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 New York city, Queens 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
522,810
541,148
547,505 *
557,229 *
Nursery school, preschool
6.05%
6.49%
4.05% *
4.60% *
Kindergarten
5.32%
5.12%
6.54%
5.91%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
41.84%
41.52%
39.44% *
41.59%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
20.92%
19.38%
21.70%
21.20%
College or graduate school
25.87%
27.50%
28.26%
26.69%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,514,274
1,516,677 *
1,497,728 *
1,486,188 *
Less than 9th grade
11.29%
10.94%
9.70% *
9.35% *
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
10.33%
12.26% *
14.80% *
15.43% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
29.78%
32.23% *
29.44%
27.88%
Some college, no degree
15.25%
13.62% *
16.60%
17.76% *
Associate degree
5.65%
5.00%
6.12%
5.89%
Bachelor's degree
18.38%
16.37% *
14.98% *
14.74% *
Graduate or professional degree
9.32%
9.58%
8.36%
8.95%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
78.4
76.8
75.5 *
75.2 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
27.7
26.0
23.3 *
23.7 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
849,295
852,745 *
844,815 *
843,990 *
Never married
35.76%
35.80%
35.41%
35.11%
Now married, except separated
55.18%
54.14%
54.53%
54.35%
Separated
1.52%
2.39% *
2.44% *
2.35%
Widowed
2.38%
2.43%
2.87%
2.60%
Divorced
5.15%
5.24%
4.76%
5.59%
 
Females 15 years and over
934,192
936,254 *
936,846
934,707
Never married
29.37%
29.57%
29.30%
29.31%
Now married, except separated
48.21%
47.76%
46.91%
46.18%
Separated
4.17%
4.17%
4.14%
4.40%
Widowed
10.71%
10.25%
11.49%
12.24% *
Divorced
7.53%
8.24%
8.16%
7.87%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
27,539
27,783
32,129
39,260 *
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
20.24%
21.98%
30.40%
33.17% *
Per 1,000 unmarried women
20
21
33
44 *
As a percent of all women with a birth
20.2
22.0
30.4
33.2
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
46
46
53
64 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
10
15
17
46
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
87
70
84
103
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
18
31
32 *
32
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
63,724
63,860
64,401
77,217
Responsible for grandchildren
26.43%
27.18%
29.31%
29.12%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
24.95%
33.93%
24.61%
12.69%
1 or 2 years
12.38%
3.01%
24.01%
21.49%
3 or 4 years
8.96%
3.86%
18.12%
14.02%
5 or more years
53.71%
59.20%
33.26%
51.80%
 
Percent who are female
64.8
75.1
57.9
55.1
Percent who are married
70.8
57.3
71.6
75.2
Percent who are in labor force
42.6
62.6
57.7
55.6
Percent who are in poverty
18.3
15.4
23.1
23.2
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,705,103
1,711,036 *
1,703,190
1,695,956 *
Civilian veterans
3.83%
4.17%
4.47% *
5.56% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
2,173,827
2,185,315 *
2,170,199
2,180,256
Same house
90.73%
89.24%
90.80%
89.94%
Different house in the U.S.
8.38%
10.11%
7.87%
8.91%
Same county
6.65%
7.46%
5.32%
6.51%
Different county
1.74%
2.64% *
2.55% *
2.40%
Same state
1.32%
2.21% *
1.56%
1.80%
Different state
0.41%
0.43%
0.98% *
0.60%
Abroad
0.89%
0.66%
1.33%
1.16%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
2,198,835
2,210,960 c
2,197,651 c
2,202,506 c
Native
54.70%
53.40%
54.90%
55.11%
Born in United States
52.59%
51.16%
52.62%
53.25%
State of residence
47.39%
46.04%
47.33%
47.12%
Different state
5.19%
5.12%
5.29%
6.12% *
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
2.11%
2.24%
2.28%
1.87%
Foreign born
45.30%
46.60%
45.10%
44.89%
Naturalized citizen
48.74%
48.22%
50.36%
44.86% *
Not a citizen
51.26%
51.78%
49.64%
55.14%
Entered 1990 or later
46.62%
45.39%
39.05% *
42.23% *
Entered before 1990
53.38%
54.61%
60.95% *
57.77% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
996,096
1,030,241
991,173
988,642
Europe
13.55%
14.67%
14.98%
14.21%
Asia
34.82%
33.06%
32.18% *
32.25% *
Africa
1.86%
1.67%
1.40%
1.78%
Oceania
0.08%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
Latin America
49.37%
50.40%
51.19%
50.96%
Northern America
0.32%
0.21%
0.25%
0.79%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
2,056,078
2,065,594 *
2,055,210
2,060,478 *
English only
48.45%
46.86%
49.88%
49.56%
Language other than English
51.55%
53.14%
50.12%
50.44%
Speak English less than "very well"
33.90%
30.59% *
26.99% *
26.77% *
Spanish
23.15%
23.26%
22.80%
22.48%
Speak English less than "very well"
15.58%
13.97% *
12.93% *
12.30% *
Other Indo-European languages
14.72%
15.35%
15.77%
16.08%
Speak English less than "very well"
8.99%
6.77% *
6.66% *
7.48% *
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
12.73%
12.97%
10.28% *
10.69% *
Speak English less than "very well"
9.15%
9.15%
6.87% *
6.54% *
Other languages
0.96%
1.56%
1.27%
1.19%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.18%
0.71% *
0.51% *
0.45% *
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
2,198,835
2,210,960 c
2,197,651 c
2,202,506 c
Arab
0.64%
0.92%
0.48%
0.58%
Czech
0.08%
0.14%
0.09%
0.07%
Danish
0.08%
0.06%
0.02%
0.07%
Dutch
0.07%
0.19% *
0.17% *
0.15%
English
0.87%
0.83%
1.01%
1.13%
French (except Basque)
0.53%
0.60%
0.63%
0.59%
French Canadian
0.04%
0.11%
0.09%
0.14% *
German
2.52%
3.57% *
3.86% *
4.18% *
Greek
1.22%
1.70%
1.38%
1.80%
Hungarian
0.29%
0.43%
0.73% *
0.78% *
Irish
3.87%
5.09% *
4.18%
6.55% *
Italian
6.80%
6.50%
7.88% *
8.19% *
Lithuanian
0.13%
0.07%
0.22%
0.20%
Norwegian
0.07%
0.12%
0.04%
0.03%
Polish
2.31%
2.55%
2.33%
2.70%
Portuguese
0.14%
0.26%
0.34%
0.29%
Russian
1.51%
1.92%
1.69%
2.86% *
Scotch-Irish
0.09%
0.10%
0.32% *
0.22%
Scottish
0.08%
0.14%
0.30% *
0.12%
Slovak
0.07%
0.05%
0.04%
0.07%
Subsaharan African
0.99%
1.35%
0.42% *
0.91%
Swedish
0.09%
0.22%
0.14%
0.14%
Swiss
0.11%
0.02% *
0.07%
0.03%
Ukrainian
0.38%
0.42%
0.50%
0.48%
United States or American
1.66%
1.56%
1.50%
1.78%
Welsh
0.03%
0.02%
0.05%
0.02%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
6.84%
7.72%
6.36%
7.62%
 
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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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