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 Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA
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
307,554
314,827
308,563
288,436 *
Nursery school, preschool
6.00%
7.23%
6.38%
6.45%
Kindergarten
4.67%
5.88%
4.63%
5.59%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
45.26%
46.42%
49.66% *
46.06%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
20.63%
21.26%
19.08%
22.89%
College or graduate school
23.45%
19.21% *
20.25%
19.01% *
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
841,629
841,612
813,876 *
816,896 *
Less than 9th grade
6.88%
7.68%
8.14%
7.28%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
12.88%
13.12%
12.59%
12.94%
High school graduate (including equivalency)
28.60%
28.67%
28.91%
30.88% *
Some college, no degree
20.52%
19.09%
19.78%
19.46%
Associate degree
7.38%
6.76%
6.25% *
6.21% *
Bachelor's degree
16.41%
16.42%
16.42%
15.66%
Graduate or professional degree
7.32%
8.26%
7.91%
7.57%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
80.2
79.2
79.3
79.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
23.7
24.7
24.3
23.2
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
479,320
479,273
463,424 *
460,292 *
Never married
25.98%
26.49%
26.43%
24.00%
Now married, except separated
60.23%
60.42%
60.32%
61.84%
Separated
2.88%
2.44%
2.94%
2.18%
Widowed
3.05%
2.17%
2.19%
2.41%
Divorced
7.85%
8.47%
8.12%
9.58%
 
Females 15 years and over
521,033
515,547
501,648 *
505,637 *
Never married
21.57%
20.99%
21.92%
21.84%
Now married, except separated
54.31%
54.04%
53.94%
54.95%
Separated
2.45%
3.74% *
3.48% *
2.66%
Widowed
10.31%
10.03%
10.02%
11.10%
Divorced
11.36%
11.21%
10.65%
9.45% *
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
19,947
19,470
11,856 *
15,916
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
34.24%
21.80%
22.35%
44.60%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
47
31
19 *
52
As a percent of all women with a birth
34.2
21.8
22.4
44.6
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
60
60
37 *
49
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
25
56
5
63
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
120
98
76 *
101
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
19
30
13
8
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
22,074
19,621
20,442
19,225
Responsible for grandchildren
56.80%
52.34%
45.06%
54.72%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
8.68%
20.35%
17.57%
26.80% *
1 or 2 years
24.10%
26.28%
28.84%
8.08%
3 or 4 years
20.96%
6.24%
12.74%
17.93%
5 or more years
46.26%
47.13%
40.84%
47.19%
 
Percent who are female
66.5
53.9
59.3
61.6
Percent who are married
75.3
66.0
67.5
84.7
Percent who are in labor force
67.6
56.6
54.9
78.9
Percent who are in poverty
20.5
25.6
17.1
6.4
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
951,652
945,252
916,394 *
916,154 *
Civilian veterans
11.05%
11.31%
12.17% *
11.39%
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,247,432
1,248,045
1,226,921 *
1,210,187 *
Same house
83.42%
83.41%
84.41%
83.09%
Different house in the U.S.
16.28%
16.35%
15.15%
16.49%
Same county
10.44%
11.84%
9.18%
10.48%
Different county
5.84%
4.51%
5.98%
6.01%
Same state
3.10%
2.62%
3.53%
4.11%
Different state
2.74%
1.89%
2.44%
1.90%
Abroad
0.31%
0.24%
0.44%
0.42%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,265,761
1,262,846
1,236,986 *
1,222,175 *
Native
92.36%
93.29%
93.13%
94.58% *
Born in United States
91.58%
92.66% *
92.36%
93.83% *
State of residence
66.08%
64.75%
65.04%
65.33%
Different state
25.50%
27.92% *
27.32%
28.50% *
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.78%
0.63%
0.77%
0.75%
Foreign born
7.64%
6.71%
6.87%
5.42% *
Naturalized citizen
19.05%
23.28%
21.96%
18.03%
Not a citizen
80.95%
76.72%
78.04%
81.97%
Entered 1990 or later
72.29%
66.40%
72.27%
64.65%
Entered before 1990
27.71%
33.60%
27.73%
35.35%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
96,724
84,686
84,920 *
66,251 *
Europe
9.39%
13.15%
10.98%
11.67%
Asia
19.20%
16.98%
21.99%
20.93%
Africa
8.90%
4.84%
7.22%
6.15%
Oceania
0.24%
0.25%
0.20%
0.00%
Latin America
56.84%
62.11% *
58.29%
59.69%
Northern America
5.44%
2.67%
1.32% *
1.56% *
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,174,472
1,174,442
1,149,253 *
1,134,674 *
English only
90.80%
90.95%
91.41%
92.46% *
Language other than English
9.20%
9.05%
8.59%
7.54% *
Speak English less than "very well"
4.66%
4.44%
4.54%
4.08%
Spanish
5.78%
6.11%
5.67%
4.75% *
Speak English less than "very well"
3.39%
3.41%
3.33%
2.92%
Other Indo-European languages
1.66%
1.68%
1.26%
1.40%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.33%
0.34%
0.35%
0.52%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
1.42%
0.79% *
1.28%
1.09%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.85%
0.47%
0.73%
0.52%
Other languages
0.34%
0.47%
0.38%
0.30%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.09%
0.22%
0.13%
0.12%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,265,761
1,262,846
1,236,986 *
1,222,175 *
Arab
0.44%
0.15%
0.10%
0.19%
Czech
0.10%
0.13%
0.10%
0.25%
Danish
0.11%
0.13%
0.11%
0.06%
Dutch
2.13%
2.25%
2.21%
1.42% *
English
13.69%
12.20%
13.07%
10.75% *
French (except Basque)
1.69%
1.38%
1.88%
2.20%
French Canadian
0.47%
0.43%
0.29%
0.24%
German
13.86%
13.40%
13.37%
12.91%
Greek
0.35%
0.40%
0.40%
0.70%
Hungarian
0.18%
0.31%
0.23%
0.25%
Irish
8.05%
9.48%
8.12%
9.18%
Italian
2.36%
2.09%
1.88%
2.09%
Lithuanian
0.11%
0.02%
0.11%
0.14%
Norwegian
0.26%
0.44%
0.25%
0.61%
Polish
0.75%
1.29% *
1.14%
1.08%
Portuguese
0.15%
0.07%
0.01%
0.02%
Russian
0.37%
0.51%
0.26%
0.32%
Scotch-Irish
3.12%
3.60%
3.01%
3.50%
Scottish
2.47%
2.57%
3.03%
1.92%
Slovak
0.06%
0.11%
0.16%
0.15%
Subsaharan African
1.00%
0.67%
0.54%
0.51%
Swedish
0.51%
0.34%
0.49%
0.52%
Swiss
0.21%
0.25%
0.03% *
0.26%
Ukrainian
0.18%
0.03%
0.12%
0.08%
United States or American
12.79%
12.73%
13.84%
16.20% *
Welsh
0.30%
0.75% *
0.60% *
0.48%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.35%
0.22%
0.31%
0.12%
 
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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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