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 Salt Lake City--Ogden, UT 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
435,545
415,485 *
410,984 *
421,574
Nursery school, preschool
8.07%
5.91% *
5.79% *
5.46% *
Kindergarten
5.36%
5.90%
5.98%
5.19%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
40.31%
39.81%
42.15% *
44.15% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
22.10%
22.03%
22.14%
21.98%
College or graduate school
24.17%
26.35%
23.94%
23.21%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
779,478
774,960
742,868 *
731,633 *
Less than 9th grade
3.05%
2.23%
3.18%
3.57%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
7.61%
7.17%
8.53%
6.71%
High school graduate (including equivalency)
25.98%
24.87%
24.83%
24.50%
Some college, no degree
28.13%
28.33%
28.86%
30.14%
Associate degree
9.05%
7.98%
7.86%
7.89%
Bachelor's degree
17.72%
21.13% *
18.12%
18.82%
Graduate or professional degree
8.46%
8.29%
8.63%
8.38%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
89.3
90.6
88.3
89.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
26.2
29.4 *
26.7
27.2
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
502,194
501,315
488,280 *
480,322 *
Never married
30.66%
29.80%
29.85%
29.94%
Now married, except separated
58.76%
59.48%
59.41%
58.20%
Separated
1.56%
0.90%
1.63%
1.67%
Widowed
1.99%
1.53%
1.22% *
1.45%
Divorced
7.03%
8.28%
7.89%
8.74%
 
Females 15 years and over
503,463
506,233
490,821 *
484,589 *
Never married
24.33%
24.47%
24.93%
24.46%
Now married, except separated
58.40%
57.42%
56.22%
57.47%
Separated
1.11%
1.56%
1.81%
1.06%
Widowed
6.47%
5.93%
6.41%
6.23%
Divorced
9.69%
10.62%
10.63%
10.78%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
24,081
23,854
31,172 *
25,966
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
19.13%
16.13%
13.49%
20.64%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
31
25
27
35
As a percent of all women with a birth
19.1
16.1
13.5
20.6
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
66
65
88 *
72
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
41
33
28
19
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
122
113
168 *
142
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
12
22
20
17
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
27,806
28,472
27,979
13,888 *
Responsible for grandchildren
40.41%
36.65%
35.31%
33.24%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
15.72%
23.09%
33.91%
17.46%
1 or 2 years
24.24%
35.56%
28.94%
29.22%
3 or 4 years
12.01%
17.17%
8.12%
41.80%
5 or more years
48.02%
24.19% *
29.03%
11.52% *
 
Percent who are female
55.5
58.1
55.8
68.0
Percent who are married
82.7
70.3
84.0
70.4
Percent who are in labor force
57.0
67.9
67.5
79.9
Percent who are in poverty
2.2
18.4 *
20.1
0.0
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
933,350
937,622 *
908,498 *
893,077 *
Civilian veterans
9.34%
10.76% *
11.00% *
10.75% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,340,748
1,333,770 *
1,304,145 *
1,290,743 *
Same house
83.59%
82.49%
82.87%
81.33%
Different house in the U.S.
15.78%
16.79%
15.81%
17.45%
Same county
10.59%
12.34%
10.76%
12.84% *
Different county
5.19%
4.45%
5.05%
4.61%
Same state
2.72%
1.98%
2.35%
2.15%
Different state
2.47%
2.47%
2.70%
2.46%
Abroad
0.63%
0.73%
1.33% *
1.23% *
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,364,526
1,352,478 c
1,327,815 c
1,313,122 c
Native
91.58%
92.15%
91.01%
91.76%
Born in United States
90.38%
91.01%
90.15%
90.86%
State of residence
62.49%
64.79%
63.12%
61.43%
Different state
27.89%
26.21%
27.03%
29.43%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
1.19%
1.14%
0.86%
0.89%
Foreign born
8.42%
7.85%
8.99%
8.24%
Naturalized citizen
30.34%
34.12%
29.44%
41.23% *
Not a citizen
69.66%
65.88%
70.56%
58.77% *
Entered 1990 or later
59.93%
57.27%
57.73%
61.07%
Entered before 1990
40.07%
42.73%
42.27%
38.93%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
114,920
106,223
119,315
108,249
Europe
14.73%
18.78%
16.77%
10.71%
Asia
18.75%
19.14%
23.48%
20.50%
Africa
0.99%
1.95%
1.91%
2.09%
Oceania
5.50%
5.74%
4.44%
5.45%
Latin America
54.33%
49.66%
49.60%
59.71%
Northern America
5.70%
4.72%
3.80%
1.54% *
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,236,229
1,228,485 *
1,201,884 *
1,191,161 *
English only
86.34%
86.50%
85.21%
85.93%
Language other than English
13.66%
13.50%
14.79%
14.07%
Speak English less than "very well"
5.65%
5.69%
4.70%
5.82%
Spanish
8.84%
7.64%
8.40%
8.80%
Speak English less than "very well"
4.05%
4.20%
3.13%
4.35%
Other Indo-European languages
2.19%
2.65%
3.19% *
2.24%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.61%
0.73%
0.90%
0.37%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
2.40%
2.57%
2.54%
2.50%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.91%
0.64%
0.58% *
1.05%
Other languages
0.24%
0.63% *
0.66%
0.53% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.09%
0.12%
0.09%
0.05%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,364,526
1,352,478 c
1,327,815 c
1,313,122 c
Arab
0.11%
0.57% *
0.47%
0.21%
Czech
0.18%
0.26%
0.08%
0.19%
Danish
5.72%
5.24%
6.75%
5.44%
Dutch
2.71%
2.99%
2.64%
3.22%
English
25.92%
28.12%
31.66% *
28.29%
French (except Basque)
1.80%
2.01%
2.74% *
3.30% *
French Canadian
0.36%
0.56%
0.30%
0.35%
German
11.67%
11.09%
13.37% *
13.87% *
Greek
0.92%
0.52%
0.72%
1.12%
Hungarian
0.25%
0.21%
0.14%
0.29%
Irish
5.78%
6.68%
6.51%
6.60%
Italian
2.58%
2.33%
3.59% *
4.15% *
Lithuanian
0.00%
0.12%
0.05%
0.03%
Norwegian
2.54%
2.17%
2.97%
3.92% *
Polish
0.92%
0.87%
0.81%
1.21%
Portuguese
0.11%
0.14%
0.19%
0.21%
Russian
0.39%
0.27%
0.35%
0.21%
Scotch-Irish
0.95%
0.97%
1.11%
1.12%
Scottish
4.76%
4.67%
5.40%
5.26%
Slovak
0.03%
0.11%
0.04%
0.10%
Subsaharan African
0.14%
0.09%
0.09%
0.17%
Swedish
4.73%
4.76%
5.21%
5.08%
Swiss
1.38%
1.58%
1.94%
1.22%
Ukrainian
0.11%
0.08%
0.08%
0.10%
United States or American
9.89%
10.44%
6.35% *
5.91% *
Welsh
2.20%
1.94%
2.67%
2.38%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.00%
0.13%
0.00%
0.01%
 
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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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