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 Pittsburgh, PA 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
531,602
531,960
539,709
523,229
Nursery school, preschool
6.40%
5.29%
6.32%
6.55%
Kindergarten
5.47%
4.32%
5.57%
4.84%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
42.32%
44.52% *
42.46%
45.57% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
22.02%
23.05%
21.74%
22.77%
College or graduate school
23.79%
22.83%
23.91%
20.27% *
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,592,076
1,593,704
1,604,216 *
1,601,069 *
Less than 9th grade
2.61%
3.07%
3.87% *
3.87% *
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
7.84%
8.38%
9.07% *
9.45% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
38.67%
37.88%
38.38%
38.68%
Some college, no degree
15.87%
16.08%
16.46%
15.67%
Associate degree
7.97%
8.18%
7.70%
7.18%
Bachelor's degree
17.11%
16.32%
15.56% *
16.24%
Graduate or professional degree
9.94%
10.09%
8.96%
8.90% *
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
89.6
88.6 *
87.1 *
86.7 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
27.1
26.4
24.5 *
25.1 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
875,161
877,804
877,882
871,913
Never married
29.87%
28.87%
29.63%
28.86%
Now married, except separated
56.12%
58.26% *
57.27%
57.81%
Separated
1.93%
2.24%
1.96%
1.80%
Widowed
3.56%
3.59%
3.27%
3.41%
Divorced
8.52%
7.04% *
7.87%
8.12%
 
Females 15 years and over
986,932
982,656
989,885
983,898
Never married
24.31%
23.66%
23.12%
23.46%
Now married, except separated
49.91%
51.86%
50.88%
50.48%
Separated
2.51%
2.48%
2.55%
2.74%
Widowed
13.44%
13.05%
14.01%
13.62%
Divorced
9.83%
8.95%
9.44%
9.71%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
24,041
27,053
31,970 *
29,516
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
38.77%
25.29%
20.90% *
28.05%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
35
26
26
31
As a percent of all women with a birth
38.8
25.3
20.9 *
28.0
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
43
48
56 *
52
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
16
13
33
18
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
85
94
103
95
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
19
24
30
29
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
31,775
34,758
37,510
29,594
Responsible for grandchildren
37.01%
38.55%
47.70%
48.33%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
21.27%
17.35%
11.55%
13.75%
1 or 2 years
10.64%
36.41% *
34.15% *
15.81%
3 or 4 years
26.07%
16.27%
19.41%
25.34%
5 or more years
42.03%
29.96%
34.88%
45.10%
 
Percent who are female
64.0
69.5
61.4
62.8
Percent who are married
70.6
68.7
73.8
70.7
Percent who are in labor force
53.3
64.9
58.2
53.6
Percent who are in poverty
20.6
12.1
11.7
18.2
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,769,754
1,768,344
1,776,569 *
1,765,890 *
Civilian veterans
13.36%
13.01%
14.07%
14.04%
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
2,247,149
2,254,688 *
2,255,210 *
2,267,223 *
Same house
88.23%
89.47%
88.87%
87.40%
Different house in the U.S.
11.34%
10.11%
10.97%
12.31%
Same county
8.07%
6.87% *
7.68%
9.09%
Different county
3.27%
3.24%
3.29%
3.22%
Same state
1.52%
2.02%
1.81%
1.89%
Different state
1.75%
1.21% *
1.48%
1.33%
Abroad
0.43%
0.42%
0.16% *
0.28%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
2,269,806
2,278,401 c
2,278,876 c
2,290,408 c
Native
97.26%
97.23%
97.44%
97.47%
Born in United States
96.82%
96.62%
97.00%
97.20%
State of residence
83.99%
84.71%
84.25%
84.64%
Different state
12.83%
11.91%
12.75%
12.56%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.44%
0.60%
0.44%
0.27% *
Foreign born
2.74%
2.77%
2.56%
2.53%
Naturalized citizen
49.98%
49.74%
43.08%
52.96%
Not a citizen
50.02%
50.26%
56.92%
47.04%
Entered 1990 or later
50.35%
52.26%
47.82%
38.11%
Entered before 1990
49.65%
47.74%
52.18%
61.89% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
62,201
63,216
58,301
57,888
Europe
38.01%
41.65%
38.58%
41.77%
Asia
37.70%
41.01%
43.00%
35.89%
Africa
11.22%
9.42%
4.55%
6.99%
Oceania
0.28%
0.00%
0.00%
0.34%
Latin America
8.07%
6.03%
8.88%
7.54%
Northern America
4.73%
1.88%
4.99%
7.47%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
2,145,694
2,151,281 *
2,156,379 *
2,157,504 *
English only
95.61%
95.15%
95.20%
94.99%
Language other than English
4.39%
4.85%
4.80%
5.01%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.49%
1.55%
1.26%
1.44%
Spanish
0.96%
0.76%
1.11%
0.86%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.36%
0.21% *
0.31%
0.23%
Other Indo-European languages
2.41%
2.93%
2.62%
3.13% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.82%
0.77%
0.49% *
0.78%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
0.72%
0.65%
0.79%
0.56%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.24%
0.33%
0.39%
0.27%
Other languages
0.30%
0.52%
0.29%
0.44%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.06%
0.25%
0.07%
0.16%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
2,269,806
2,278,401 c
2,278,876 c
2,290,408 c
Arab
0.48%
0.91% *
0.62%
0.69%
Czech
0.95%
0.68%
0.99%
1.02%
Danish
0.06%
0.07%
0.12%
0.12%
Dutch
1.75%
1.58%
1.51%
1.88%
English
10.43%
11.24%
10.76%
10.06%
French (except Basque)
1.84%
2.21%
2.41% *
2.21%
French Canadian
0.10%
0.27% *
0.21%
0.20%
German
30.04%
29.28%
31.04%
28.96%
Greek
0.60%
0.80%
0.62%
0.58%
Hungarian
1.73%
1.91%
1.85%
1.88%
Irish
19.01%
18.47%
19.46%
18.16%
Italian
16.09%
16.65%
15.54%
15.81%
Lithuanian
0.57%
0.67%
0.64%
0.67%
Norwegian
0.22%
0.27%
0.18%
0.15%
Polish
9.68%
9.07%
8.76%
9.14%
Portuguese
0.02%
0.05%
0.06%
0.11%
Russian
1.79%
2.02%
1.84%
1.85%
Scotch-Irish
3.64%
3.67%
3.77%
3.68%
Scottish
2.29%
2.01%
2.45%
2.00%
Slovak
4.14%
4.44%
4.77%
5.35% *
Subsaharan African
0.43%
0.52%
0.26%
0.30%
Swedish
0.96%
1.11%
1.09%
0.98%
Swiss
0.26%
0.47%
0.23%
0.23%
Ukrainian
1.15%
1.15%
1.18%
1.14%
United States or American
4.74%
4.04%
4.45%
3.43% *
Welsh
1.42%
1.32%
1.28%
1.30%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.01%
0.04%
0.12% *
0.04% *
 
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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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