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 Omaha city, Douglas 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
99,666
104,963 *
102,501
103,515
Nursery school, preschool
6.21%
5.42%
5.36%
5.12%
Kindergarten
5.31%
5.25%
5.62%
4.70%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
40.17%
40.43%
41.02%
43.01% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
21.50%
20.51%
19.48% *
19.68% *
College or graduate school
26.82%
28.39%
28.53%
27.48%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
239,731
244,446 *
241,981
238,996
Less than 9th grade
4.04%
4.34%
4.21%
3.94%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
7.79%
8.89%
7.73%
8.15%
High school graduate (including equivalency)
26.72%
27.46%
28.32%
28.91% *
Some college, no degree
23.97%
24.38%
24.27%
24.34%
Associate degree
6.70%
5.67% *
6.25%
5.54% *
Bachelor's degree
20.69%
19.98%
19.51%
19.33%
Graduate or professional degree
10.09%
9.28%
9.70%
9.78%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
88.2
86.8 *
88.1
87.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
30.8
29.3
29.2
29.1
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
141,351
144,672 *
142,884
142,219
Never married
33.66%
35.36%
34.82%
36.85% *
Now married, except separated
52.60%
49.63% *
50.95%
50.28% *
Separated
1.55%
1.63%
1.53%
1.21%
Widowed
2.36%
3.09%
2.35%
2.35%
Divorced
9.84%
10.29%
10.35%
9.31%
 
Females 15 years and over
152,068
155,541 *
153,681
151,871
Never married
29.72%
29.38%
29.11%
29.10%
Now married, except separated
44.84%
46.05%
46.01%
45.83%
Separated
2.04%
1.41%
2.11%
1.79%
Widowed
8.67%
10.30% *
10.08% *
9.58%
Divorced
14.72%
12.85%
12.69% *
13.70%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
6,894
6,266
5,989
6,050
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
38.95%
38.03%
31.93%
26.40% *
Per 1,000 unmarried women
49
42
36
30 *
As a percent of all women with a birth
38.9
38.0
31.9
26.4 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
69
61
59
59
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
21
38
50 *
42
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
134
110
102 *
106
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
20
19
20
18
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
5,818
5,352
6,205
5,601
Responsible for grandchildren
46.56%
47.18%
49.52%
44.22%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
26.95%
14.65%
26.00%
19.10%
1 or 2 years
25.32%
15.05%
31.83%
31.85%
3 or 4 years
12.00%
24.00%
18.71%
16.67%
5 or more years
35.73%
46.30%
23.46%
32.38%
 
Percent who are female
68.3
70.3
60.9
62.9
Percent who are married
46.9
58.1
67.7 *
59.2
Percent who are in labor force
60.5
67.6
58.2
62.1
Percent who are in poverty
22.9
10.9
20.2
28.9
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
278,345
284,055 *
280,915
277,922
Civilian veterans
11.87%
12.19%
12.83% *
13.36% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
367,182
377,821 *
372,252
369,992
Same house
80.84%
83.30% *
80.63%
80.54%
Different house in the U.S.
18.56%
15.94% *
18.54%
18.66%
Same county
12.56%
10.98%
13.78%
13.17%
Different county
6.00%
4.96%
4.76% *
5.50%
Same state
2.21%
2.22%
2.01%
2.17%
Different state
3.79%
2.74% *
2.76% *
3.32%
Abroad
0.61%
0.76%
0.83%
0.80%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
373,815
383,130 *
377,137
375,068
Native
92.13%
93.27% *
92.74%
92.98%
Born in United States
91.65%
92.56%
91.99%
92.32%
State of residence
59.85%
59.17%
58.88%
59.36%
Different state
31.80%
33.39%
33.10%
32.96%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.48%
0.71%
0.75% *
0.66%
Foreign born
7.87%
6.73% *
7.26%
7.02% *
Naturalized citizen
26.41%
30.61%
30.64%
28.76%
Not a citizen
73.59%
69.39%
69.36%
71.24%
Entered 1990 or later
69.20%
62.17%
64.63%
64.95%
Entered before 1990
30.80%
37.83% *
35.37%
35.05%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
29,420
25,777 *
27,393
26,325 *
Europe
8.23%
14.14% *
13.99% *
13.64% *
Asia
29.00%
27.78%
24.72% *
22.96% *
Africa
5.73%
4.45%
8.14%
8.20%
Oceania
1.01%
0.88%
0.62%
0.40%
Latin America
53.18%
50.54%
50.99%
52.79%
Northern America
2.83%
2.19%
1.54%
2.01%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
345,800
354,007 *
349,434
347,857
English only
88.47%
89.43%
89.25%
90.19% *
Language other than English
11.53%
10.57%
10.75%
9.81% *
Speak English less than "very well"
5.70%
5.63%
5.70%
5.08%
Spanish
7.57%
6.54% *
6.58% *
6.13% *
Speak English less than "very well"
4.28%
4.17%
4.07%
3.82%
Other Indo-European languages
1.71%
1.98%
2.13%
1.99%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.31%
0.43%
0.62% *
0.55% *
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
1.79%
1.63%
1.39%
1.07% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.98%
0.86%
0.63%
0.48% *
Other languages
0.46%
0.42%
0.65%
0.62%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.13%
0.16%
0.37% *
0.22%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
373,815
383,130 *
377,137
375,068
Arab
0.33%
0.47%
0.49%
0.47%
Czech
4.62%
4.21%
4.59%
4.43%
Danish
2.83%
2.73%
3.12%
2.92%
Dutch
1.62%
1.72%
2.02%
1.75%
English
9.10%
9.52%
9.43%
9.65%
French (except Basque)
3.54%
2.64% *
3.21%
3.27%
French Canadian
0.21%
0.41% *
0.41% *
0.32%
German
30.27%
30.91%
32.50% *
31.25%
Greek
0.58%
0.14% *
0.40%
0.27%
Hungarian
0.28%
0.39%
0.38%
0.31%
Irish
16.69%
16.56%
17.06%
15.91%
Italian
4.69%
4.75%
4.27%
4.24%
Lithuanian
0.44%
0.45%
0.39%
0.49%
Norwegian
2.01%
2.68% *
1.97%
2.25%
Polish
4.54%
4.84%
4.79%
4.96%
Portuguese
0.15%
0.12%
0.01% *
0.07%
Russian
0.76%
0.65%
0.64%
0.90%
Scotch-Irish
1.87%
1.55%
1.61%
1.81%
Scottish
1.71%
1.86%
1.70%
1.51%
Slovak
0.05%
0.04%
0.04%
0.02%
Subsaharan African
0.74%
0.71%
1.38% *
0.82%
Swedish
4.88%
4.45%
4.53%
4.70%
Swiss
0.47%
0.43%
0.45%
0.40%
Ukrainian
0.06%
0.18%
0.20% *
0.20% *
United States or American
3.20%
3.36%
3.40%
3.31%
Welsh
0.54%
0.60%
0.74%
0.57%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.01%
0.00%
0.08% *
0.06%
 
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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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