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 Miami, FL PMSA
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TABLE 2. SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  2003
Estimate		 2002
Estimate		 2001
Estimate		 2000
Estimate
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
646,820
609,322 *
591,898 *
610,189 *
Nursery school, preschool
7.83%
5.88% *
5.55% *
6.10% *
Kindergarten
5.64%
5.50%
5.19%
3.99% *
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
39.45%
42.34% *
43.49% *
41.51% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
20.84%
22.22% *
23.04% *
22.55% *
College or graduate school
26.24%
24.06%
22.73% *
25.86%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,522,067
1,520,448
1,483,456 *
1,454,575 *
Less than 9th grade
12.45%
13.16%
11.85%
13.58%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
12.31%
12.48%
15.23% *
14.38% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
25.77%
26.35%
26.39%
24.79%
Some college, no degree
16.10%
16.73%
15.82%
16.39%
Associate degree
7.75%
7.70%
6.79%
7.11%
Bachelor's degree
15.61%
14.61%
15.05%
14.90%
Graduate or professional degree
10.01%
8.97%
8.86% *
8.85% *
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
75.2
74.4
72.9 *
72.0 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
25.6
23.6 *
23.9
23.8
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
861,745
855,415 *
840,377 *
825,079 *
Never married
32.26%
31.12%
32.98%
32.98%
Now married, except separated
53.56%
54.51%
52.93%
51.95%
Separated
2.33%
2.76%
2.09%
3.17%
Widowed
2.52%
2.29%
2.36%
2.78%
Divorced
9.33%
9.33%
9.64%
9.13%
 
Females 15 years and over
955,118
951,755 *
931,266 *
919,474 *
Never married
24.84%
25.23%
25.72%
26.32%
Now married, except separated
45.72%
47.00%
46.54%
45.10%
Separated
4.85%
4.38%
3.54% *
4.01%
Widowed
10.64%
10.34%
9.99%
10.76%
Divorced
13.95%
13.05%
14.22%
13.80%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
30,353
35,046
32,713
33,480
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
31.85%
25.32%
36.08%
33.57%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
34
32
41
38
As a percent of all women with a birth
31.8
25.3
36.1
33.6
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
51
59
56
57
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
14
27
38
39
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
96
111
98
91
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
25
26
25
32
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
75,657
92,122
68,702
68,692
Responsible for grandchildren
27.12%
27.54%
25.43%
29.33%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
17.66%
24.78%
20.39%
28.68%
1 or 2 years
26.46%
12.80%
22.41%
17.63%
3 or 4 years
21.74%
20.86%
19.69%
10.74%
5 or more years
34.15%
41.56%
37.51%
42.95%
 
Percent who are female
72.6
66.2
74.0
69.6
Percent who are married
70.9
71.5
63.2
69.6
Percent who are in labor force
48.8
58.4
50.7
52.7
Percent who are in poverty
32.4
30.7
29.2
27.3
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,719,632
1,711,201 *
1,674,850 *
1,649,479 *
Civilian veterans
4.11%
4.45%
4.65%
4.75% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
2,259,941
2,255,712
2,216,573 *
2,181,050 *
Same house
84.90%
84.35%
84.39%
79.09% *
Different house in the U.S.
13.38%
13.27%
12.85%
17.83% *
Same county
11.46%
11.68%
10.97%
15.21% *
Different county
1.92%
1.58%
1.88%
2.62%
Same state
0.86%
0.64%
0.42%
1.15%
Different state
1.07%
0.95%
1.46%
1.47%
Abroad
1.72%
2.38%
2.76% *
3.09% *
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
2,294,651
2,286,228 c
2,243,712 c
2,207,391 c
Native
50.00%
48.58%
47.29% *
49.26%
Born in United States
46.93%
45.67%
44.81% *
46.58%
State of residence
31.64%
31.25%
29.58% *
29.61% *
Different state
15.28%
14.42%
15.23%
16.97% *
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
3.08%
2.91%
2.48%
2.67%
Foreign born
50.00%
51.42%
52.71% *
50.74%
Naturalized citizen
47.39%
47.00%
44.65% *
44.47% *
Not a citizen
52.61%
53.00%
55.35%
55.53%
Entered 1990 or later
41.73%
40.54%
41.76%
38.61%
Entered before 1990
58.27%
59.46%
58.24%
61.39% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
1,147,239
1,175,546
1,182,731
1,120,049
Europe
3.06%
3.46%
3.29%
4.29% *
Asia
2.14%
2.06%
2.19%
2.51%
Africa
0.65%
0.32%
0.28%
0.24%
Oceania
0.02%
0.02%
0.16%
0.11% *
Latin America
93.54%
93.49%
93.69%
92.29% *
Northern America
0.59%
0.66%
0.39%
0.56%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
2,136,345
2,129,914 *
2,092,668 *
2,062,348 *
English only
29.55%
29.78%
30.53%
32.40% *
Language other than English
70.45%
70.22%
69.47%
67.60% *
Speak English less than "very well"
34.27%
35.22%
36.62% *
32.96%
Spanish
62.47%
61.57%
60.81% *
59.28% *
Speak English less than "very well"
31.16%
31.77%
33.66% *
29.39% *
Other Indo-European languages
6.80%
7.56%
7.73%
7.22%
Speak English less than "very well"
2.72%
2.91%
2.49%
3.18%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
0.63%
0.75%
0.67%
0.68%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.33%
0.45%
0.39%
0.24%
Other languages
0.55%
0.33%
0.25%
0.42%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.06%
0.10%
0.09%
0.16%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
2,294,651
2,286,228 c
2,243,712 c
2,207,391 c
Arab
0.38%
0.31%
0.49%
0.59%
Czech
0.07%
0.09%
0.07%
0.03%
Danish
0.07%
0.07%
0.04%
0.11%
Dutch
0.29%
0.22%
0.29%
0.34%
English
2.15%
1.53% *
2.42%
2.10%
French (except Basque)
0.89%
1.35% *
0.91%
0.79%
French Canadian
0.17%
0.19%
0.04% *
0.17%
German
2.50%
2.77%
2.83%
3.00%
Greek
0.08%
0.25%
0.14%
0.23% *
Hungarian
0.28%
0.43%
0.21%
0.34%
Irish
1.61%
2.06%
2.05% *
2.54% *
Italian
2.47%
2.39%
2.20%
2.42%
Lithuanian
0.14%
0.09%
0.06%
0.18%
Norwegian
0.11%
0.12%
0.27%
0.10%
Polish
0.85%
0.98%
0.94%
1.02%
Portuguese
0.18%
0.25%
0.14%
0.16%
Russian
1.23%
1.12%
0.93%
1.52%
Scotch-Irish
0.29%
0.42%
0.23%
0.37%
Scottish
0.39%
0.43%
0.49%
0.38%
Slovak
0.03%
0.02%
0.04%
0.02%
Subsaharan African
0.86%
0.93%
0.99%
0.39% *
Swedish
0.28%
0.23%
0.15%
0.22%
Swiss
0.04%
0.04%
0.14%
0.11%
Ukrainian
0.08%
0.13%
0.08%
0.13%
United States or American
3.95%
3.39%
5.09%
4.08%
Welsh
0.14%
0.16%
0.10%
0.14%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
6.75%
8.22%
7.26%
7.19%
 
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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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