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 Jacksonville, FL 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
319,760
302,953 *
306,699
278,512 *
Nursery school, preschool
5.75%
7.15%
6.74%
6.29%
Kindergarten
4.91%
6.49%
5.83%
7.01%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
42.58%
45.08% *
46.33% *
46.55% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
23.46%
21.42%
20.76% *
22.34%
College or graduate school
23.30%
19.85% *
20.34%
17.81% *
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
748,813
739,130 *
717,069 *
699,542 *
Less than 9th grade
3.65%
3.48%
3.61%
4.15%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
9.34%
11.08%
8.58%
9.90%
High school graduate (including equivalency)
31.39%
31.44%
31.53%
31.00%
Some college, no degree
21.98%
21.63%
22.38%
23.59%
Associate degree
8.41%
8.14%
8.17%
7.56%
Bachelor's degree
17.53%
16.93%
18.42%
16.89%
Graduate or professional degree
7.70%
7.30%
7.30%
6.92%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
87.0
85.4
87.8
86.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
25.2
24.2
25.7
23.8
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
431,769
423,388 *
407,290 *
402,107 *
Never married
29.36%
28.37%
27.78%
26.22% *
Now married, except separated
54.60%
55.30%
58.23% *
56.66%
Separated
1.62%
1.86%
1.44%
2.00%
Widowed
2.00%
2.70%
2.86%
2.53%
Divorced
12.41%
11.77%
9.69% *
12.58%
 
Females 15 years and over
472,250
463,783 *
454,796 *
441,587 *
Never married
24.27%
23.12%
22.29% *
21.86% *
Now married, except separated
49.53%
51.08%
52.03%
52.26%
Separated
2.69%
3.03%
3.62%
3.01%
Widowed
8.67%
8.18%
9.06%
9.60%
Divorced
14.84%
14.59%
13.00%
13.27%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
17,061
14,949
16,129
17,466
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
35.87%
21.31%
30.32%
25.35%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
39
22
37
34
As a percent of all women with a birth
35.9
21.3 *
30.3
25.3
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
55
49
53
59
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
38
41
20
19
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
111
96
111
126
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
18
15
16
16
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
19,522
24,630
19,480
24,706
Responsible for grandchildren
40.15%
37.40%
42.47%
55.02%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
29.46%
28.98%
3.19% *
10.53% *
1 or 2 years
29.57%
22.72%
29.28%
16.24%
3 or 4 years
15.22%
24.89%
23.53%
37.53%
5 or more years
25.75%
23.40%
43.99%
35.69%
 
Percent who are female
78.3
55.2 *
68.7
57.6 *
Percent who are married
59.3
70.5
69.8
78.5
Percent who are in labor force
56.6
58.3
48.4
52.7
Percent who are in poverty
8.8
10.9
20.8
9.2
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
840,596
825,107 *
795,118 *
784,623 *
Civilian veterans
16.91%
16.65%
17.81%
18.56% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,135,307
1,122,986
1,103,000 *
1,063,513 *
Same house
78.14%
76.25%
79.58%
79.55%
Different house in the U.S.
21.41%
23.10%
19.74%
19.43%
Same county
13.94%
15.97%
13.70%
12.55%
Different county
7.46%
7.13%
6.03%
6.88%
Same state
3.14%
3.22%
2.86%
2.58%
Different state
4.32%
3.91%
3.17%
4.30%
Abroad
0.45%
0.65%
0.69%
1.03%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,155,378
1,137,432 *
1,117,049 *
1,079,235 *
Native
93.33%
92.39%
94.27%
93.77%
Born in United States
91.31%
90.75%
92.69%
91.98%
State of residence
45.42%
45.31%
45.22%
46.38%
Different state
45.89%
45.44%
47.47%
45.60%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
2.03%
1.63%
1.58%
1.79%
Foreign born
6.67%
7.61%
5.73%
6.23%
Naturalized citizen
40.86%
42.98%
50.32% *
42.78%
Not a citizen
59.14%
57.02%
49.68%
57.22%
Entered 1990 or later
56.25%
51.73%
37.70% *
50.44%
Entered before 1990
43.75%
48.27%
62.30% *
49.56%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
77,009
86,594
64,002
67,194
Europe
23.75%
22.40%
27.79%
34.62%
Asia
35.02%
37.41%
33.30%
29.47%
Africa
8.55%
10.99%
4.05%
6.24%
Oceania
0.31%
0.53%
2.22%
0.90%
Latin America
28.85%
26.31%
30.33%
25.12%
Northern America
3.53%
2.36%
2.31%
3.65%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,073,537
1,054,381 *
1,033,255 *
1,003,551 *
English only
90.72%
89.82%
92.13%
92.05%
Language other than English
9.28%
10.18%
7.87%
7.95%
Speak English less than "very well"
3.65%
2.97%
2.75%
2.75%
Spanish
3.68%
3.99%
3.48%
3.69%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.18%
1.10%
0.78% *
1.33%
Other Indo-European languages
2.96%
2.37%
2.02%
2.74%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.14%
0.59%
0.72%
0.95%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
2.02%
1.97%
1.60%
1.41% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.90%
0.62%
0.70%
0.46% *
Other languages
0.62%
1.85% *
0.78%
0.11%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.43%
0.66%
0.56%
0.00%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,155,378
1,137,432 *
1,117,049 *
1,079,235 *
Arab
0.76%
1.38%
0.73%
0.21% *
Czech
0.50%
0.09%
0.31%
0.21%
Danish
0.46%
0.30%
0.18%
0.29%
Dutch
1.69%
1.60%
1.70%
1.77%
English
11.49%
11.84%
11.35%
9.88% *
French (except Basque)
3.04%
3.04%
3.63%
3.14%
French Canadian
0.55%
0.45%
0.41%
0.71%
German
13.82%
11.69% *
13.21%
12.55%
Greek
0.55%
0.40%
0.19% *
0.33%
Hungarian
0.40%
0.55%
0.94% *
0.42%
Irish
13.54%
13.32%
10.61% *
13.30%
Italian
3.93%
4.77%
4.22%
4.32%
Lithuanian
0.36%
0.24%
0.32%
0.04% *
Norwegian
0.65%
0.46%
0.97%
0.81%
Polish
2.15%
2.59%
1.91%
2.38%
Portuguese
0.44%
0.18% *
0.25%
0.37%
Russian
0.57%
0.82%
0.45%
0.76%
Scotch-Irish
3.02%
2.36%
2.63%
3.27%
Scottish
2.43%
2.49%
2.13%
2.85%
Slovak
0.02%
0.02%
0.17% *
0.20% *
Subsaharan African
0.74%
0.69%
0.33%
0.82%
Swedish
1.17%
0.94%
1.05%
1.19%
Swiss
0.16%
0.54% *
0.04%
0.29%
Ukrainian
0.16%
0.16%
0.20%
0.05% *
United States or American
8.89%
9.84%
9.96%
7.78%
Welsh
0.78%
0.36% *
0.34% *
0.73%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.79%
0.46%
0.93%
0.41%
 
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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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