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 Rochester, NY 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
276,442
289,590 *
283,501
285,859
Nursery school, preschool
5.87%
4.68%
5.20%
5.78%
Kindergarten
3.99%
3.09%
6.48% *
4.68%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
43.94%
45.97% *
44.63%
46.88% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
23.05%
22.68%
22.16%
22.13%
College or graduate school
23.15%
23.58%
21.53%
20.53%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
709,177
696,735 *
692,767 *
689,020 *
Less than 9th grade
3.10%
3.19%
3.70%
3.92%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
8.95%
8.13%
9.21%
9.28%
High school graduate (including equivalency)
28.86%
30.32%
30.16%
30.17%
Some college, no degree
17.13%
18.09%
17.55%
17.34%
Associate degree
12.50%
11.01%
10.08% *
10.23% *
Bachelor's degree
16.95%
16.48%
17.75%
16.70%
Graduate or professional degree
12.51%
12.78%
11.54%
12.35%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
88.0
88.7
87.1
86.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
29.5
29.3
29.3
29.1
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
404,863
399,770 *
396,313 *
390,089 *
Never married
32.72%
31.94%
31.51%
30.98%
Now married, except separated
53.84%
55.18%
55.86%
54.88%
Separated
2.48%
2.35%
2.25%
2.83%
Widowed
2.20%
2.60%
2.92%
3.06% *
Divorced
8.76%
7.93%
7.46%
8.24%
 
Females 15 years and over
441,610
436,085 *
429,988 *
429,432 *
Never married
27.89%
26.35%
25.17% *
24.13% *
Now married, except separated
50.48%
49.50%
51.75%
51.72%
Separated
3.11%
3.67%
2.92%
3.18%
Widowed
9.35%
9.74%
10.24%
10.65%
Divorced
9.18%
10.74%
9.93%
10.32%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
11,599
13,695
18,859 *
16,000
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
34.59%
19.57%
22.67%
28.19%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
30
20
34
37
As a percent of all women with a birth
34.6
19.6
22.7
28.2
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
43
50
69 *
59
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
23
9
20
14
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
79
99
149 *
104
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
21
26
25
37
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
17,603
20,969
14,456
16,224
Responsible for grandchildren
33.19%
41.14%
34.95%
55.52% *
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
20.39%
26.29%
37.81%
28.60%
1 or 2 years
29.39%
35.40%
18.90%
36.23%
3 or 4 years
13.56%
4.90%
11.40%
14.96%
5 or more years
36.67%
33.41%
31.89%
20.22%
 
Percent who are female
53.1
63.1
48.6
77.8 *
Percent who are married
68.5
78.0
74.4
49.6
Percent who are in labor force
60.3
46.2
76.1
48.2
Percent who are in poverty
0.0
19.0 *
12.5
23.2 *
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
798,063
785,910 *
779,195 *
773,832 *
Civilian veterans
10.54%
12.04% *
11.79% *
11.73% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,045,170
1,046,638
1,037,977 *
1,043,528
Same house
86.68%
84.24%
87.30%
85.58%
Different house in the U.S.
13.07%
15.29%
12.15%
13.90%
Same county
9.19%
11.30%
8.96%
10.26%
Different county
3.88%
3.98%
3.19%
3.64%
Same state
2.49%
2.61%
2.12%
2.02%
Different state
1.39%
1.37%
1.08%
1.62%
Abroad
0.25%
0.47%
0.55%
0.52%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,058,381
1,059,420 c
1,054,024 c
1,055,198 c
Native
94.43%
93.43%
94.20%
94.64%
Born in United States
92.20%
91.78%
92.87%
92.91%
State of residence
76.79%
77.31%
78.59% *
78.60% *
Different state
15.41%
14.47%
14.28%
14.31%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
2.22%
1.65%
1.33% *
1.73%
Foreign born
5.57%
6.57%
5.80%
5.36%
Naturalized citizen
68.16%
56.36% *
59.33% *
49.41% *
Not a citizen
31.84%
43.64% *
40.67%
50.59% *
Entered 1990 or later
38.73%
41.57%
39.77%
48.37%
Entered before 1990
61.27%
58.43%
60.23%
51.63% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
58,999
69,654
61,086
56,610
Europe
42.23%
34.74%
39.48%
42.03%
Asia
27.83%
25.90%
22.27% *
28.72%
Africa
6.51%
3.73%
4.48%
1.58%
Oceania
0.00%
0.00%
0.62%
1.00%
Latin America
16.23%
25.66% *
24.51%
18.04%
Northern America
7.20%
9.98%
8.65%
8.62%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
995,854
993,605
984,452 *
984,283 *
English only
90.43%
89.49%
90.75%
90.95%
Language other than English
9.57%
10.51%
9.25%
9.05%
Speak English less than "very well"
3.45%
3.74%
3.40%
3.21%
Spanish
3.74%
4.39%
3.49%
3.77%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.18%
1.29%
1.05%
1.45%
Other Indo-European languages
4.17%
4.37%
4.15%
4.08%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.58%
1.36%
1.46%
1.18%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
1.11%
1.17%
1.16%
0.95%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.49%
0.69%
0.73%
0.50%
Other languages
0.55%
0.58%
0.45%
0.26%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.20%
0.40%
0.17%
0.07%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,058,381
1,059,420 c
1,054,024 c
1,055,198 c
Arab
0.05%
0.54% *
0.41% *
0.44% *
Czech
0.31%
0.24%
0.32%
0.19%
Danish
0.56%
0.34%
0.36%
0.44%
Dutch
4.48%
4.33%
3.99%
4.74%
English
14.81%
14.93%
14.34%
15.27%
French (except Basque)
3.34%
4.38% *
4.69% *
3.99%
French Canadian
1.30%
1.34%
1.12%
1.34%
German
24.06%
24.09%
25.71%
24.89%
Greek
0.65%
0.45%
0.43%
0.21% *
Hungarian
0.57%
0.41%
0.38%
0.45%
Irish
16.99%
17.32%
16.79%
17.67%
Italian
17.09%
17.93%
16.51%
16.88%
Lithuanian
0.60%
0.30%
0.35%
0.16%
Norwegian
0.55%
0.37%
0.86%
0.36%
Polish
5.29%
5.41%
5.51%
6.35%
Portuguese
0.16%
0.44%
0.15%
0.14%
Russian
0.84%
0.87%
0.60%
1.34%
Scotch-Irish
1.14%
1.65%
1.64%
1.76% *
Scottish
2.02%
2.08%
2.25%
1.74%
Slovak
0.18%
0.12%
0.14%
0.06%
Subsaharan African
1.54%
0.50% *
0.51% *
0.34% *
Swedish
0.74%
1.03%
0.90%
1.20%
Swiss
0.35%
0.13%
0.12% *
0.26%
Ukrainian
1.20%
1.75%
1.08%
0.87%
United States or American
3.40%
4.55%
5.60% *
4.50%
Welsh
1.25%
0.80%
0.72%
0.96%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.74%
0.59%
0.84%
0.55%
 
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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).

1. An '-' entry in an Estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
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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