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 Tucson city, Pima County pt.
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TABLE 2. SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  2003
Estimate		 2002
Estimate		 2001
Estimate		 2000
Estimate
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
141,766
145,003
134,721 *
139,050
Nursery school, preschool
5.43%
3.96% *
4.48%
5.42%
Kindergarten
4.18%
4.40%
5.53% *
5.44% *
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
36.84%
37.69%
40.34% *
37.59%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
17.20%
18.39%
16.95%
17.27%
College or graduate school
36.34%
35.57%
32.70% *
34.28%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
300,882
299,355
290,415 *
291,856 *
Less than 9th grade
6.45%
6.45%
7.32%
7.00%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
9.76%
10.96%
10.68%
11.05% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
25.31%
26.54%
25.74%
25.52%
Some college, no degree
26.23%
25.16%
24.75%
26.15%
Associate degree
7.74%
7.22%
7.78%
7.27%
Bachelor's degree
14.48%
14.43%
14.34%
13.32%
Graduate or professional degree
10.02%
9.25%
9.39%
9.68%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
83.8
82.6
82.0 *
82.0 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
24.5
23.7
23.7
23.0
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
181,911
183,091
175,936 *
177,796
Never married
36.83%
38.88%
37.09%
36.77%
Now married, except separated
47.02%
45.80%
46.08%
46.99%
Separated
2.64%
1.04% *
1.28% *
1.63% *
Widowed
2.61%
2.91%
2.36%
2.75%
Divorced
10.90%
11.37%
13.18% *
11.86%
 
Females 15 years and over
195,466
196,998
190,545
189,598 *
Never married
29.18%
30.49%
30.31%
28.27%
Now married, except separated
42.37%
42.61%
41.52%
42.80%
Separated
2.60%
2.75%
2.61%
2.40%
Widowed
9.14%
9.81%
9.85%
10.13%
Divorced
16.71%
14.34% *
15.70%
16.40%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
6,182
8,161
7,865
9,315 *
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
41.96%
38.30%
34.08%
33.63%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
35
43
37
43
As a percent of all women with a birth
42.0
38.3
34.1
33.6
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
48
62
62
72 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
36
77
51
60
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
80
92
102
120 *
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
15
23
20
25 *
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
10,217
10,822
9,789
10,102
Responsible for grandchildren
45.10%
55.76%
48.21%
44.14%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
23.61%
22.59%
30.07%
33.66%
1 or 2 years
22.22%
21.05%
30.15%
14.44%
3 or 4 years
22.55%
24.03%
13.96%
8.88%
5 or more years
31.62%
32.33%
25.81%
43.01%
 
Percent who are female
66.0
55.7
64.4
60.5
Percent who are married
57.8
70.1
66.4
69.4
Percent who are in labor force
62.8
47.8
52.9
60.2
Percent who are in poverty
18.7
16.0
28.4
24.2
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
355,870
356,804
345,894 *
346,672 *
Civilian veterans
14.24%
13.59%
13.99%
14.61%
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
473,882
479,258
465,077
461,196 *
Same house
75.57%
75.73%
76.89%
76.52%
Different house in the U.S.
23.34%
23.15%
21.96%
22.24%
Same county
18.48%
17.53%
16.82%
16.90%
Different county
4.87%
5.62%
5.14%
5.34%
Same state
1.83%
1.50%
1.83%
1.38%
Different state
3.04%
4.12% *
3.31%
3.95% *
Abroad
1.08%
1.12%
1.14%
1.24%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
479,613
487,321
472,854
468,852
Native
85.01%
86.23%
86.37%
85.80%
Born in United States
83.75%
84.64%
84.78%
83.97%
State of residence
41.02%
39.83%
40.27%
37.98% *
Different state
42.74%
44.81% *
44.51% *
45.98% *
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
1.26%
1.59%
1.59%
1.84% *
Foreign born
14.99%
13.77%
13.63%
14.20%
Naturalized citizen
31.05%
37.72% *
35.95% *
36.19% *
Not a citizen
68.95%
62.28%
64.05%
63.81%
Entered 1990 or later
53.69%
43.21% *
41.51% *
43.77% *
Entered before 1990
46.31%
56.79% *
58.49% *
56.23% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
71,874
67,107
64,447
66,569
Europe
9.41%
9.38%
8.81%
9.16%
Asia
13.37%
12.10%
15.66% *
14.64%
Africa
2.94%
2.55%
1.98%
1.28%
Oceania
0.06%
0.82% *
0.59%
0.55%
Latin America
72.51%
72.89%
70.55%
72.06%
Northern America
1.71%
2.27%
2.41%
2.30%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
442,417
448,145
433,600
434,580
English only
67.66%
68.52%
67.35%
66.86%
Language other than English
32.34%
31.48%
32.65%
33.14%
Speak English less than "very well"
11.74%
10.25%
11.82%
11.94%
Spanish
28.13%
27.57%
28.01%
28.30%
Speak English less than "very well"
10.04%
9.02%
10.22%
10.17%
Other Indo-European languages
1.73%
1.74%
2.18%
2.24%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.63%
0.39%
0.54%
0.62%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
1.78%
1.52%
1.78%
1.79%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.90%
0.72%
0.85%
0.94%
Other languages
0.70%
0.64%
0.68%
0.81%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.17%
0.11%
0.22%
0.21%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
479,613
487,321
472,854
468,852
Arab
0.41%
0.22%
0.43%
0.51%
Czech
0.34%
0.56%
0.33%
0.49%
Danish
0.64%
0.68%
0.56%
0.65%
Dutch
1.46%
2.32% *
1.60%
1.59%
English
8.66%
9.35%
9.67% *
9.26%
French (except Basque)
2.96%
3.17%
3.05%
3.15%
French Canadian
0.54%
0.56%
0.66%
0.60%
German
15.56%
15.25%
15.36%
15.37%
Greek
0.42%
0.49%
0.27%
0.35%
Hungarian
0.29%
0.32%
0.59% *
0.37%
Irish
11.11%
10.74%
10.72%
10.39%
Italian
4.36%
4.79%
3.87%
4.29%
Lithuanian
0.25%
0.15%
0.15%
0.12%
Norwegian
1.12%
1.56% *
1.40%
1.46% *
Polish
2.67%
2.34%
2.36%
2.46%
Portuguese
0.13%
0.22%
0.13%
0.28%
Russian
0.92%
1.18%
1.07%
1.08%
Scotch-Irish
1.42%
1.41%
1.58%
1.56%
Scottish
2.07%
1.98%
2.31%
2.04%
Slovak
0.13%
0.05%
0.14%
0.16%
Subsaharan African
0.68%
0.62%
0.57%
0.31%
Swedish
1.37%
1.38%
1.26%
1.71%
Swiss
0.29%
0.27%
0.37%
0.39%
Ukrainian
0.20%
0.18%
0.15%
0.28%
United States or American
2.51%
2.60%
3.20% *
3.31% *
Welsh
0.65%
0.63%
0.89% *
0.67%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.20%
0.22%
0.04% *
0.14%
 
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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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