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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
3,758,791
3,699,972
3,817,610
Nursery school, preschool
234,336
220,209
248,463
Kindergarten
197,623
184,118
211,128
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
1,689,898
1,670,949
1,708,847
High school grade (grades 9-12)
797,176
780,919
813,433
College or graduate school
839,758
788,575
890,941
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
10,733,834
10,721,410
10,746,259
Less than 9th grade
659,777
624,754
694,800
1,287,217
1,251,033
1,323,402
High school graduate (including equivalency)
3,270,307
3,192,676
3,347,938
Some college, no degree
2,260,239
2,216,616
2,303,862
Associate degree
768,174
740,235
796,113
Bachelor's degree
1,612,395
1,562,605
1,662,185
Graduate or professional degree
875,725
825,199
926,251
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
81.9
81.4
82.4
23.2
22.4
24.0
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
6,008,846
5,998,570
6,019,122
Never married
1,657,258
1,630,937
1,683,579
Now married, except separated
3,390,187
3,354,816
3,425,558
Separated
136,278
123,047
149,509
Widowed
194,244
181,712
206,776
Divorced
630,879
607,903
653,855
 
Females 15 years and over
6,560,506
6,551,139
6,569,873
Never married
1,396,685
1,364,685
1,428,685
Now married, except separated
3,337,286
3,296,424
3,378,148
Separated
174,184
160,524
187,844
Widowed
782,615
763,612
801,618
Divorced
869,736
841,315
898,157
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
207,121
193,685
220,557
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
69,740
61,239
78,241
Per 1,000 unmarried women
38
33
43
As a percent of all women with a birth
33.7
30.4
37.0
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
54
51
57
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
32
25
39
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
104
96
112
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
21
18
24
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
325,903
299,513
352,293
Responsible for grandchildren
130,428
112,522
148,334
less than 1 year
27,351
22,431
32,271
1 or 2 years
33,173
20,537
45,809
3 or 4 years
23,059
17,083
29,035
5 or more years
46,845
38,489
55,201
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
63.2
59.9
66.5
Percent who are married
71.2
66.9
75.5
Percent who are in labor force
61.0
56.5
65.5
Percent who are in poverty
16.6
13.6
19.6
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
11,941,224
11,933,322
11,949,126
Civilian veterans
1,775,999
1,728,476
1,823,522
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
3,200,578
3,181,865
3,219,291
With a disability
237,386
221,365
253,408
 
Population 21 to 64 years
8,713,314
8,692,682
8,733,946
With a disability
1,210,701
1,171,339
1,250,063
Percent employed
46.6
45.4
47.8
No disability
7,502,613
7,452,067
7,553,159
Percent employed
78.1
77.6
78.6
 
Population 65 years and over
2,716,497
2,706,280
2,726,714
With a disability
1,013,268
983,735
1,042,801
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
15,424,317
15,413,356
15,435,278
Same house
12,430,224
12,327,035
12,533,413
Different house in the U.S.
2,773,714
2,679,887
2,867,541
Same county
1,742,766
1,661,974
1,823,558
Different county
1,030,948
985,722
1,076,175
Same state
464,999
435,677
494,321
Different state
565,949
530,345
601,553
Abroad
220,379
196,335
244,423
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
15,593,433
*****
*****
Native
12,906,356
12,842,278
12,970,434
Born in United States
12,543,139
12,484,323
12,601,955
State of residence
5,066,087
4,903,628
5,228,546
Different state
7,477,052
7,338,533
7,615,571
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
363,217
340,209
386,225
Foreign born
2,687,077
2,622,999
2,751,155
Naturalized citizen
1,172,681
1,133,751
1,211,611
Not a citizen
1,514,396
1,455,641
1,573,151
Entered 1990 or later
1,115,642
1,056,435
1,174,849
Entered before 1990
1,571,435
1,529,812
1,613,058
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
2,687,041
2,622,955
2,751,127
Europe
370,734
346,362
395,106
Asia
233,410
219,651
247,169
Africa
37,823
26,667
48,979
Oceania
6,292
3,464
9,120
Latin America
1,923,472
1,867,799
1,979,145
Northern America
115,310
104,582
126,038
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
14,657,362
14,640,623
14,674,101
English only
11,367,159
11,304,099
11,430,219
3,290,203
3,227,198
3,353,208
Speak English less than "very well"
1,367,220
1,330,427
1,404,013
2,342,872
2,311,213
2,374,531
Speak English less than "very well"
1,029,629
999,393
1,059,865
Other Indo-European languages
733,177
681,674
784,680
Speak English less than "very well"
250,923
228,729
273,117
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
151,265
137,712
164,818
Speak English less than "very well"
62,013
54,085
69,941
Other languages
62,889
48,494
77,284
Speak English less than "very well"
24,655
15,069
34,242
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
15,593,433
*****
*****
Arab
69,282
58,004
80,560
Czech
40,182
33,636
46,728
Danish
54,959
46,344
63,574
Dutch
254,801
232,882
276,720
English
1,696,634
1,645,393
1,747,875
French (except Basque)
509,817
474,227
545,408
French Canadian
120,229
108,303
132,155
German
2,172,362
2,100,777
2,243,947
Greek
75,986
64,971
87,001
Hungarian
103,401
90,986
115,816
Irish
1,859,726
1,799,978
1,919,474
Italian
1,036,461
975,885
1,097,037
Lithuanian
36,076
28,245
43,907
Norwegian
118,156
104,928
131,384
Polish
431,738
406,491
456,985
Portuguese
61,387
51,314
71,460
Russian
240,100
220,919
259,281
Scotch-Irish
297,556
273,648
321,465
Scottish
347,232
326,100
368,364
Slovak
37,970
31,753
44,187
Subsaharan African
68,303
53,583
83,023
Swedish
163,271
149,393
177,149
Swiss
43,793
35,573
52,013
Ukrainian
36,777
31,358
42,196
United States or American
1,066,911
976,816
1,157,006
Welsh
106,901
96,117
117,685
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
498,598
460,844
536,352
 

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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