0.82%
0.66%
Other languages
1.12%
1.44%
1.31%
0.98%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.41%
0.27%
0.39%
0.04% *
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,319,037
1,312,389
1,300,491
1,289,346
Arab
0.83%
0.34%
0.54%
0.08% *
Czech
0.35%
0.25%
0.47%
0.79% *
Danish
0.61%
0.47%
0.74%
0.70%
Dutch
1.42%
1.50%
2.00%
1.62%
English
8.26%
10.05% *
8.82%
8.87%
French (except Basque)
2.00%
2.27%
3.78% *
2.73% *
French Canadian
0.46%
0.57%
0.42%
0.62%
German
12.35%
15.04% *
14.73% *
15.76% *
Greek
0.30%
0.39%
0.25%
0.58%
Hungarian
0.56%
0.53%
0.53%
0.36%
Irish
8.89%
9.31%
10.10%
11.34% *
Italian
4.31%
4.82%
5.64% *
4.22%
Lithuanian
0.16%
0.14%
0.21%
0.26%
Norwegian
1.67%
2.23%
1.92%
1.41%
Polish
2.24%
2.90%
1.90%
3.39% *
Portuguese
0.19%
0.35%
0.34%
0.12%
Russian
0.57%
1.18% *
0.70%
0.72%
Scotch-Irish
1.60%
1.03% *
1.23%
1.39%
Scottish
1.46%
1.51%
2.40% *
1.52%
Slovak
0.05%
0.17% *
0.23% *
0.14%
Subsaharan African
0.38%
0.47%
0.27%
0.53%
Swedish
1.33%
1.58%
1.77%
1.94% *
Swiss
0.23%
0.14%
0.44% *
0.24%
Ukrainian
0.15%
0.17%
0.17%
0.21%
United States or American
6.38%
4.97%
4.43% *
4.06% *
Welsh
0.57%
0.66%
0.51%
0.75%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.11%
0.08%
0.02%
0.10%
 
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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).

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2. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
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