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 Cleveland--Lorain--Elyria, OH PMSA
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
569,859
584,163
546,111 *
553,431
Nursery school, preschool
7.03%
6.59%
6.94%
5.90%
Kindergarten
3.97%
6.44% *
5.87% *
4.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
45.26%
44.52%
46.07%
49.04% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
22.65%
22.52%
21.61%
21.71%
College or graduate school
21.09%
19.93%
19.51%
18.92%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,464,303
1,463,980
1,492,933 *
1,472,107 *
Less than 9th grade
3.55%
4.33%
3.69%
4.36%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
10.16%
11.94% *
11.67% *
11.66% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
32.97%
33.02%
34.28%
34.67%
Some college, no degree
21.21%
19.32% *
21.03%
20.61%
Associate degree
6.54%
6.05%
5.55% *
5.71%
Bachelor's degree
15.93%
16.36%
14.76%
15.80%
Graduate or professional degree
9.63%
8.97%
9.02%
7.20% *
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
86.3
83.7 *
84.6 *
84.0 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
25.6
25.3
23.8 *
23.0 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
822,864
817,323
824,907
812,806 *
Never married
31.92%
31.24%
30.41%
29.78% *
Now married, except separated
53.71%
54.63%
55.65%
54.75%
Separated
1.46%
1.40%
1.75%
2.29% *
Widowed
2.62%
2.92%
2.70%
3.12%
Divorced
10.28%
9.80%
9.49%
10.06%
 
Females 15 years and over
916,884
915,256
926,721 *
916,086
Never married
27.02%
27.42%
25.26% *
25.12% *
Now married, except separated
48.64%
47.25%
48.41%
49.56%
Separated
2.08%
2.17%
2.14%
2.52%
Widowed
10.48%
11.48%
11.69% *
11.18%
Divorced
11.79%
11.68%
12.50%
11.61%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
29,323
24,223
30,478
26,015
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
34.42%
34.38%
32.08%
14.81% *
Per 1,000 unmarried women
35
28
34
14 *
As a percent of all women with a birth
34.4
34.4
32.1
14.8 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
53
43
53
46
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
29
21
23
13
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
98
90
103
86
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
27
15 *
24
25
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
41,082
39,609
44,021
37,693
Responsible for grandchildren
47.20%
54.38%
47.55%
39.87%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
30.80%
17.47%
24.63%
50.33%
1 or 2 years
16.73%
16.39%
27.39%
14.70%
3 or 4 years
11.94%
15.88%
12.03%
13.81%
5 or more years
40.53%
50.26%
35.95%
21.16% *
 
Percent who are female
70.0
67.6
69.5
67.1
Percent who are married
66.6
73.3
65.5
68.6
Percent who are in labor force
55.6
76.1 *
51.6
55.3
Percent who are in poverty
23.5
10.7
26.3
27.3
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,643,412
1,636,420 *
1,663,137 *
1,635,229 *
Civilian veterans
11.79%
13.11% *
12.48%
12.86% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
2,168,458
2,182,661 *
2,176,868 *
2,178,990 *
Same house
86.95%
87.34%
87.95%
87.88%
Different house in the U.S.
12.74%
12.05%
11.87%
11.68%
Same county
10.04%
8.97%
8.65%
8.57%
Different county
2.70%
3.07%
3.23%
3.11%
Same state
1.45%
1.55%
1.94%
1.74%
Different state
1.25%
1.53%
1.28%
1.37%
Abroad
0.31%
0.61%
0.18%
0.44%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
2,196,245
2,204,453 c
2,199,785 c
2,204,978 c
Native
94.91%
94.20%
95.32%
94.18%
Born in United States
93.96%
93.15%
93.99%
92.65% *
State of residence
74.32%
74.30%
74.38%
71.69% *
Different state
19.63%
18.86%
19.61%
20.96%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.95%
1.05%
1.32% *
1.53% *
Foreign born
5.09%
5.80%
4.68%
5.82%
Naturalized citizen
57.63%
54.13%
53.52%
59.08%
Not a citizen
42.37%
45.87%
46.48%
40.92%
Entered 1990 or later
39.58%
42.74%
41.76%
34.54%
Entered before 1990
60.42%
57.26%
58.24%
65.46%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
111,853
127,788
103,052
128,352
Europe
54.98%
59.17%
44.78% *
52.61%
Asia
25.95%
25.19%
32.24% *
27.38%
Africa
2.75%
1.38%
6.95% *
1.89%
Oceania
0.72%
0.81%
0.59%
0.34%
Latin America
13.10%
10.86%
10.47%
14.08%
Northern America
2.50%
2.59%
4.97% *
3.70%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
2,053,885
2,057,270
2,062,420 *
2,056,008
English only
90.84%
89.59%
90.79%
90.01%
Language other than English
9.16%
10.41%
9.21%
9.99%
Speak English less than "very well"
3.50%
4.20%
3.21%
3.29%
Spanish
2.72%
2.84%
2.91%
3.06%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.90%
1.02%
0.86%
0.81%
Other Indo-European languages
5.02%
6.05%
4.14%
4.60%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.97%
2.68%
1.33% *
1.56%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
0.80%
0.90%
1.04%
0.85%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.38%
0.30%
0.63%
0.42%
Other languages
0.63%
0.62%
1.12% *
1.47% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.25%
0.20%
0.39%
0.50%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
2,196,245
2,204,453 c
2,199,785 c
2,204,978 c
Arab
0.77%
0.69%
0.80%
1.52%
Czech
1.58%
1.88%
1.91%
1.56%
Danish
0.15%
0.26%
0.18%
0.24%
Dutch
1.20%
1.54%
1.60%
1.44%
English
8.34%
8.80%
9.12%
8.66%
French (except Basque)
1.91%
2.14%
2.02%
2.37%
French Canadian
0.27%
0.15%
0.41%
0.44%
German
21.77%
21.86%
22.70%
21.34%
Greek
0.72%
0.56%
0.69%
0.44%
Hungarian
4.27%
4.42%
4.09%
3.82%
Irish
15.58%
15.48%
14.64%
13.40% *
Italian
9.98%
8.98%
9.70%
9.89%
Lithuanian
0.58%
0.46%
0.43%
0.66%
Norwegian
0.43%
0.42%
0.28%
0.18% *
Polish
7.99%
9.58% *
8.40%
7.93%
Portuguese
0.07%
0.06%
0.08%
0.18%
Russian
1.29%
1.51%
1.34%
1.60%
Scotch-Irish
1.35%
1.26%
1.89% *
1.44%
Scottish
1.45%
1.69%
1.76%
1.94% *
Slovak
3.47%
3.31%
3.50%
3.48%
Subsaharan African
0.42%
0.25%
0.25%
0.24%
Swedish
1.02%
0.98%
0.70% *
0.85%
Swiss
0.46%
0.52%
0.40%
0.62%
Ukrainian
0.85%
1.18%
0.93%
0.91%
United States or American
4.00%
3.76%
4.27%
3.49%
Welsh
0.85%
0.83%
0.86%
0.87%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.28%
0.44%
0.10%
0.38%
 
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Footnotes

The profile universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability.

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.
4. An 'N' entry in an Estimate column indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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