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 Los Angeles city, Los Angeles 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
1,094,649
1,046,782
1,104,081
1,023,186 *
Nursery school, preschool
6.27%
5.00% *
4.94% *
5.97%
Kindergarten
5.11%
4.86%
5.35%
6.23%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
41.73%
42.10%
43.71%
41.99%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
21.43%
20.15%
19.89%
19.72%
College or graduate school
25.46%
27.89% *
26.11%
26.09%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
2,363,061
2,328,042
2,232,868 *
2,260,561 *
Less than 9th grade
17.08%
16.99%
16.07%
16.81%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
11.77%
11.59%
14.40% *
15.61% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
19.11%
18.78%
18.68%
17.66% *
Some college, no degree
17.94%
19.54% *
18.56%
17.28%
Associate degree
4.96%
5.14%
4.96%
5.82% *
Bachelor's degree
18.67%
18.76%
18.05%
17.77%
Graduate or professional degree
10.47%
9.20% *
9.29% *
9.05% *
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
71.1
71.4
69.5
67.6 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
29.1
28.0
27.3 *
26.8 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
1,414,045
1,426,522
1,359,762
1,381,481
Never married
41.61%
43.44%
41.30%
41.34%
Now married, except separated
47.99%
45.37% *
47.96%
47.34%
Separated
1.98%
1.80%
2.14%
2.54%
Widowed
1.91%
2.04%
2.00%
2.02%
Divorced
6.51%
7.36%
6.59%
6.76%
 
Females 15 years and over
1,472,269
1,445,934
1,407,640 *
1,401,798 *
Never married
35.93%
35.68%
33.91% *
33.39% *
Now married, except separated
42.86%
41.82%
45.14% *
44.61%
Separated
4.38%
4.15%
3.74%
4.10%
Widowed
7.40%
7.74%
8.07%
8.34%
Divorced
9.43%
10.61%
9.14%
9.56%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
46,084
60,223 *
52,869
66,462 *
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
39.45%
29.71%
28.49%
39.94%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
32
32
30
52 *
As a percent of all women with a birth
39.5
29.7
28.5
39.9
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
45
59 *
53
67 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
42
28
14 *
77
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
68
92 *
91 *
100 *
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
22
32
25
26
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
100,873
100,278
83,583
106,123
Responsible for grandchildren
32.44%
29.30%
24.46%
33.04%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
32.68%
26.59%
12.09% *
26.66%
1 or 2 years
17.52%
24.88%
25.00%
28.45%
3 or 4 years
19.36%
10.18%
27.26%
8.63% *
5 or more years
30.44%
38.35%
35.65%
36.26%
 
Percent who are female
67.4
62.9
61.8
62.5
Percent who are married
76.1
74.0
73.5
69.1
Percent who are in labor force
54.3
54.8
36.9
55.4
Percent who are in poverty
25.8
15.4
20.7
23.7
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
2,736,289
2,733,902
2,611,371 *
2,647,310 *
Civilian veterans
5.73%
5.43%
6.05%
6.40% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
3,665,419
3,623,516
3,593,451
3,566,580
Same house
88.43%
87.05%
87.18%
84.70% *
Different house in the U.S.
10.94%
11.80%
11.89%
13.55% *
Same county
9.33%
9.99%
9.77%
11.18% *
Different county
1.61%
1.81%
2.11% *
2.37% *
Same state
0.66%
0.62%
0.97%
1.00%
Different state
0.95%
1.19%
1.15%
1.37% *
Abroad
0.63%
1.15% *
0.93%
1.75% *
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
3,719,310
3,678,625
3,643,212
3,620,413
Native
59.84%
58.72%
59.73%
58.92%
Born in United States
58.89%
57.80%
59.12%
57.93%
State of residence
41.21%
40.82%
42.13%
40.58%
Different state
17.68%
16.98%
16.99%
17.34%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.95%
0.92%
0.60% *
1.00%
Foreign born
40.16%
41.28%
40.27%
41.08%
Naturalized citizen
36.57%
34.33%
34.30% *
34.41% *
Not a citizen
63.43%
65.67%
65.70%
65.59%
Entered 1990 or later
43.17%
41.18%
39.32% *
40.31%
Entered before 1990
56.83%
58.82%
60.68% *
59.69% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
1,493,656
1,518,530
1,467,280
1,487,174
Europe
6.51%
5.30% *
5.62%
6.37%
Asia
26.27%
25.89%
24.39%
26.27%
Africa
1.32%
1.51%
1.46%
0.98%
Oceania
0.34%
0.29%
0.38%
0.39%
Latin America
64.71%
66.13%
67.27%
65.13%
Northern America
0.85%
0.89%
0.89%
0.86%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
3,451,513
3,402,223
3,345,182
3,320,778 *
English only
40.10%
39.42%
40.22%
41.70%
Language other than English
59.90%
60.58%
59.78%
58.30%
Speak English less than "very well"
31.01%
31.47%
30.11%
31.63%
Spanish
43.67%
44.51%
44.29%
41.97%
Speak English less than "very well"
24.02%
23.96%
23.78%
24.42%
Other Indo-European languages
6.25%
6.55%
6.24%
6.97%
Speak English less than "very well"
2.27%
2.69%
2.24%
2.55%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
8.60%
8.19%
7.88%
8.17%
Speak English less than "very well"
4.31%
4.45%
3.61% *
4.32%
Other languages
1.39%
1.33%
1.37%
1.19%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.40%
0.38%
0.48%
0.33%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
3,719,310
3,678,625
3,643,212
3,620,413
Arab
0.63%
0.45%
0.90%
0.68%
Czech
0.15%
0.19%
0.18%
0.23%
Danish
0.27%
0.17%
0.26%
0.31%
Dutch
0.52%
0.45%
0.49%
0.38%
English
3.31%
3.64%
3.70%
3.85% *
French (except Basque)
1.48%
1.29%
1.29%
1.33%
French Canadian
0.10%
0.25% *
0.25% *
0.15%
German
4.31%
4.69%
5.09% *
5.09% *
Greek
0.34%
0.28%
0.48%
0.25%
Hungarian
0.57%
0.41%
0.61%
0.60%
Irish
3.29%
3.83% *
3.90% *
3.95% *
Italian
2.36%
2.73%
2.68%
2.92% *
Lithuanian
0.08%
0.21% *
0.16%
0.23% *
Norwegian
0.61%
0.49%
0.35% *
0.66%
Polish
1.82%
1.49%
1.56%
1.52%
Portuguese
0.11%
0.15%
0.10%
0.17%
Russian
2.65%
2.49%
2.29%
2.51%
Scotch-Irish
0.51%
0.61%
0.54%
0.84% *
Scottish
0.78%
0.70%
0.82%
0.66%
Slovak
0.05%
0.05%
0.08%
0.05%
Subsaharan African
0.65%
0.89%
0.61%
0.61%
Swedish
0.59%
0.65%
0.59%
0.64%
Swiss
0.12%
0.23%
0.11%
0.11%
Ukrainian
0.26%
0.34%
0.31%
0.36%
United States or American
4.37%
3.47% *
3.67%
2.48% *
Welsh
0.18%
0.41% *
0.21%
0.24%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.29%
0.51%
0.45%
0.33%
 
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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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