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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
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TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  Estimate Lower
Bound
Upper
Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
136,273
132,315
140,231
Nursery school, preschool
9,367
7,578
11,156
Kindergarten
7,492
5,954
9,030
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
52,908
50,874
54,942
High school grade (grades 9-12)
26,476
24,717
28,235
College or graduate school
40,030
36,791
43,269
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
370,634
370,250
371,018
Less than 9th grade
22,666
19,742
25,590
45,222
41,561
48,883
High school graduate (including equivalency)
80,455
75,997
84,913
Some college, no degree
60,404
55,937
64,871
Associate degree
9,934
8,193
11,675
Bachelor's degree
72,957
68,418
77,496
Graduate or professional degree
78,996
75,284
82,709
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
81.7
80.4
83.0
41.0
39.7
42.3
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
201,781
201,270
202,293
Never married
100,879
97,477
104,281
Now married, except separated
64,102
60,558
67,646
Separated
8,938
7,296
10,580
Widowed
6,958
5,475
8,441
Divorced
20,904
18,667
23,141
 
Females 15 years and over
237,936
237,220
238,652
Never married
109,977
106,284
113,670
Now married, except separated
62,451
58,508
66,395
Separated
10,457
8,472
12,442
Widowed
26,833
24,678
28,988
Divorced
28,218
25,890
30,546
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
9,800
8,186
11,414
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
6,056
4,795
7,317
Per 1,000 unmarried women
55
43
67
As a percent of all women with a birth
61.8
53.1
70.5
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
63
53
73
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
67
31
103
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
77
57
97
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
47
35
59
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
16,611
13,695
19,527
Responsible for grandchildren
8,296
6,524
10,068
less than 1 year
1,307
609
2,005
1 or 2 years
886
173
1,599
3 or 4 years
1,754
797
2,711
5 or more years
4,349
2,942
5,756
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
66.8
59.5
74.1
Percent who are married
64.4
52.9
76.0
Percent who are in labor force
60.6
51.4
69.8
Percent who are in poverty
21.7
12.1
31.3
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
420,536
419,723
421,349
Civilian veterans
41,640
38,819
44,462
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
98,710
96,892
100,528
With a disability
7,197
5,958
8,436
 
Population 21 to 64 years
338,210
336,190
340,230
With a disability
39,475
35,934
43,016
Percent employed
43.5
39.0
48.0
No disability
298,735
294,823
302,647
Percent employed
78.5
77.0
80.0
 
Population 65 years and over
65,199
64,633
65,765
With a disability
25,480
23,632
27,328
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
529,930
528,486
531,374
Same house
436,559
428,350
444,768
Different house in the U.S.
84,228
76,036
92,420
Same county
49,747
43,112
56,382
Different county
34,481
30,224
38,738
Same state
0
0
285
Different state
34,481
30,224
38,738
Abroad
9,143
6,685
11,602
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
536,497
*****
*****
Native
466,141
461,955
470,327
Born in United States
459,194
454,968
463,420
State of residence
233,599
227,030
240,168
Different state
225,595
218,216
232,974
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
6,947
5,645
8,249
Foreign born
70,356
66,170
74,542
Naturalized citizen
19,176
16,630
21,722
Not a citizen
51,180
46,727
55,633
Entered 1990 or later
39,648
35,490
43,806
Entered before 1990
30,708
27,593
33,823
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
70,356
66,170
74,542
Europe
10,892
9,287
12,497
Asia
14,758
12,712
16,804
Africa
9,399
6,647
12,151
Oceania
700
372
1,028
Latin America
33,848
31,672
36,024
Northern America
759
317
1,201
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
504,337
504,052
504,622
English only
427,651
423,455
431,847
76,686
72,490
80,882
Speak English less than "very well"
30,001
26,584
33,418
40,333
38,436
42,231
Speak English less than "very well"
20,259
17,591
22,927
Other Indo-European languages
17,972
15,362
20,582
Speak English less than "very well"
3,411
2,350
4,472
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
8,430
6,714
10,146
Speak English less than "very well"
3,755
2,557
4,953
Other languages
9,951
7,144
12,758
Speak English less than "very well"
2,576
1,598
3,554
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
536,497
*****
*****
Arab
3,669
2,067
5,271
Czech
1,078
667
1,489
Danish
1,050
522
1,578
Dutch
2,821
2,037
3,605
English
26,703
24,619
28,787
French (except Basque)
6,831
5,590
8,072
French Canadian
740
361
1,120
German
32,974
30,156
35,792
Greek
1,933
1,319
2,547
Hungarian
2,300
1,510
3,090
Irish
30,593
28,006
33,180
Italian
13,190
11,355
15,025
Lithuanian
1,114
634
1,594
Norwegian
2,520
1,811
3,230
Polish
7,946
6,814
9,078
Portuguese
807
370
1,244
Russian
7,817
6,535
9,099
Scotch-Irish
4,761
3,878
5,644
Scottish
5,135
4,129
6,142
Slovak
778
402
1,154
Subsaharan African
13,544
10,274
16,814
Swedish
3,093
2,247
3,939
Swiss
1,256
802
1,710
Ukrainian
939
566
1,312
United States or American
8,249
6,413
10,085
Welsh
1,861
1,267
2,455
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
5,961
4,458
7,464
 

The Census 2000 Supplementary 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 Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary 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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