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 Nassau--Suffolk, NY 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
742,525
733,836
718,646 *
699,554 *
Nursery school, preschool
7.44%
7.04%
7.57%
8.37%
Kindergarten
4.77%
4.70%
6.11% *
4.99%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
41.23%
44.75% *
45.09% *
45.69% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
21.80%
21.36%
19.41% *
20.99%
College or graduate school
24.75%
22.14% *
21.81% *
19.96% *
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,861,800
1,851,603 *
1,831,559 *
1,820,659 *
Less than 9th grade
4.35%
3.45% *
4.07%
3.98%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
5.64%
6.36%
7.37% *
8.02% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
30.09%
30.20%
29.02%
30.17%
Some college, no degree
17.59%
19.01% *
19.04% *
17.28%
Associate degree
8.40%
7.76%
7.38% *
7.67%
Bachelor's degree
19.31%
18.86%
19.23%
19.13%
Graduate or professional degree
14.61%
14.36%
13.89%
13.76%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
90.0
90.2
88.6 *
88.0 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
33.9
33.2
33.1
32.9
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
1,055,986
1,043,615 *
1,023,908 *
1,013,363 *
Never married
29.87%
28.63%
28.34% *
28.47%
Now married, except separated
61.80%
61.04%
62.08%
62.13%
Separated
1.04%
1.27%
1.78% *
1.40%
Widowed
2.45%
3.34% *
3.05%
2.89%
Divorced
4.84%
5.72%
4.76%
5.11%
 
Females 15 years and over
1,133,795
1,126,871 *
1,114,728 *
1,100,205 *
Never married
24.14%
23.51%
22.82%
22.22% *
Now married, except separated
56.55%
55.02%
55.81%
55.62%
Separated
2.28%
2.59%
2.15%
2.11%
Widowed
9.79%
10.49%
11.19% *
11.21% *
Divorced
7.24%
8.38%
8.03%
8.84% *
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
36,232
30,656
39,829
41,170
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
12.46%
12.43%
17.95%
19.19%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
15
13
25
28
As a percent of all women with a birth
12.5
12.4
17.9
19.2
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
52
44
57
60
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
9
3
0
2
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
92
88
99
114
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
36
26
42
36
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
62,153
52,152
59,568
56,730
Responsible for grandchildren
18.92%
18.51%
26.83%
22.78%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
11.13%
26.27%
28.52%
26.21% *
1 or 2 years
18.18%
17.13%
21.18%
22.86%
3 or 4 years
32.15%
20.99%
24.58%
20.26%
5 or more years
38.55%
35.61%
25.72%
30.67%
 
Percent who are female
57.0
70.8 *
72.3 *
63.8
Percent who are married
80.9
71.7
76.3
61.1 *
Percent who are in labor force
58.3
65.8
57.3
41.2 *
Percent who are in poverty
4.2
3.0
18.2
6.8
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
2,077,254
2,060,143 *
2,034,483 *
2,004,649 *
Civilian veterans
9.07%
9.84% *
10.41% *
10.13% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
2,725,420
2,721,915
2,691,699 *
2,671,881 *
Same house
92.05%
92.65%
92.27%
92.06%
Different house in the U.S.
7.66%
7.05%
7.32%
7.53%
Same county
5.12%
5.37%
4.71%
5.03%
Different county
2.54%
1.68% *
2.62%
2.51%
Same state
1.72%
1.10% *
1.94%
1.74%
Different state
0.82%
0.57%
0.67%
0.76%
Abroad
0.29%
0.31%
0.41%
0.41%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
2,754,769
2,752,384 c
2,723,470 c
2,703,677 c
Native
84.12%
85.05%
85.46% *
85.52% *
Born in United States
82.90%
83.88%
83.74%
84.25% *
State of residence
76.10%
77.40% *
76.27%
76.99%
Different state
6.80%
6.49%
7.47%
7.26%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
1.22%
1.17%
1.72% *
1.26%
Foreign born
15.88%
14.95%
14.54% *
14.48% *
Naturalized citizen
52.25%
56.50% *
56.05% *
52.48%
Not a citizen
47.75%
43.50%
43.95%
47.52%
Entered 1990 or later
37.19%
36.89%
31.48% *
30.04% *
Entered before 1990
62.81%
63.11%
68.52% *
69.96% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
437,354
411,416
395,834 *
391,526 *
Europe
20.20%
25.90% *
25.73% *
27.35% *
Asia
24.57%
24.43%
24.55%
23.76%
Africa
2.02%
3.98% *
3.02%
2.39%
Oceania
0.11%
0.06%
0.00%
0.18%
Latin America
52.18%
45.01% *
45.04% *
45.18% *
Northern America
0.91%
0.62%
1.65%
1.14%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
2,580,256
2,572,288 *
2,543,159 *
2,517,449 *
English only
79.97%
80.75%
81.38% *
81.51% *
Language other than English
20.03%
19.25%
18.62% *
18.49% *
Speak English less than "very well"
9.00%
7.08% *
6.34% *
6.67% *
Spanish
10.26%
8.58% *
8.66% *
8.78% *
Speak English less than "very well"
5.35%
3.73% *
3.00% *
3.46% *
Other Indo-European languages
6.20%
7.61% *
7.07%
6.81%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.98%
2.03%
2.15%
2.05%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
3.00%
2.56%
2.18% *
2.17% *
Speak English less than "very well"
1.50%
1.27%
1.03% *
0.99% *
Other languages
0.57%
0.51%
0.70%
0.73%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.17%
0.05% *
0.15%
0.18%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
2,754,769
2,752,384 c
2,723,470 c
2,703,677 c
Arab
0.30%
0.49%
0.67% *
0.24%
Czech
0.57%
0.44%
0.42%
0.57%
Danish
0.29%
0.19%
0.18%
0.18%
Dutch
0.54%
0.58%
0.70%
0.85% *
English
4.73%
4.71%
4.86%
4.37%
French (except Basque)
1.45%
1.63%
1.55%
1.55%
French Canadian
0.43%
0.37%
0.30%
0.54%
German
15.71%
15.41%
14.37% *
13.89% *
Greek
1.21%
1.06%
1.23%
1.52%
Hungarian
1.21%
1.18%
1.00%
0.85% *
Irish
20.88%
20.13%
19.24% *
18.92% *
Italian
25.72%
26.71%
27.33% *
25.14%
Lithuanian
0.37%
0.71% *
0.46%
0.41%
Norwegian
1.00%
0.82%
0.90%
0.88%
Polish
6.12%
5.35%
5.88%
4.92% *
Portuguese
0.46%
0.58%
0.24%
0.34%
Russian
4.15%
3.60%
3.48% *
3.70%
Scotch-Irish
0.78%
0.87%
0.72%
0.64%
Scottish
0.96%
1.13%
0.92%
0.78%
Slovak
0.13%
0.20%
0.11%
0.13%
Subsaharan African
0.25%
0.82% *
0.33%
0.47%
Swedish
1.10%
1.03%
0.93%
0.98%
Swiss
0.16%
0.46% *
0.13%
0.24%
Ukrainian
0.60%
0.49%
0.35%
0.57%
United States or American
2.73%
4.07% *
3.72% *
3.45% *
Welsh
0.29%
0.09% *
0.23%
0.21%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
2.90%
2.37%
2.07% *
2.55%
 
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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).

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