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 New York city, New York 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
306,699
317,531
307,215
305,838
Nursery school, preschool
7.29%
6.43%
7.08%
7.61%
Kindergarten
3.33%
4.95%
3.29%
4.13%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
38.34%
37.51%
38.79%
38.34%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
18.19%
17.91%
17.97%
17.15%
College or graduate school
32.85%
33.20%
32.86%
32.76%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,132,604
1,116,837 *
1,106,226 *
1,093,732 *
Less than 9th grade
10.12%
8.13% *
8.26% *
8.69%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
8.92%
9.33%
9.25%
10.46%
High school graduate (including equivalency)
13.64%
14.42%
13.95%
14.67%
Some college, no degree
11.64%
11.43%
12.95%
11.79%
Associate degree
3.34%
3.67%
3.90%
4.18%
Bachelor's degree
28.96%
27.34%
28.91%
26.27% *
Graduate or professional degree
23.38%
25.68% *
22.77%
23.94%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
81.0
82.5
82.5
80.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
52.3
53.0
51.7
50.2 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
595,821
591,874 *
588,813 *
588,566 *
Never married
49.45%
47.40%
49.44%
48.62%
Now married, except separated
39.14%
38.89%
38.31%
38.03%
Separated
2.22%
3.59% *
3.43% *
3.62% *
Widowed
2.01%
2.18%
2.46%
3.01% *
Divorced
7.18%
7.94%
6.36%
6.72%
 
Females 15 years and over
675,501
667,509 *
671,965 *
672,860
Never married
44.06%
42.33%
43.67%
42.99%
Now married, except separated
31.22%
34.06% *
32.72%
32.53%
Separated
4.30%
4.47%
5.48%
4.19%
Widowed
9.31%
9.04%
8.96%
9.14%
Divorced
11.11%
10.11%
9.18% *
11.15%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
16,050
22,999 *
21,848 *
19,740
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
19.64%
19.61%
27.11%
44.42% *
Per 1,000 unmarried women
11
17
21
30 *
As a percent of all women with a birth
19.6
19.6
27.1
44.4 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
37
53 *
49
45
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
37
10
28
64
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
49
60
65
42
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
24
52 *
35
45 *
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
24,070
22,688
25,763
32,719
Responsible for grandchildren
46.86%
38.64%
35.93%
38.24%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
15.94%
10.08%
32.47%
17.49%
1 or 2 years
9.55%
7.77%
20.98%
8.01%
3 or 4 years
14.37%
24.00%
6.54%
32.50%
5 or more years
60.14%
58.15%
40.02%
42.00%
 
Percent who are female
64.7
84.7 *
87.6 *
66.2
Percent who are married
55.7
58.3
73.2
64.8
Percent who are in labor force
35.8
38.3
41.7
37.3
Percent who are in poverty
25.4
69.2 *
30.3
37.2
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,231,171
1,220,009 *
1,222,947 *
1,223,282 *
Civilian veterans
4.23%
4.67%
5.16% *
4.95%
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,479,694
1,467,119 *
1,462,259 *
1,463,943 *
Same house
87.13%
86.84%
87.85%
87.75%
Different house in the U.S.
11.88%
11.88%
10.60%
10.34%
Same county
7.33%
7.48%
6.15%
5.38% *
Different county
4.55%
4.40%
4.45%
4.96%
Same state
2.40%
2.46%
1.75%
2.33%
Different state
2.16%
1.94%
2.70%
2.63%
Abroad
0.99%
1.28%
1.55% *
1.91% *
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,504,606
1,486,784 c
1,481,377 c
1,477,358 c
Native
71.57%
71.21%
71.97%
71.25%
Born in United States
67.62%
67.38%
67.17%
66.37%
State of residence
45.37%
45.41%
46.22%
44.57%
Different state
22.25%
21.97%
20.94%
21.79%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
3.94%
3.82%
4.80%
4.88%
Foreign born
28.43%
28.79%
28.03%
28.75%
Naturalized citizen
43.93%
45.41%
43.55%
42.09%
Not a citizen
56.07%
54.59%
56.45%
57.91%
Entered 1990 or later
44.98%
42.80%
41.30%
38.81% *
Entered before 1990
55.02%
57.20%
58.70%
61.19% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
427,801
428,086
415,236
424,759
Europe
16.90%
17.02%
20.04% *
18.51%
Asia
29.74%
27.50%
28.18%
29.75%
Africa
3.30%
3.63%
5.61% *
2.71%
Oceania
0.70%
0.80%
0.70%
0.46%
Latin America
47.16%
48.79%
43.27%
46.65%
Northern America
2.20%
2.26%
2.19%
1.91%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,413,902
1,401,343 *
1,402,305 *
1,402,689 *
English only
59.26%
59.87%
60.39%
58.36%
Language other than English
40.74%
40.13%
39.61%
41.64%
Speak English less than "very well"
21.71%
19.88%
18.94% *
18.56% *
Spanish
24.98%
25.82%
24.72%
25.33%
Speak English less than "very well"
14.58%
13.37%
12.53% *
12.14% *
Other Indo-European languages
6.73%
6.32%
6.97%
6.59%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.96%
1.87%
1.91%
1.25% *
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
7.81%
7.04%
6.67% *
7.93%
Speak English less than "very well"
4.75%
4.41%
4.12%
4.67%
Other languages
1.22%
0.95%
1.25%
1.79%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.42%
0.24%
0.38%
0.50%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,504,606
1,486,784 c
1,481,377 c
1,477,358 c
Arab
0.88%
0.63%
0.67%
0.56%
Czech
0.30%
0.24%
0.38%
0.46%
Danish
0.14%
0.32% *
0.20%
0.23%
Dutch
0.47%
0.41%
0.90% *
0.52%
English
4.50%
4.40%
5.07%
4.82%
French (except Basque)
1.91%
2.56%
1.93%
2.14%
French Canadian
0.28%
0.21%
0.20%
0.19%
German
5.81%
6.07%
6.60%
5.99%
Greek
0.55%
0.46%
0.66%
0.72%
Hungarian
0.95%
1.13%
0.93%
0.88%
Irish
6.88%
6.61%
7.50%
6.84%
Italian
5.97%
6.26%
5.73%
6.39%
Lithuanian
0.28%
0.37%
0.41%
0.40%
Norwegian
0.37%
0.40%
0.35%
0.67%
Polish
3.42%
3.40%
3.28%
4.00%
Portuguese
0.35%
0.22%
0.20%
0.19%
Russian
4.71%
4.74%
5.25%
6.13% *
Scotch-Irish
0.51%
0.73%
0.85% *
0.76%
Scottish
1.24%
1.21%
1.22%
1.70%
Slovak
0.18%
0.08%
0.10%
0.12%
Subsaharan African
1.18%
1.39%
1.77%
1.12%
Swedish
0.89%
0.92%
0.59%
0.60%
Swiss
0.14%
0.37% *
0.69% *
0.42% *
Ukrainian
0.50%
0.66%
0.60%
0.71%
United States or American
5.54%
4.58%
4.29%
4.48%
Welsh
0.27%
0.28%
0.36%
0.40%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
1.61%
1.00%
1.54%
1.17%
 
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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.
3. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
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