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 Columbus city, Franklin 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
184,633
193,173
184,647
180,702
Nursery school, preschool
6.76%
6.38%
6.20%
5.66%
Kindergarten
6.03%
5.17%
4.31% *
5.69%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
37.63%
40.02% *
37.81%
40.14% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
16.75%
16.58%
17.76%
15.48%
College or graduate school
32.83%
31.85%
33.92%
33.02%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
439,812
439,848
433,556
422,365 *
Less than 9th grade
3.30%
3.35%
2.81%
3.35%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
9.67%
10.56%
10.29%
10.83% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
28.89%
29.89%
29.60%
29.73%
Some college, no degree
20.78%
20.92%
21.04%
20.69%
Associate degree
5.93%
6.12%
5.97%
5.87%
Bachelor's degree
21.28%
19.60% *
20.84%
19.82% *
Graduate or professional degree
10.15%
9.55%
9.44%
9.70%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
87.0
86.1
86.9
85.8 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
31.4
29.2 *
30.3
29.5 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
255,392
261,184
260,077
255,505
Never married
39.16%
39.79%
40.51%
40.53%
Now married, except separated
46.38%
44.37% *
44.93%
44.27% *
Separated
1.81%
2.12%
1.82%
2.09%
Widowed
2.32%
2.02%
1.83% *
1.75% *
Divorced
10.33%
11.71% *
10.90%
11.36%
 
Females 15 years and over
279,944
280,957
282,623
277,464
Never married
33.47%
35.07%
34.67%
35.22% *
Now married, except separated
41.15%
39.29% *
40.17%
40.10%
Separated
2.48%
3.44% *
2.97%
2.48%
Widowed
8.02%
7.87%
7.70%
8.24%
Divorced
14.88%
14.34%
14.49%
13.96%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
11,465
12,022
13,329
12,322
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
37.53%
41.24%
43.57%
38.95%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
38
43
49
41
As a percent of all women with a birth
37.5
41.2
43.6
38.9
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
57
59
65
61
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
40
58
38
43
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
92
86
102
98
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
21
26
24
19
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
11,107
10,432
12,028
10,667
Responsible for grandchildren
44.48%
52.86%
49.29%
48.42%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
13.24%
20.08%
21.05%
16.26%
1 or 2 years
25.51%
22.62%
24.12%
25.34%
3 or 4 years
24.70%
13.26%
19.36%
21.82%
5 or more years
36.56%
44.05%
35.47%
36.57%
 
Percent who are female
66.6
66.7
68.2
68.0
Percent who are married
66.7
67.7
63.4
64.9
Percent who are in labor force
61.8
60.4
65.0
49.4
Percent who are in poverty
20.4
15.5
12.9
18.6
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
512,546
517,675
517,690
510,115
Civilian veterans
9.18%
10.10% *
11.41% *
10.98% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
670,094
681,785
669,634
668,623
Same house
79.01%
79.22%
77.51% *
74.63% *
Different house in the U.S.
20.23%
20.21%
21.68%
24.33% *
Same county
15.37%
15.14%
16.26%
18.27% *
Different county
4.86%
5.07%
5.42%
6.06% *
Same state
2.44%
2.88%
2.92%
3.32% *
Different state
2.42%
2.19%
2.50%
2.73%
Abroad
0.75%
0.57%
0.81%
1.04%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
682,037
693,228
679,929
678,342
Native
90.84%
91.97% *
92.43% *
92.29% *
Born in United States
90.26%
91.38% *
91.57% *
91.46% *
State of residence
67.37%
67.30%
66.59%
67.27%
Different state
22.89%
24.09%
24.98% *
24.19% *
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.58%
0.58%
0.86% *
0.83% *
Foreign born
9.16%
8.03% *
7.57% *
7.71% *
Naturalized citizen
28.72%
30.54%
28.37%
30.97%
Not a citizen
71.28%
69.46%
71.63%
69.03%
Entered 1990 or later
73.06%
68.33%
68.36%
69.06%
Entered before 1990
26.94%
31.67%
31.64% *
30.94% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
62,477
55,679
51,460 *
52,291 *
Europe
12.16%
9.24%
12.28%
14.88%
Asia
43.82%
49.87% *
45.28%
43.96%
Africa
24.32%
21.39%
21.72%
20.92%
Oceania
0.00%
0.00%
0.10%
0.89%
Latin America
18.73%
18.52%
19.25%
17.04%
Northern America
0.96%
0.98%
1.38%
2.32% *
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
626,381
637,423
629,471
624,568
English only
88.40%
89.44% *
90.32% *
90.39% *
Language other than English
11.60%
10.56%
9.68% *
9.61% *
Speak English less than "very well"
6.01%
4.93% *
4.66% *
4.67% *
Spanish
3.30%
2.69% *
2.55% *
2.48% *
Speak English less than "very well"
1.84%
1.42% *
1.46%
1.13% *
Other Indo-European languages
2.77%
2.60%
2.46%
3.41% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.94%
0.72%
0.88%
1.45% *
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
3.24%
3.21%
3.00%
2.23% *
Speak English less than "very well"
1.89%
1.96%
1.42% *
1.24% *
Other languages
2.30%
2.06%
1.68%
1.49% *
Speak English less than "very well"
1.34%
0.83% *
0.91%
0.85% *
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
682,037
693,228
679,929
678,342
Arab
0.94%
0.67%
0.55%
0.58%
Czech
0.22%
0.48% *
0.27%
0.47% *
Danish
0.16%
0.20%
0.17%
0.15%
Dutch
1.59%
1.51%
2.00%
1.75%
English
8.62%
8.51%
9.28%
8.78%
French (except Basque)
1.86%
2.12%
2.31% *
2.32% *
French Canadian
0.31%
0.23%
0.18%
0.22%
German
22.53%
20.71% *
22.88%
23.22%
Greek
0.42%
0.57%
0.59%
0.39%
Hungarian
0.78%
1.13% *
0.98%
0.80%
Irish
13.61%
11.88% *
13.87%
12.39% *
Italian
5.23%
5.50%
5.91%
5.11%
Lithuanian
0.23%
0.16%
0.11%
0.33%
Norwegian
0.47%
0.48%
0.42%
0.43%
Polish
2.06%
2.06%
2.31%
2.00%
Portuguese
0.17%
0.13%
0.05% *
0.07%
Russian
0.70%
0.69%
0.72%
1.00%
Scotch-Irish
2.48%
1.52% *
1.91%
1.49% *
Scottish
1.73%
1.94%
1.82%
1.62%
Slovak
0.23%
0.35%
0.37% *
0.36% *
Subsaharan African
2.71%
1.97%
1.73% *
1.96%
Swedish
0.48%
0.58%
0.59%
0.52%
Swiss
0.41%
0.37%
0.46%
0.43%
Ukrainian
0.33%
0.23%
0.23%
0.26%
United States or American
5.99%
6.52%
6.79%
6.42%
Welsh
1.67%
1.56%
1.61%
1.30% *
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.14%
0.18%
0.19%
0.39% *
 
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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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