ACS: 2000 ACS Tabular Profile for Houston city -- Table 2

2000 American Community Survey Profile Houston city

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	500,397	481,409	519,385
Nursery school, preschool	32,485	28,070	36,900
Kindergarten	28,379	23,406	33,352
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	232,476	217,751	247,201
High school grade (grades 9-12)	104,743	98,201	111,285
College or graduate school	102,314	93,958	110,670

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	1,177,798	1,160,079	1,195,517
Less than 9th grade	186,166	173,520	198,812
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	156,494	146,904	166,084
High school graduate (including equivalency)	258,173	245,839	270,507
Some college, no degree	225,067	211,917	238,218
Associate degree	44,095	38,807	49,383
Bachelor's degree	199,280	189,596	208,964
Graduate or professional degree	108,523	101,850	115,196

Percent high school graduate or higher	70.9	69.7	72.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	26.1	25.1	27.1

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	725,124	712,427	737,821
Never married	284,948	273,939	295,957
Now married, except separated	358,749	348,448	369,050
Separated	12,857	9,890	15,824
Widowed	15,006	12,364	17,648
Divorced	53,564	47,311	59,818

Females 15 years and over	750,353	737,120	763,586
Never married	234,567	222,882	246,252
Now married, except separated	336,807	325,707	347,907
Separated	28,724	24,109	33,339
Widowed	65,283	60,726	69,840
Divorced	84,972	78,964	90,980

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	38,642	33,684	43,600
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	14,170	10,910	17,430
Per 1,000 unmarried women	50	38	62
As a percent of all women with a birth	36.7	30.3	43.1
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	71	61	81
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	47	22	72
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	120	104	137
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	26	16	36

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	49,445	43,962	54,928
Responsible for grandchildren	24,892	20,689	29,095
less than 1 year	5,583	3,752	7,415
1 or 2 years	6,768	4,430	9,106
3 or 4 years	5,042	2,346	7,738
5 or more years	7,499	5,404	9,595

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	64.6	60.1	69.1
Percent who are married	71.4	64.1	78.7
Percent who are in labor force	57.6	48.9	66.3
Percent who are in poverty	27.3	18.1	36.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	1,393,345	1,373,870	1,412,820
Civilian veterans	107,173	100,697	113,649

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	453,581	435,332	471,830
With a disability	19,842	16,552	23,132

Population 21 to 64 years	1,140,876	1,122,777	1,158,975
With a disability	114,011	106,343	121,679
Percent employed	48.2	45.4	51.0
No disability	1,026,865	1,008,807	1,044,923
Percent employed	77.4	76.4	78.4

Population 65 years and over	161,804	156,748	166,860
With a disability	68,025	63,814	72,236

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	1,884,761	1,851,586	1,917,936
Same house	1,529,095	1,493,607	1,564,583
Different house in the U.S.	324,647	300,681	348,613
Same county	257,605	235,696	279,514
Different county	67,042	57,139	76,945
Same state	33,474	26,222	40,726
Different state	33,568	25,198	41,938
Abroad	31,019	23,371	38,667

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	1,916,647	1,882,650	1,950,644
Native	1,386,453	1,356,265	1,416,641
Born in United States	1,364,558	1,334,855	1,394,261
State of residence	985,947	960,062	1,011,832
Different state	378,611	364,132	393,090
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	21,895	16,966	26,824
Foreign born	530,194	509,680	550,708
Naturalized citizen	133,790	123,827	143,753
Not a citizen	396,404	376,937	415,871
Entered 1990 or later	295,081	275,802	314,360
Entered before 1990	235,113	222,583	247,643

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	530,194	509,680	550,708
Europe	22,417	18,320	26,514
Asia	93,301	84,129	102,473
Africa	12,736	9,520	15,952
Oceania	860	187	1,533
Latin America	395,182	376,727	413,637
Northern America	5,698	3,558	7,838

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	1,757,431	1,725,868	1,788,994
English only	991,486	970,968	1,012,004
Language other than English	765,945	743,970	787,920
Speak English less than "very well"	452,715	431,654	473,776
Spanish	622,056	601,292	642,820
Speak English less than "very well"	388,522	368,369	408,675
Other Indo-European languages	54,601	46,038	63,165
Speak English less than "very well"	17,451	13,809	21,093
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	69,919	62,317	77,521
Speak English less than "very well"	41,935	36,262	47,608
Other languages	19,369	14,016	24,722
Speak English less than "very well"	4,807	2,700	6,914

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	1,916,647	1,882,650	1,950,644
Arab	10,031	6,332	13,730
Czech	12,753	8,975	16,532
Danish	2,139	1,004	3,274
Dutch	12,443	9,963	14,923
English	98,584	91,322	105,846
French (except Basque)	34,300	28,693	39,907
French Canadian	4,207	3,067	5,347
German	134,139	123,878	144,400
Greek	3,054	1,732	4,376
Hungarian	2,805	1,586	4,024
Irish	99,883	91,455	108,311
Italian	31,730	26,328	37,132
Lithuanian	1,306	534	2,078
Norwegian	9,560	6,824	12,296
Polish	22,757	19,081	26,433
Portuguese	846	333	1,359
Russian	10,183	7,154	13,212
Scotch-Irish	24,089	20,175	28,003
Scottish	25,067	21,183	28,951
Slovak	354	16	692
Subsaharan African	19,176	12,177	26,175
Swedish	6,811	4,861	8,761
Swiss	2,072	1,090	3,054
Ukrainian	1,958	872	3,044
United States or American	51,606	45,273	57,939
Welsh	6,131	4,329	7,933
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	3,008	1,282	4,734

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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