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 Orlando, 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
467,265
467,729
438,174 *
419,839 *
Nursery school, preschool
5.24%
5.86%
6.14%
6.34%
Kindergarten
5.29%
4.89%
5.85%
4.08%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
44.80%
42.94%
46.31% *
46.96% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
21.17%
21.11%
21.59%
20.09%
College or graduate school
23.50%
25.20%
20.11% *
22.54%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,162,653
1,128,045 *
1,094,301 *
1,064,077 *
Less than 9th grade
3.75%
4.86% *
3.98%
4.87% *
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
10.09%
9.24%
10.66%
10.35%
High school graduate (including equivalency)
28.58%
29.41%
31.48% *
29.92%
Some college, no degree
22.01%
23.46%
20.96%
22.13%
Associate degree
8.77%
7.56% *
8.10%
7.80%
Bachelor's degree
18.20%
16.62%
16.78%
17.30%
Graduate or professional degree
8.60%
8.85%
8.04%
7.63%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
86.2
85.9
85.4
84.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
26.8
25.5
24.8 *
24.9 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
683,265
661,318 *
636,874 *
619,907 *
Never married
32.24%
29.78% *
30.66%
30.88%
Now married, except separated
55.36%
55.82%
56.07%
53.78%
Separated
1.44%
2.32% *
2.40% *
2.98% *
Widowed
1.74%
1.82%
1.71%
2.15%
Divorced
9.23%
10.26%
9.16%
10.22%
 
Females 15 years and over
714,185
696,926 *
680,552 *
656,250 *
Never married
24.31%
23.50%
23.36%
25.14%
Now married, except separated
51.82%
52.19%
51.79%
49.58%
Separated
2.72%
2.94%
3.39%
2.83%
Widowed
8.74%
9.23%
8.34%
8.51%
Divorced
12.41%
12.14%
13.12%
13.93%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
21,997
19,295
24,850
20,322
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
39.77%
21.62%
19.90% *
42.98%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
40
19 *
24
40
As a percent of all women with a birth
39.8
21.6 *
19.9 *
43.0
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
48
42
55
47
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
18
8
40
54 *
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
82
81
113
89
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
25
18
12 *
12 *
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
33,771
41,111
34,210
33,639
Responsible for grandchildren
35.39%
43.16%
35.29%
46.18%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
9.31%
16.95%
22.46%
25.71% *
1 or 2 years
30.66%
34.13%
32.37%
31.40%
3 or 4 years
23.01%
25.57%
15.32%
5.34% *
5 or more years
37.02%
23.35%
29.86%
37.55%
 
Percent who are female
60.8
58.6
64.6
63.2
Percent who are married
78.1
73.8
66.2
77.7
Percent who are in labor force
50.7
62.6
67.6
67.0
Percent who are in poverty
5.7
12.2
11.6
17.8
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,323,159
1,284,787 *
1,246,390 *
1,209,051 *
Civilian veterans
12.26%
13.03%
13.88% *
13.97% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,751,000
1,702,886 *
1,658,939 *
1,598,000 *
Same house
80.78%
78.82%
81.00%
78.53%
Different house in the U.S.
18.16%
19.60%
17.32%
19.83%
Same county
10.86%
11.16%
9.25%
10.76%
Different county
7.30%
8.44%
8.07%
9.07% *
Same state
3.94%
4.76%
4.11%
5.09% *
Different state
3.35%
3.68%
3.96%
3.98%
Abroad
1.07%
1.58%
1.68%
1.64%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,773,738
1,723,360 c
1,678,569 c
1,615,957 c
Native
86.59%
86.81%
87.03%
87.38%
Born in United States
80.37%
80.62%
80.47%
82.10% *
State of residence
32.30%
31.29%
32.84%
31.87%
Different state
48.06%
49.33%
47.63%
50.23% *
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
6.23%
6.19%
6.56%
5.28%
Foreign born
13.41%
13.19%
12.97%
12.62%
Naturalized citizen
45.82%
40.60% *
38.05% *
44.96%
Not a citizen
54.18%
59.40%
61.95% *
55.04%
Entered 1990 or later
52.06%
55.26%
56.94%
44.95%
Entered before 1990
47.94%
44.74%
43.06% *
55.05% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
237,829
227,288
217,707
203,906 *
Europe
10.52%
15.69% *
15.05% *
15.13% *
Asia
17.85%
19.14%
18.72%
17.11%
Africa
2.14%
1.57%
3.33%
2.94%
Oceania
0.11%
0.06%
0.79%
0.41%
Latin America
65.12%
60.40%
59.26%
60.59%
Northern America
4.27%
3.15%
2.85%
3.83%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,652,130
1,603,627 *
1,569,023 *
1,509,333 *
English only
75.97%
76.18%
76.07%
78.73% *
Language other than English
24.03%
23.82%
23.93%
21.27% *
Speak English less than "very well"
9.22%
8.08%
8.01% *
8.23%
Spanish
17.84%
16.69% *
16.45% *
14.20% *
Speak English less than "very well"
6.61%
5.80%
5.58% *
5.30% *
Other Indo-European languages
4.01%
4.98%
5.04%
5.15%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.47%
1.45%
1.74%
2.01%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
1.82%
1.76%
1.79%
1.65%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.03%
0.77%
0.49% *
0.87%
Other languages
0.36%
0.38%
0.65%
0.26%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.11%
0.05%
0.20%
0.04%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,773,738
1,723,360 c
1,678,569 c
1,615,957 c
Arab
0.48%
0.64%
0.75%
0.32%
Czech
0.57%
0.35%
0.54%
0.24% *
Danish
0.20%
0.29%
0.31%
0.35%
Dutch
1.54%
1.40%
2.11%
1.52%
English
12.83%
13.00%
12.69%
13.48%
French (except Basque)
3.12%
3.42%
3.01%
2.93%
French Canadian
0.68%
0.71%
0.68%
0.78%
German
13.57%
14.74%
14.26%
14.55%
Greek
0.52%
0.47%
0.52%
0.45%
Hungarian
0.53%
0.49%
0.75%
0.41%
Irish
11.71%
11.60%
12.20%
12.12%
Italian
7.01%
7.05%
5.92% *
6.14%
Lithuanian
0.32%
0.17%
0.24%
0.07% *
Norwegian
0.56%
0.92% *
1.09% *
0.62%
Polish
2.86%
2.72%
2.78%
2.35%
Portuguese
0.55%
0.52%
0.48%
0.42%
Russian
0.74%
0.84%
0.75%
0.98%
Scotch-Irish
1.94%
1.98%
1.91%
1.81%
Scottish
2.06%
1.98%
2.71% *
2.51%
Slovak
0.13%
0.22%
0.22%
0.21%
Subsaharan African
0.52%
0.49%
0.40%
0.30%
Swedish
0.99%
1.37%
1.29%
1.30%
Swiss
0.30%
0.26%
0.34%
0.33%
Ukrainian
0.29%
0.18%
0.24%
0.21%
United States or American
5.26%
5.00%
5.30%
5.54%
Welsh
0.54%
0.77%
0.42%
0.84% *
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
3.32%
3.28%
3.19%
3.41%
 
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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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