ACS: 2000 ACS Tabular Profile for Fort Bend County -- Table 2

2000 American Community Survey Profile Fort Bend County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	110,388	106,580	114,196
Nursery school, preschool	6,385	4,547	8,223
Kindergarten	5,078	3,641	6,515
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	54,965	52,667	57,263
High school grade (grades 9-12)	24,905	22,834	26,976
College or graduate school	19,055	16,128	21,982

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	209,141	208,163	210,119
Less than 9th grade	13,811	10,755	16,867
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	12,719	10,586	14,852
High school graduate (including equivalency)	46,985	42,076	51,894
Some college, no degree	44,144	39,638	48,650
Associate degree	13,416	10,791	16,041
Bachelor's degree	55,565	51,283	59,847
Graduate or professional degree	22,501	19,435	25,567

Percent high school graduate or higher	87.3	85.5	89.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	37.3	35.0	39.6

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	124,110	123,440	124,780
Never married	32,601	29,643	35,559
Now married, except separated	79,902	76,853	82,951
Separated	2,733	1,032	4,434
Widowed	2,716	1,338	4,094
Divorced	6,158	4,564	7,752

Females 15 years and over	130,759	130,089	131,429
Never married	30,233	27,086	33,380
Now married, except separated	75,152	71,451	78,853
Separated	4,063	2,459	5,667
Widowed	8,487	6,986	9,989
Divorced	12,824	10,819	14,829

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	4,788	3,179	6,397
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	954	424	1,484
Per 1,000 unmarried women	25	12	38
As a percent of all women with a birth	19.9	9.7	30.1
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	48	32	65
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	26	5	47
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	100	57	143
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	22	10	34

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	9,907	7,175	12,639
Responsible for grandchildren	3,429	1,899	4,959
less than 1 year	842	0	1,698
1 or 2 years	1,412	429	2,395
3 or 4 years	245	0	544
5 or more years	930	318	1,542

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	51.6	37.2	66.0
Percent who are married	61.1	40.0	82.2
Percent who are in labor force	78.4	65.0	91.8
Percent who are in poverty	21.2	0.6	41.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	234,778	234,557	234,999
Civilian veterans	22,325	19,622	25,028

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	97,469	95,695	99,243
With a disability	5,698	4,050	7,346

Population 21 to 64 years	204,927	202,805	207,049
With a disability	19,727	16,358	23,096
Percent employed	57.3	48.2	66.4
No disability	185,200	181,261	189,139
Percent employed	80.1	78.0	82.2

Population 65 years and over	18,304	17,222	19,386
With a disability	6,155	4,822	7,488

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	343,787	342,069	345,505
Same house	303,596	295,623	311,569
Different house in the U.S.	35,766	28,247	43,285
Same county	8,657	5,672	11,642
Different county	27,109	20,004	34,214
Same state	19,536	13,655	25,417
Different state	7,573	3,481	11,665
Abroad	4,425	2,214	6,636

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	348,154	*****	*****
Native	285,572	278,444	292,700
Born in United States	281,677	274,707	288,647
State of residence	187,338	178,256	196,420
Different state	94,339	86,883	101,795
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	3,895	2,134	5,656
Foreign born	62,582	55,454	69,710
Naturalized citizen	28,383	24,684	32,082
Not a citizen	34,199	27,236	41,162
Entered 1990 or later	23,661	17,107	30,215
Entered before 1990	38,921	34,106	43,736

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	62,582	55,454	69,710
Europe	2,704	1,673	3,735
Asia	28,115	26,020	30,211
Africa	3,846	1,736	5,956
Oceania	0	0	523
Latin America	24,973	19,964	29,982
Northern America	2,944	0	5,911

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	320,827	*****	*****
English only	228,845	223,057	234,633
Language other than English	91,982	86,194	97,770
Speak English less than "very well"	34,338	29,073	39,603
Spanish	53,157	48,329	57,985
Speak English less than "very well"	19,347	15,116	23,578
Other Indo-European languages	12,177	8,377	15,977
Speak English less than "very well"	4,104	1,857	6,351
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	24,403	20,908	27,898
Speak English less than "very well"	10,432	7,408	13,456
Other languages	2,245	610	3,880
Speak English less than "very well"	455	0	978

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	348,154	*****	*****
Arab	1,370	448	2,292
Czech	9,876	7,388	12,364
Danish	1,806	534	3,078
Dutch	3,452	2,106	4,798
English	28,943	23,812	34,075
French (except Basque)	10,614	7,887	13,341
French Canadian	3,064	58	6,070
German	44,999	38,660	51,338
Greek	1,408	344	2,472
Hungarian	957	0	2,162
Irish	25,357	21,744	28,971
Italian	12,689	8,741	16,637
Lithuanian	329	12	646
Norwegian	2,109	561	3,657
Polish	8,530	5,504	11,556
Portuguese	0	0	523
Russian	1,212	192	2,232
Scotch-Irish	4,796	2,973	6,619
Scottish	6,132	3,971	8,294
Slovak	248	0	530
Subsaharan African	4,952	1,593	8,311
Swedish	4,397	2,382	6,412
Swiss	235	0	519
Ukrainian	93	0	251
United States or American	16,030	11,590	20,470
Welsh	609	164	1,055
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	687	0	1,410

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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