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 Cleveland--Akron, OH CMSA
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
752,424
759,092
724,096 *
729,085 *
Nursery school, preschool
6.98%
6.29%
7.26%
5.98% *
Kindergarten
4.39%
6.22% *
5.36% *
4.88%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
44.37%
44.61%
44.90%
48.08% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
22.46%
22.11%
21.42%
21.50%
College or graduate school
21.80%
20.76%
21.06%
19.56% *
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,921,827
1,910,832 *
1,955,558 *
1,921,594
Less than 9th grade
3.31%
3.89%
3.32%
4.03% *
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
10.22%
11.80% *
11.60% *
11.44% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
33.98%
33.64%
34.05%
35.30%
Some college, no degree
20.13%
19.39%
21.23%
20.34%
Associate degree
6.52%
6.28%
5.73%
5.44% *
Bachelor's degree
16.51%
16.44%
15.28% *
16.12%
Graduate or professional degree
9.32%
8.56%
8.78%
7.33% *
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
86.5
84.3 *
85.1 *
84.5 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
25.8
25.0
24.1 *
23.4 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
1,084,103
1,072,923 *
1,087,567
1,067,153 *
Never married
31.89%
30.44%
29.77% *
29.56% *
Now married, except separated
53.87%
55.64%
55.92% *
55.41%
Separated
1.32%
1.33%
1.70%
2.11% *
Widowed
2.68%
2.79%
2.88%
3.02%
Divorced
10.23%
9.81%
9.73%
9.91%
 
Females 15 years and over
1,200,542
1,191,500 *
1,215,947 *
1,197,382
Never married
26.68%
26.39%
24.89% *
24.38% *
Now married, except separated
49.02%
48.58%
48.98%
50.31%
Separated
1.99%
2.02%
1.92%
2.43%
Widowed
10.42%
10.99%
11.36% *
11.08%
Divorced
11.89%
12.03%
12.84%
11.79%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
38,613
34,489
40,875
37,625
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
36.00%
31.62%
31.06%
20.69% *
Per 1,000 unmarried women
37
29
34
22 *
As a percent of all women with a birth
36.0
31.6
31.1
20.7 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
53
47
54
50
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
33
18
22
44
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
100
97
107
88
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
23
17
23
25
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
49,753
46,821
56,244
52,082
Responsible for grandchildren
47.03%
52.13%
45.41%
42.12%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
27.31%
20.49%
25.12%
42.04%
1 or 2 years
23.03%
14.47%
25.65%
15.26%
3 or 4 years
12.45%
16.19%
12.15%
13.84%
5 or more years
37.21%
48.85%
37.08%
28.85%
 
Percent who are female
69.6
68.6
68.4
67.6
Percent who are married
64.7
70.1
64.1
71.2
Percent who are in labor force
55.4
71.5 *
50.1
57.5
Percent who are in poverty
20.4
10.8
25.2
25.6
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
2,160,960
2,141,484 *
2,186,147 *
2,142,639 *
Civilian veterans
11.72%
12.68% *
12.55% *
13.10% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
2,842,362
2,848,259
2,856,688 *
2,848,626
Same house
87.35%
88.09%
87.75%
88.19%
Different house in the U.S.
12.33%
11.42%
12.09%
11.38%
Same county
9.50%
8.17% *
8.66%
8.10% *
Different county
2.84%
3.25%
3.44%
3.28%
Same state
1.64%
1.84%
2.20% *
2.01%
Different state
1.20%
1.42%
1.24%
1.27%
Abroad
0.31%
0.49%
0.16% *
0.43%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
2,880,263
2,878,902
2,886,558
2,883,165
Native
95.34%
94.92%
95.80%
94.94%
Born in United States
94.52%
93.99%
94.71%
93.68% *
State of residence
74.46%
74.63%
74.77%
72.60% *
Different state
20.07%
19.36%
19.94%
21.08%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.82%
0.93%
1.09%
1.26% *
Foreign born
4.66%
5.08%
4.20%
5.06%
Naturalized citizen
57.05%
54.78%
52.53%
58.68%
Not a citizen
42.95%
45.22%
47.47%
41.32%
Entered 1990 or later
40.53%
41.79%
41.23%
34.12%
Entered before 1990
59.47%
58.21%
58.77%
65.88% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
134,154
146,220
121,288
145,958
Europe
52.81%
55.94%
43.35% *
53.16%
Asia
27.74%
26.95%
33.41% *
28.17%
Africa
3.17%
1.21%
6.27%
1.66%
Oceania
0.60%
1.12%
0.50%
0.30%
Latin America
12.40%
11.46%
11.56%
12.64%
Northern America
3.28%
3.32%
4.91%
4.06%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
2,694,261
2,686,192
2,706,794 *
2,688,757
English only
91.91%
91.06%
91.88%
91.29%
Language other than English
8.09%
8.94%
8.12%
8.71%
Speak English less than "very well"
3.00%
3.44%
2.82%
2.90%
Spanish
2.36%
2.45%
2.47%
2.69%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.75%
0.82%
0.71%
0.74%
Other Indo-European languages
4.34%
5.08%
3.70%
4.10%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.62%
2.19%
1.15% *
1.41%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
0.84%
0.83%
0.99%
0.74%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.42%
0.26%
0.62%
0.35%
Other languages
0.55%
0.57%
0.95% *
1.18% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.20%
0.17%
0.34%
0.40%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
2,880,263
2,878,902
2,886,558
2,883,165
Arab
0.76%
0.61%
0.70%
1.22%
Czech
1.39%
1.66%
1.68%
1.44%
Danish
0.15%
0.26%
0.15%
0.25%
Dutch
1.26%
1.70% *
1.76% *
1.68% *
English
9.64%
9.60%
10.34%
9.71%
French (except Basque)
2.08%
2.28%
2.16%
2.41%
French Canadian
0.36%
0.17% *
0.49%
0.41%
German
22.74%
23.19%
23.53%
24.07%
Greek
0.63%
0.52%
0.65%
0.51%
Hungarian
4.05%
4.47%
3.98%
3.64%
Irish
15.83%
15.91%
14.85%
13.88% *
Italian
9.76%
8.95%
9.70%
9.78%
Lithuanian
0.50%
0.40%
0.40%
0.62%
Norwegian
0.49%
0.37%
0.29% *
0.23% *
Polish
7.30%
8.60% *
7.51%
7.16%
Portuguese
0.06%
0.06%
0.07%
0.16%
Russian
1.26%
1.38%
1.23%
1.38%
Scotch-Irish
1.51%
1.39%
1.86%
1.64%
Scottish
1.67%
1.69%
1.93%
2.08% *
Slovak
3.27%
3.02%
3.18%
3.22%
Subsaharan African
0.49%
0.28%
0.21% *
0.23% *
Swedish
0.96%
1.00%
0.74%
0.98%
Swiss
0.47%
0.45%
0.50%
0.60%
Ukrainian
0.76%
1.00%
0.83%
0.81%
United States or American
4.78%
4.54%
5.36%
3.82% *
Welsh
1.05%
1.06%
0.94%
1.01%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.23%
0.39%
0.08%
0.33%
 
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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).

1. An '-' entry in an Estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
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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