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 New York, 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
2,376,739
2,406,952
2,398,405
2,458,971 *
Nursery school, preschool
6.19%
5.86%
5.70%
5.83%
Kindergarten
4.90%
5.97% *
5.36%
5.25%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
42.69%
42.22%
42.83%
42.67%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
21.32%
20.53%
21.36%
20.66%
College or graduate school
24.90%
25.43%
24.75%
25.58%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
6,167,696
6,138,793 *
6,057,924 *
5,987,733 *
Less than 9th grade
10.36%
10.20%
8.91% *
9.61% *
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
11.40%
12.89% *
13.27% *
13.99% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
25.98%
26.48%
27.24% *
25.05% *
Some college, no degree
14.65%
14.25%
15.88% *
16.26% *
Associate degree
5.72%
5.16% *
5.38%
5.44%
Bachelor's degree
18.51%
17.37% *
17.22% *
17.35% *
Graduate or professional degree
13.38%
13.65%
12.09% *
12.31% *
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
78.2
76.9 *
77.8
76.4 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
31.9
31.0
29.3 *
29.7 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
3,408,918
3,400,009
3,357,542 *
3,332,366 *
Never married
39.58%
38.84%
38.36% *
38.86%
Now married, except separated
49.07%
48.57%
49.21%
48.86%
Separated
3.05%
3.82% *
3.94% *
3.12%
Widowed
2.65%
2.72%
2.72%
3.40% *
Divorced
5.65%
6.05%
5.77%
5.77%
 
Females 15 years and over
3,899,635
3,886,675 *
3,877,672 *
3,860,452 *
Never married
33.76%
33.93%
33.83%
34.64%
Now married, except separated
40.38%
41.22%
41.24%
40.99%
Separated
6.12%
5.56%
6.29%
4.85% *
Widowed
10.25%
10.13%
10.22%
10.89% *
Divorced
9.49%
9.17%
8.43% *
8.63% *
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
114,659
145,665 *
140,815 *
155,670 *
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
30.31%
29.15%
34.08%
37.10% *
Per 1,000 unmarried women
26
31
35 *
42 *
As a percent of all women with a birth
30.3
29.2
34.1
37.1 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
46
58 *
55 *
61 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
19
21
21
41 *
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
82
86
85
93
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
19
40 *
35 *
36 *
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
232,124
239,793
223,018
245,833
Responsible for grandchildren
34.37%
30.71%
35.95%
36.93%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
17.29%
25.01% *
21.73%
19.31%
1 or 2 years
20.31%
16.86%
27.42%
15.48%
3 or 4 years
14.45%
12.86%
15.96%
19.61%
5 or more years
47.95%
45.26%
34.89% *
45.60%
 
Percent who are female
68.7
76.2 *
69.6
63.5
Percent who are married
63.2
54.6
64.7
69.6
Percent who are in labor force
48.9
54.0
47.0
46.9
Percent who are in poverty
29.3
27.7
26.3
29.1
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
6,956,083
6,940,294 *
6,892,218 *
6,835,865 *
Civilian veterans
4.62%
5.12% *
5.46% *
5.84% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
9,073,177
9,064,833
9,000,058 *
8,974,806 *
Same house
90.31%
89.66%
90.60%
89.94%
Different house in the U.S.
8.86%
9.44%
8.42%
8.82%
Same county
6.18%
6.72%
5.63%
5.85%
Different county
2.68%
2.72%
2.79%
2.97%
Same state
1.81%
1.80%
1.68%
1.92%
Different state
0.87%
0.92%
1.11% *
1.04%
Abroad
0.84%
0.90%
0.97%
1.24% *
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
9,195,211
9,185,826
9,112,687 *
9,092,551 *
Native
66.40%
65.77%
66.81%
66.87%
Born in United States
62.61%
61.64% *
62.54%
62.88%
State of residence
52.46%
51.76%
52.63%
52.55%
Different state
10.15%
9.88%
9.90%
10.33%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
3.78%
4.13% *
4.28% *
3.98%
Foreign born
33.60%
34.23%
33.19%
33.13%
Naturalized citizen
50.11%
48.88%
47.78% *
44.98% *
Not a citizen
49.89%
51.12%
52.22% *
55.02% *
Entered 1990 or later
45.97%
44.80%
41.70% *
41.60% *
Entered before 1990
54.03%
55.20%
58.30% *
58.40% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
3,090,022
3,143,962
3,024,210
3,012,593
Europe
18.17%
17.95%
19.53% *
19.35% *
Asia
24.49%
23.96%
24.98%
24.63%
Africa
3.24%
3.45%
3.17%
2.92%
Oceania
0.14%
0.15%
0.17%
0.13%
Latin America
53.12%
53.79%
51.40%
52.16%
Northern America
0.83%
0.70%
0.76%
0.81%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
8,551,652
8,542,293
8,488,112 *
8,464,066 *
English only
56.09%
56.11%
57.30% *
56.23%
Language other than English
43.91%
43.89%
42.70% *
43.77%
Speak English less than "very well"
22.75%
21.88% *
20.66% *
20.42% *
Spanish
23.59%
23.67%
22.75% *
22.82% *
Speak English less than "very well"
12.21%
11.85%
10.69% *
10.59% *
Other Indo-European languages
12.04%
11.73%
12.04%
12.68%
Speak English less than "very well"
5.69%
5.05% *
5.19% *
5.32%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
6.81%
6.76%
6.26% *
6.36%
Speak English less than "very well"
4.42%
4.37%
4.08%
3.86% *
Other languages
1.48%
1.73%
1.65%
1.90% *
Speak English less than "very well"
0.43%
0.61%
0.70% *
0.65% *
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
9,195,211
9,185,826
9,112,687 *
9,092,551 *
Arab
0.68%
0.99%
0.77%
0.81%
Czech
0.16%
0.17%
0.19%
0.19%
Danish
0.10%
0.12%
0.06%
0.11%
Dutch
0.27%
0.31%
0.36% *
0.36%
English
2.07%
2.05%
2.25%
2.29%
French (except Basque)
0.79%
0.89%
0.96%
1.03% *
French Canadian
0.17%
0.15%
0.13%
0.15%
German
3.47%
4.15% *
4.26% *
4.08% *
Greek
0.72%
0.93%
0.80%
1.00% *
Hungarian
0.75%
0.79%
0.87%
0.82%
Irish
6.29%
6.19%
6.22%
7.01% *
Italian
9.97%
10.06%
10.47%
10.98% *
Lithuanian
0.16%
0.20%
0.23%
0.19%
Norwegian
0.35%
0.30%
0.28%
0.36%
Polish
2.66%
2.95%
2.65%
3.25% *
Portuguese
0.31%
0.27%
0.30%
0.30%
Russian
3.24%
3.07%
3.30%
3.71% *
Scotch-Irish
0.29%
0.39%
0.36%
0.49% *
Scottish
0.52%
0.59%
0.55%
0.63%
Slovak
0.13%
0.09%
0.10%
0.06% *
Subsaharan African
1.49%
1.52%
1.28%
1.47%
Swedish
0.35%
0.41%
0.34%
0.31%
Swiss
0.11%
0.09%
0.18% *
0.13%
Ukrainian
0.66%
0.59%
0.58%
0.77%
United States or American
3.26%
4.08% *
3.45%
3.08%
Welsh
0.13%
0.11%
0.15%
0.14%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
6.38%
6.08%
4.84% *
6.93%
 
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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.
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