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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
454,154
447,171
461,137
Nursery school, preschool
26,362
23,026
29,698
Kindergarten
22,822
19,614
26,030
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
206,716
200,557
212,875
High school grade (grades 9-12)
106,104
102,875
109,333
College or graduate school
92,150
86,017
98,283
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,060,246
1,056,431
1,064,061
Less than 9th grade
42,541
39,266
45,816
77,021
70,947
83,095
High school graduate (including equivalency)
335,062
326,701
343,423
Some college, no degree
255,287
245,877
264,697
Associate degree
87,817
80,331
95,303
Bachelor's degree
185,398
175,559
195,237
Graduate or professional degree
77,120
72,853
81,387
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
88.7
88.2
89.2
24.8
23.8
25.8
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
630,592
626,625
634,559
Never married
178,746
173,030
184,462
Now married, except separated
374,090
366,663
381,517
Separated
7,574
5,226
9,922
Widowed
15,833
13,873
17,793
Divorced
54,349
49,119
59,580
 
Females 15 years and over
661,953
658,627
665,279
Never married
150,079
144,434
155,724
Now married, except separated
365,109
357,956
372,262
Separated
8,706
6,980
10,432
Widowed
69,369
65,727
73,011
Divorced
68,690
63,050
74,330
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
22,983
20,201
25,765
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
4,535
3,565
5,505
Per 1,000 unmarried women
24
19
29
As a percent of all women with a birth
19.7
15.7
23.7
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
54
47
61
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
41
26
56
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
100
87
113
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
21
13
29
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
16,707
13,207
20,207
Responsible for grandchildren
8,380
5,704
11,056
less than 1 year
1,689
691
2,687
1 or 2 years
2,317
1,452
3,182
3 or 4 years
2,664
948
4,380
5 or more years
1,710
1,048
2,372
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
59.6
54.7
64.6
Percent who are married
70.8
62.2
79.4
Percent who are in labor force
66.3
56.4
76.2
Percent who are in poverty
20.1
11.9
28.4
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,210,431
1,207,029
1,213,833
Civilian veterans
160,315
151,560
169,070
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
396,566
392,363
400,769
With a disability
25,658
22,012
29,305
 
Population 21 to 64 years
931,084
926,367
935,801
With a disability
119,988
114,017
125,959
Percent employed
58.7
56.7
60.7
No disability
811,096
804,463
817,729
Percent employed
84.8
84.0
85.6
 
Population 65 years and over
214,897
213,516
216,278
With a disability
87,030
83,591
90,469
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,639,333
1,637,147
1,641,519
Same house
1,346,075
1,331,563
1,360,587
Different house in the U.S.
285,187
270,321
300,054
Same county
180,745
167,722
193,768
Different county
104,442
96,382
112,502
Same state
61,735
52,525
70,945
Different state
42,707
35,924
49,490
Abroad
8,071
5,982
10,160
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,660,445
*****
*****
Native
1,592,519
1,586,879
1,598,159
Born in United States
1,581,462
1,575,210
1,587,714
State of residence
1,128,339
1,113,194
1,143,484
Different state
453,123
436,248
469,998
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
11,057
8,711
13,403
Foreign born
67,926
62,286
73,566
Naturalized citizen
21,421
18,646
24,196
Not a citizen
46,505
40,951
52,059
Entered 1990 or later
41,278
36,678
45,878
Entered before 1990
26,648
23,307
29,989
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
67,926
62,286
73,566
Europe
8,894
6,855
10,933
Asia
18,802
14,456
23,148
Africa
4,174
2,532
5,816
Oceania
312
0
627
Latin America
34,679
30,026
39,332
Northern America
1,065
537
1,593
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,546,223
1,544,403
1,548,043
English only
1,436,921
1,430,047
1,443,795
109,302
103,146
115,458
Speak English less than "very well"
49,390
44,658
54,122
71,090
66,660
75,520
Speak English less than "very well"
38,392
34,381
42,403
Other Indo-European languages
22,680
16,860
28,500
Speak English less than "very well"
4,755
3,214
6,296
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
10,436
8,545
12,327
Speak English less than "very well"
4,855
3,705
6,005
Other languages
5,096
3,317
6,875
Speak English less than "very well"
1,388
664
2,112
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,660,445
*****
*****
Arab
3,919
2,835
5,003
Czech
71,447
65,684
77,210
Danish
51,588
45,531
57,645
Dutch
37,357
33,192
41,522
English
189,987
181,897
198,077
French (except Basque)
52,130
45,358
58,902
French Canadian
7,219
5,185
9,253
German
730,071
712,416
747,726
Greek
3,967
1,579
6,355
Hungarian
6,120
1,366
10,874
Irish
239,161
225,573
252,749
Italian
39,077
34,544
43,610
Lithuanian
2,958
1,829
4,087
Norwegian
35,829
30,618
41,040
Polish
58,453
51,721
65,185
Portuguese
1,098
171
2,025
Russian
10,994
8,874
13,114
Scotch-Irish
32,114
28,436
35,792
Scottish
28,670
23,222
34,118
Slovak
117
13
221
Subsaharan African
5,496
3,547
7,445
Swedish
122,643
96,891
148,395
Swiss
7,390
5,186
9,594
Ukrainian
942
538
1,346
United States or American
62,664
54,251
71,077
Welsh
10,283
7,902
12,664
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
1,082
0
2,212
 

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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