ACS: 2000 ACS Tabular Profile for Douglas County -- Table 2

2000 American Community Survey Profile Douglas County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	127,595	125,643	129,547
Nursery school, preschool	7,130	6,368	7,892
Kindergarten	5,960	5,181	6,739
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	56,021	54,940	57,102
High school grade (grades 9-12)	25,927	24,975	26,879
College or graduate school	32,557	30,760	34,354

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	285,952	285,790	286,114
Less than 9th grade	9,933	8,912	10,954
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	21,333	19,774	22,892
High school graduate (including equivalency)	78,740	76,029	81,451
Some college, no degree	69,976	67,763	72,189
Associate degree	17,296	15,910	18,682
Bachelor's degree	59,308	57,600	61,016
Graduate or professional degree	29,366	27,838	30,894

Percent high school graduate or higher	89.1	88.6	89.6
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	31.0	30.2	31.8

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	168,812	168,673	168,951
Never married	58,083	56,212	59,954
Now married, except separated	90,574	88,474	92,674
Separated	1,859	1,397	2,321
Widowed	3,688	3,170	4,206
Divorced	14,608	13,451	15,765

Females 15 years and over	181,049	180,864	181,234
Never married	50,226	48,718	51,734
Now married, except separated	88,514	86,643	90,385
Separated	2,935	2,377	3,493
Widowed	15,823	14,843	16,803
Divorced	23,551	22,172	24,930

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	7,672	6,852	8,492
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	1,821	1,367	2,275
Per 1,000 unmarried women	29	21	37
As a percent of all women with a birth	23.7	18.4	29.0
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	62	55	69
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	41	21	61
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	111	98	124
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	24	19	29

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	6,296	5,458	7,134
Responsible for grandchildren	2,818	2,153	3,483
less than 1 year	488	216	760
1 or 2 years	962	512	1,412
3 or 4 years	490	266	714
5 or more years	878	515	1,241

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	61.5	54.1	68.9
Percent who are married	62.5	51.9	73.1
Percent who are in labor force	63.6	49.9	77.3
Percent who are in poverty	26.3	13.6	39.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	329,434	329,200	329,668
Civilian veterans	43,154	41,707	44,601

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	105,212	104,293	106,131
With a disability	6,940	5,976	7,904

Population 21 to 64 years	264,294	263,378	265,210
With a disability	32,635	30,660	34,610
Percent employed	54.2	50.9	57.5
No disability	231,659	229,316	234,002
Percent employed	83.0	82.2	83.8

Population 65 years and over	47,540	47,324	47,756
With a disability	18,759	17,766	19,752

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	445,224	444,411	446,037
Same house	361,023	356,382	365,664
Different house in the U.S.	80,832	76,372	85,292
Same county	55,933	52,176	59,690
Different county	24,899	21,756	28,042
Same state	9,800	7,889	11,711
Different state	15,099	12,860	17,338
Abroad	3,369	2,358	4,380

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	451,878	*****	*****
Native	423,168	421,384	424,952
Born in United States	419,960	417,987	421,933
State of residence	268,888	265,133	272,643
Different state	151,072	147,100	155,044
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	3,208	2,515	3,901
Foreign born	28,710	26,926	30,494
Naturalized citizen	8,850	7,768	9,932
Not a citizen	19,860	18,213	21,507
Entered 1990 or later	17,969	16,342	19,596
Entered before 1990	10,741	9,751	11,731

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	28,710	26,926	30,494
Europe	4,213	3,438	4,989
Asia	7,123	6,338	7,908
Africa	2,214	1,277	3,151
Oceania	138	42	234
Latin America	14,423	12,988	15,859
Northern America	599	180	1,018

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	417,697	*****	*****
English only	380,644	378,694	382,594
Language other than English	37,053	35,108	38,998
Speak English less than "very well"	18,626	17,067	20,185
Spanish	22,533	21,263	23,804
Speak English less than "very well"	13,877	12,644	15,110
Other Indo-European languages	8,194	6,947	9,441
Speak English less than "very well"	2,173	1,660	2,686
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	4,103	3,440	4,766
Speak English less than "very well"	1,805	1,328	2,282
Other languages	2,223	1,283	3,164
Speak English less than "very well"	771	172	1,370

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	451,878	*****	*****
Arab	2,083	1,393	2,773
Czech	21,254	19,601	22,907
Danish	14,340	12,908	15,772
Dutch	8,843	7,591	10,095
English	45,301	42,654	47,948
French (except Basque)	15,493	13,539	17,447
French Canadian	1,376	942	1,810
German	151,226	146,885	155,567
Greek	1,143	602	1,684
Hungarian	1,608	1,144	2,072
Irish	74,748	71,194	78,302
Italian	20,670	18,678	22,662
Lithuanian	2,073	1,375	2,771
Norwegian	11,417	10,465	12,369
Polish	23,212	21,136	25,288
Portuguese	351	125	577
Russian	4,009	3,070	4,948
Scotch-Irish	7,735	6,722	8,748
Scottish	7,001	5,993	8,009
Slovak	117	13	221
Subsaharan African	3,213	1,976	4,451
Swedish	22,020	19,774	24,266
Swiss	1,901	1,337	2,465
Ukrainian	874	480	1,268
United States or American	14,063	12,459	15,667
Welsh	3,017	2,393	3,641
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	216	33	399

The 2000 American Community Survey 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. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the 2000 American Community Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the 2000 American Community Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

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 the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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