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 Richmond--Petersburg, VA 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
267,286
254,259 *
255,813
241,150 *
Nursery school, preschool
4.94%
6.85% *
5.98%
6.11%
Kindergarten
5.07%
5.80%
5.50%
6.60%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
44.30%
44.78%
46.94% *
46.88% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
21.60%
21.25%
20.63%
21.74%
College or graduate school
24.09%
21.32%
20.95%
18.67% *
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
656,456
651,125
644,255 *
639,842 *
Less than 9th grade
5.23%
5.14%
5.55%
4.73%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
10.30%
11.33%
10.64%
10.47%
High school graduate (including equivalency)
28.32%
28.01%
27.53%
26.92%
Some college, no degree
20.40%
19.17%
21.24%
23.47% *
Associate degree
4.94%
5.64%
4.65%
5.83%
Bachelor's degree
21.00%
19.47%
19.78%
18.49% *
Graduate or professional degree
9.81%
11.25%
10.61%
10.09%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
84.5
83.5
83.8
84.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
30.8
30.7
30.4
28.6
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
369,344
361,879 *
354,482 *
349,678 *
Never married
32.43%
30.65%
29.79% *
28.52% *
Now married, except separated
53.41%
56.87% *
55.60%
59.45% *
Separated
1.55%
2.07%
2.85% *
1.33%
Widowed
2.50%
2.87%
3.08%
1.94%
Divorced
10.11%
7.54% *
8.67%
8.76%
 
Females 15 years and over
419,775
415,943
405,883 *
405,950 *
Never married
28.70%
24.37% *
25.80% *
26.27% *
Now married, except separated
45.77%
50.85% *
49.71% *
50.51% *
Separated
3.53%
3.76%
3.35%
3.28%
Widowed
10.40%
9.47%
10.51%
9.75%
Divorced
11.60%
11.55%
10.64%
10.19%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
11,433
15,760
16,495 *
13,884
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
31.92%
29.23%
32.82%
35.08%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
25
36
43
38
As a percent of all women with a birth
31.9
29.2
32.8
35.1
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
42
57
62 *
51
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
4
37 *
29 *
18
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
84
112
120
105
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
22
22
24
20
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
22,761
22,162
17,959
16,210 *
Responsible for grandchildren
58.97%
26.52% *
62.93%
54.68%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
26.51%
57.52%
11.03%
28.48%
1 or 2 years
10.86%
10.39%
20.47%
26.83% *
3 or 4 years
19.83%
3.22% *
14.88%
8.20% *
5 or more years
42.80%
28.87%
53.62%
36.49%
 
Percent who are female
59.5
62.0
78.0 *
56.0
Percent who are married
68.8
75.7
60.6
71.9
Percent who are in labor force
68.5
67.4
73.9
54.2
Percent who are in poverty
7.9
9.2
14.7
14.4
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
744,450
732,789 *
714,524 *
709,982 *
Civilian veterans
12.64%
12.17%
12.63%
13.43%
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
987,892
973,995 *
963,238 *
947,329 *
Same house
86.76%
83.65% *
85.81%
83.46% *
Different house in the U.S.
12.65%
16.14% *
13.91%
15.92% *
Same county
5.70%
7.31%
5.96%
8.25% *
Different county
6.94%
8.83% *
7.95%
7.67%
Same state
4.56%
6.21% *
4.81%
4.87%
Different state
2.38%
2.62%
3.14%
2.79%
Abroad
0.59%
0.21%
0.28%
0.62%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
999,767
989,848 c
976,850 c
963,405 c
Native
95.54%
94.98%
95.23%
95.50%
Born in United States
94.19%
94.07%
94.07%
94.43%
State of residence
63.53%
62.88%
64.20%
63.33%
Different state
30.66%
31.19%
29.87%
31.10%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
1.35%
0.91%
1.16%
1.07%
Foreign born
4.46%
5.02%
4.77%
4.50%
Naturalized citizen
35.16%
37.66%
46.45% *
56.35% *
Not a citizen
64.84%
62.34%
53.55%
43.65% *
Entered 1990 or later
54.23%
57.00%
47.19%
41.35%
Entered before 1990
45.77%
43.00%
52.81%
58.65% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
44,576
49,676
46,602
43,348
Europe
21.30%
22.43%
30.08%
26.10%
Asia
40.24%
37.65%
40.47%
39.83%
Africa
5.98%
4.64%
2.26%
1.70%
Oceania
0.51%
0.37%
0.05%
0.42%
Latin America
29.81%
31.27%
23.47%
24.58%
Northern America
2.16%
3.65%
3.67%
7.36% *
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
932,630
923,257 *
909,535 *
900,780 *
English only
93.19%
93.28%
93.75%
94.14%
Language other than English
6.81%
6.72%
6.25%
5.86%
Speak English less than "very well"
2.47%
2.69%
2.17%
1.94%
Spanish
2.89%
2.93%
2.31%
2.03% *
Speak English less than "very well"
1.23%
1.39%
0.90%
0.60% *
Other Indo-European languages
1.95%
1.88%
2.15%
2.68%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.58%
0.32%
0.61%
0.73%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
1.67%
1.58%
1.54%
0.92% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.62%
0.86%
0.62%
0.52%
Other languages
0.29%
0.32%
0.25%
0.23%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.05%
0.12%
0.05%
0.09%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
999,767
989,848 c
976,850 c
963,405 c
Arab
0.35%
0.31%
0.50%
0.39%
Czech
0.41%
0.40%
0.61%
0.45%
Danish
0.30%
0.22%
0.29%
0.21%
Dutch
0.76%
1.03%
1.02%
1.16%
English
17.03%
15.63%
17.32%
14.60% *
French (except Basque)
2.14%
2.00%
2.56%
2.42%
French Canadian
0.11%
0.17%
0.34% *
0.40% *
German
11.07%
9.80%
11.76%
11.01%
Greek
0.29%
0.61%
0.53%
0.66%
Hungarian
0.17%
0.30%
0.20%
0.28%
Irish
10.04%
8.68%
9.36%
9.68%
Italian
3.78%
3.10%
3.08%
4.29%
Lithuanian
0.29%
0.24%
0.12%
0.14%
Norwegian
0.56%
0.50%
0.59%
0.37%
Polish
1.84%
1.44%
1.48%
1.34%
Portuguese
0.11%
0.21%
0.15%
0.11%
Russian
0.37%
0.91%
0.51%
0.43%
Scotch-Irish
2.61%
2.27%
2.41%
2.79%
Scottish
2.87%
2.54%
2.33%
2.87%
Slovak
0.15%
0.11%
0.21%
0.08%
Subsaharan African
1.04%
0.73%
0.71%
0.45% *
Swedish
0.55%
0.89%
0.72%
0.80%
Swiss
0.16%
0.38%
0.13%
0.28%
Ukrainian
0.15%
0.14%
0.13%
0.14%
United States or American
8.35%
10.63% *
9.00%
9.73%
Welsh
0.87%
0.75%
0.95%
1.24%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.10%
0.21%
0.16%
0.51% *
 
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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.
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