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 New York city, Bronx 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
399,003
390,076
394,506
394,207
Nursery school, preschool
5.34%
4.94%
5.04%
5.04%
Kindergarten
5.66%
5.69%
5.64%
5.33%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
45.74%
48.95% *
47.66% *
47.93% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
22.47%
21.70%
20.98% *
23.05%
College or graduate school
20.78%
18.72% *
20.69%
18.65% *
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
789,684
784,780 *
772,414 *
761,558 *
Less than 9th grade
14.14%
16.90% *
14.83%
15.71% *
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
17.88%
19.77% *
19.14%
19.73% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
28.34%
27.61%
29.63%
27.50%
Some college, no degree
18.42%
14.57% *
16.39% *
16.46% *
Associate degree
5.77%
5.41%
4.80% *
5.04% *
Bachelor's degree
9.59%
9.58%
9.84%
10.11%
Graduate or professional degree
5.85%
6.16%
5.36%
5.45%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
68.0
63.3 *
66.0 *
64.6 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
15.4
15.7
15.2
15.6
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
439,128
437,244 *
428,842 *
422,636 *
Never married
47.80%
44.22% *
44.20% *
43.65% *
Now married, except separated
39.12%
41.66% *
41.30% *
42.36% *
Separated
4.63%
4.53%
4.58%
4.71%
Widowed
2.70%
2.88%
2.62%
2.58%
Divorced
5.74%
6.71%
7.30% *
6.70%
 
Females 15 years and over
541,800
538,338 *
533,280 *
529,237 *
Never married
41.74%
40.99%
40.04% *
40.73%
Now married, except separated
29.36%
30.49%
32.01% *
30.93% *
Separated
9.23%
8.64%
7.75% *
7.88% *
Widowed
9.10%
9.65%
9.85%
10.46% *
Divorced
10.57%
10.23%
10.35%
10.00%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
21,608
25,355
23,166
25,893 *
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
53.54%
49.44%
52.95%
56.47%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
49
55
55
64 *
As a percent of all women with a birth
53.5
49.4
52.9
56.5
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
58
69
63
71 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
30
44
50
47
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
104
115
104
123
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
22
29
25
25
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
40,581
43,536
38,575
40,728
Responsible for grandchildren
47.71%
39.31% *
46.37%
42.29%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
14.89%
25.28% *
19.72%
19.01%
1 or 2 years
20.70%
23.79%
27.52%
20.89%
3 or 4 years
18.98%
6.68% *
13.67%
19.49%
5 or more years
45.43%
44.24%
39.09%
40.61%
 
Percent who are female
74.8
80.8
70.8
77.9
Percent who are married
56.2
46.9
59.6
53.4
Percent who are in labor force
49.6
52.7
49.7
42.4
Percent who are in poverty
42.5
40.7
35.2
40.1
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
921,719
916,602 *
904,894 *
892,531 *
Civilian veterans
4.45%
4.82%
5.05% *
5.64% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,294,458
1,288,230 *
1,272,928 *
1,266,216 *
Same house
90.41%
90.32%
90.65%
89.94%
Different house in the U.S.
8.64%
8.68%
8.51%
8.89%
Same county
6.22%
5.99%
5.57%
6.51%
Different county
2.42%
2.69%
2.94%
2.37%
Same state
1.99%
1.90%
2.08%
1.82%
Different state
0.43%
0.79% *
0.86% *
0.56%
Abroad
0.94%
1.01%
0.84%
1.17%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,315,692
1,307,218 c
1,290,699 c
1,285,415 c
Native
69.92%
70.68%
70.38%
71.46% *
Born in United States
61.27%
60.37%
60.51%
61.19%
State of residence
55.40%
54.15%
54.37%
54.30%
Different state
5.87%
6.22%
6.14%
6.90% *
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
8.64%
10.31% *
9.87% *
10.27% *
Foreign born
30.08%
29.32%
29.62%
28.54% *
Naturalized citizen
41.36%
38.08% *
40.03%
39.60%
Not a citizen
58.64%
61.92%
59.97%
60.40%
Entered 1990 or later
49.20%
51.02%
45.74% *
43.45% *
Entered before 1990
50.80%
48.98%
54.26% *
56.55% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
395,822
383,288
382,261
366,736 *
Europe
7.84%
9.60% *
10.67% *
10.81% *
Asia
6.73%
7.56%
7.43%
7.00%
Africa
6.14%
7.95% *
6.97%
7.08%
Oceania
0.00%
0.04%
0.00%
0.01%
Latin America
78.94%
74.53% *
74.75% *
74.89% *
Northern America
0.35%
0.32%
0.17%
0.22%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,202,370
1,200,128 *
1,184,544 *
1,177,137 *
English only
45.19%
44.75%
45.40%
46.22%
Language other than English
54.81%
55.25%
54.60%
53.78%
Speak English less than "very well"
25.05%
24.72%
22.64% *
22.79% *
Spanish
47.10%
46.74%
46.02% *
44.78% *
Speak English less than "very well"
21.31%
20.61%
18.81% *
18.85% *
Other Indo-European languages
4.35%
4.86%
5.00% *
5.48% *
Speak English less than "very well"
1.94%
2.27%
2.21%
2.39% *
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
1.58%
1.57%
1.68%
1.67%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.94%
0.87%
0.92%
0.93%
Other languages
1.77%
2.09%
1.90%
1.84%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.85%
0.97%
0.70%
0.62%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,315,692
1,307,218 c
1,290,699 c
1,285,415 c
Arab
0.17%
0.14%
0.24%
0.15%
Czech
0.04%
0.02%
0.04%
0.05%
Danish
0.01%
0.04%
0.03% *
0.04% *
Dutch
0.09%
0.11%
0.08%
0.10%
English
0.47%
0.51%
0.39%
0.41%
French (except Basque)
0.32%
0.23%
0.25%
0.33%
French Canadian
0.02%
0.08% *
0.06%
0.06% *
German
0.89%
1.08%
1.00%
1.29% *
Greek
0.16%
0.31%
0.36% *
0.30% *
Hungarian
0.13%
0.16%
0.23% *
0.16%
Irish
2.85%
2.99%
2.80%
3.38% *
Italian
4.97%
5.04%
5.51% *
5.32%
Lithuanian
0.05%
0.05%
0.04%
0.05%
Norwegian
0.02%
0.03%
0.04%
0.03%
Polish
0.57%
0.65%
0.72%
0.70%
Portuguese
0.12%
0.12%
0.06%
0.07%
Russian
0.68%
0.57%
0.76%
0.83%
Scotch-Irish
0.04%
0.14% *
0.07%
0.08%
Scottish
0.07%
0.15% *
0.08%
0.08%
Slovak
0.04%
0.01%
0.03%
0.02%
Subsaharan African
2.83%
3.06%
2.61%
2.75%
Swedish
0.02%
0.07% *
0.08% *
0.04%
Swiss
0.02%
0.01% *
0.02%
0.02%
Ukrainian
0.13%
0.10%
0.11%
0.19%
United States or American
1.22%
0.96%
1.18%
1.16%
Welsh
0.02%
0.01%
0.03%
0.01%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
7.80%
7.53%
7.08%
7.76%
 
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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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