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 Los Angeles--Riverside--Orange County, CA 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
5,112,956
5,124,330
5,015,610 *
4,785,489 *
Nursery school, preschool
5.29%
5.09%
4.85% *
5.01%
Kindergarten
4.99%
4.74%
5.41%
6.08% *
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
43.01%
43.79% *
45.82% *
43.84% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
21.43%
21.04%
20.88% *
21.23%
College or graduate school
25.28%
25.35%
23.05% *
23.85% *
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
10,550,992
10,340,096 *
9,959,209 *
9,860,999 *
Less than 9th grade
12.49%
12.51%
12.23%
12.91%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
11.06%
11.63% *
13.20% *
13.26% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
21.82%
20.76% *
20.21% *
20.21% *
Some college, no degree
21.01%
21.84% *
21.71% *
21.36%
Associate degree
6.71%
7.04%
6.67%
7.18% *
Bachelor's degree
17.63%
17.42%
17.03% *
16.34% *
Graduate or professional degree
9.28%
8.81% *
8.94%
8.74% *
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
76.4
75.9
74.6 *
73.8 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
26.9
26.2
26.0 *
25.1 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
6,341,238
6,219,185 *
5,983,683 *
5,924,112 *
Never married
35.45%
35.77%
35.03%
35.36%
Now married, except separated
53.16%
53.20%
53.83%
52.62%
Separated
1.82%
1.81%
1.86%
2.16% *
Widowed
2.04%
2.01%
1.98%
2.15%
Divorced
7.54%
7.21%
7.30%
7.71%
 
Females 15 years and over
6,601,965
6,489,210 *
6,270,109 *
6,198,453 *
Never married
29.11%
28.97%
28.32% *
28.15% *
Now married, except separated
48.93%
48.81%
49.80%
49.34%
Separated
3.40%
3.33%
3.29%
3.47%
Widowed
8.04%
8.26%
8.19%
8.63% *
Divorced
10.53%
10.62%
10.41%
10.40%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
229,199
271,994 *
276,092 *
299,071 *
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
31.95%
26.41%
25.44% *
29.21%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
33
33
34
43 *
As a percent of all women with a birth
31.9
26.4 *
25.4 *
29.2
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
51
61 *
64 *
69 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
30
37
42
48 *
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
89
102 *
104 *
119 *
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
22
30 *
33 *
30 *
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
456,925
460,219
437,763
451,427
Responsible for grandchildren
30.97%
28.19%
30.12%
31.21%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
21.19%
20.72%
23.19%
21.42%
1 or 2 years
21.62%
22.93%
24.96%
27.55%
3 or 4 years
17.16%
16.38%
18.93%
15.58%
5 or more years
40.03%
39.97%
32.92%
35.45%
 
Percent who are female
64.8
59.8
58.2 *
64.4
Percent who are married
68.0
74.4
73.9
68.3
Percent who are in labor force
55.2
54.4
57.5
54.4
Percent who are in poverty
15.1
13.2
15.3
19.7
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
12,179,849
11,960,305 *
11,513,061 *
11,393,315 *
Civilian veterans
7.80%
8.21% *
8.36% *
8.83% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
16,711,936
16,503,259 *
16,157,382 *
15,830,403 *
Same house
86.43%
85.17% *
85.32% *
84.43% *
Different house in the U.S.
12.96%
13.95% *
13.71%
14.43% *
Same county
9.40%
10.48% *
10.32% *
10.74% *
Different county
3.55%
3.46%
3.39%
3.69%
Same state
2.40%
2.27%
2.23%
2.33%
Different state
1.15%
1.20%
1.17%
1.36%
Abroad
0.61%
0.88% *
0.97% *
1.14% *
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
16,952,160
16,728,229 c
16,390,545 c
16,063,431 c
Native
69.18%
68.96%
69.51%
69.14%
Born in United States
68.27%
68.00%
68.70%
68.19%
State of residence
49.27%
48.98%
49.39%
48.11% *
Different state
19.00%
19.02%
19.31%
20.08% *
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.91%
0.96%
0.80%
0.96%
Foreign born
30.82%
31.04%
30.49%
30.86%
Naturalized citizen
40.97%
39.83%
38.70% *
38.72% *
Not a citizen
59.03%
60.17%
61.30% *
61.28% *
Entered 1990 or later
39.44%
37.87%
37.22% *
37.37% *
Entered before 1990
60.56%
62.13% *
62.78% *
62.63% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
5,224,151
5,191,839
4,997,609 *
4,956,591 *
Europe
5.90%
5.58%
5.83%
5.71%
Asia
30.03%
29.22%
29.17% *
29.58%
Africa
1.11%
1.24%
1.27%
1.24%
Oceania
0.49%
0.49%
0.58%
0.57%
Latin America
61.22%
62.15%
61.73%
61.62%
Northern America
1.26%
1.33%
1.42%
1.29%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
15,669,445
15,445,038 *
15,070,033 *
14,790,808 *
English only
51.69%
52.07%
52.49% *
52.71% *
Language other than English
48.31%
47.93%
47.51% *
47.29% *
Speak English less than "very well"
23.40%
23.00%
23.18%
24.02%
Spanish
34.76%
34.55%
34.28%
33.48% *
Speak English less than "very well"
17.32%
16.87%
17.34%
17.70%
Other Indo-European languages
4.15%
4.18%
4.13%
4.22%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.36%
1.57% *
1.45%
1.47%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
8.55%
8.49%
8.28%
8.75%
Speak English less than "very well"
4.43%
4.37%
4.12% *
4.62%
Other languages
0.85%
0.71%
0.82%
0.85%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.27%
0.19%
0.27%
0.24%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
16,952,160
16,728,229 c
16,390,545 c
16,063,431 c
Arab
0.82%
0.54% *
0.76%
0.65%
Czech
0.21%
0.26%
0.25%
0.23%
Danish
0.42%
0.41%
0.42%
0.52%
Dutch
0.99%
1.07%
1.17% *
1.11%
English
6.10%
6.60% *
6.86% *
6.58% *
French (except Basque)
2.08%
2.19%
2.09%
2.17%
French Canadian
0.36%
0.37%
0.37%
0.39%
German
8.08%
8.83% *
8.64% *
8.85% *
Greek
0.33%
0.31%
0.32%
0.29%
Hungarian
0.42%
0.38%
0.43%
0.40%
Irish
6.11%
6.80% *
6.59% *
6.77% *
Italian
3.63%
3.73%
3.63%
3.65%
Lithuanian
0.13%
0.18%
0.16%
0.19%
Norwegian
0.97%
0.98%
0.89%
1.15% *
Polish
1.39%
1.44%
1.51%
1.56%
Portuguese
0.30%
0.28%
0.26%
0.25%
Russian
1.36%
1.47%
1.28%
1.29%
Scotch-Irish
1.03%
1.07%
1.09%
1.15%
Scottish
1.26%
1.42%
1.39%
1.39%
Slovak
0.08%
0.05%
0.07%
0.07%
Subsaharan African
0.45%
0.48%
0.36%
0.45%
Swedish
1.09%
1.05%
1.10%
1.07%
Swiss
0.24%
0.21%
0.16% *
0.24%
Ukrainian
0.17%
0.18%
0.23%
0.23%
United States or American
3.86%
3.07% *
4.34% *
3.65%
Welsh
0.40%
0.47%
0.42%
0.44%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.15%
0.27% *
0.22%
0.23% *
 
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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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