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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
853,926
824,544
883,308
Nursery school, preschool
44,038
39,388
48,688
Kindergarten
49,613
42,370
56,857
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
363,939
355,306
372,572
High school grade (grades 9-12)
190,342
183,009
197,675
College or graduate school
205,994
184,881
227,107
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
2,185,522
2,176,846
2,194,198
Less than 9th grade
101,164
89,210
113,118
208,349
193,451
223,247
High school graduate (including equivalency)
590,900
568,272
613,528
Some college, no degree
581,446
552,802
610,090
Associate degree
143,033
134,818
151,248
Bachelor's degree
368,763
344,137
393,389
Graduate or professional degree
191,867
173,654
210,080
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
85.8
84.8
86.8
25.7
23.9
27.5
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
1,298,538
1,292,634
1,304,442
Never married
383,537
370,766
396,308
Now married, except separated
730,355
710,644
750,066
Separated
18,690
14,357
23,023
Widowed
28,114
24,501
31,728
Divorced
137,842
122,065
153,619
 
Females 15 years and over
1,345,920
1,340,901
1,350,939
Never married
290,382
276,081
304,683
Now married, except separated
707,164
690,756
723,572
Separated
34,473
29,310
39,636
Widowed
126,188
120,137
132,239
Divorced
187,713
180,027
195,399
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
51,523
46,535
56,511
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
12,911
9,142
16,680
Per 1,000 unmarried women
33
23
43
As a percent of all women with a birth
25.1
18.7
31.5
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
59
54
64
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
26
18
34
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
117
104
130
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
24
17
31
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
45,074
34,618
55,530
Responsible for grandchildren
14,629
11,108
18,150
less than 1 year
2,717
1,649
3,785
1 or 2 years
4,246
2,210
6,282
3 or 4 years
3,489
2,344
4,634
5 or more years
4,177
2,545
5,809
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
61.1
54.8
67.4
Percent who are married
77.2
68.6
85.8
Percent who are in labor force
67.9
58.3
77.5
Percent who are in poverty
10.3
5.8
14.8
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
2,500,838
2,497,863
2,503,813
Civilian veterans
349,377
340,325
358,429
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
749,588
734,360
764,816
With a disability
52,509
46,221
58,797
 
Population 21 to 64 years
1,940,371
1,928,715
1,952,027
With a disability
289,721
270,099
309,343
Percent employed
47.8
43.8
51.8
No disability
1,650,650
1,627,751
1,673,549
Percent employed
78.9
78.1
79.7
 
Population 65 years and over
421,474
415,980
426,969
With a disability
182,930
171,187
194,673
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
3,295,500
3,288,167
3,302,833
Same house
2,600,158
2,555,402
2,644,914
Different house in the U.S.
675,261
629,198
721,324
Same county
419,488
380,569
458,407
Different county
255,773
230,211
281,335
Same state
127,853
109,578
146,128
Different state
127,920
110,064
145,776
Abroad
20,081
14,638
25,524
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
3,343,908
*****
*****
Native
3,080,425
3,067,669
3,093,181
Born in United States
3,045,655
3,031,102
3,060,208
State of residence
1,517,862
1,479,572
1,556,152
Different state
1,527,793
1,483,606
1,571,980
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
34,770
26,779
42,761
Foreign born
263,483
250,727
276,239
Naturalized citizen
93,447
87,434
99,460
Not a citizen
170,036
157,428
182,644
Entered 1990 or later
126,261
112,007
140,515
Entered before 1990
137,222
128,013
146,431
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
263,483
250,727
276,239
Europe
52,965
47,081
58,849
Asia
77,947
71,421
84,473
Africa
3,998
2,635
5,361
Oceania
5,933
3,656
8,210
Latin America
106,295
94,034
118,556
Northern America
16,345
12,928
19,762
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
3,112,174
3,101,728
3,122,620
English only
2,768,597
2,747,649
2,789,545
343,577
327,668
359,486
Speak English less than "very well"
159,154
145,784
172,524
193,495
182,252
204,738
Speak English less than "very well"
102,308
90,306
114,310
Other Indo-European languages
64,774
57,473
72,075
Speak English less than "very well"
20,440
16,548
24,332
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
73,515
65,801
81,229
Speak English less than "very well"
32,140
27,098
37,182
Other languages
11,793
8,389
15,197
Speak English less than "very well"
4,266
2,631
5,901
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
3,343,908
*****
*****
Arab
9,377
5,640
13,114
Czech
21,025
13,179
28,871
Danish
45,725
39,602
51,848
Dutch
98,622
86,790
110,454
English
502,885
470,789
534,981
French (except Basque)
128,534
119,443
137,626
French Canadian
29,113
24,345
33,882
German
748,079
719,617
776,542
Greek
17,491
10,861
24,121
Hungarian
13,745
9,892
17,598
Irish
434,166
416,130
452,202
Italian
127,468
108,792
146,144
Lithuanian
7,613
2,287
12,939
Norwegian
133,267
120,399
146,135
Polish
55,630
48,027
63,233
Portuguese
23,574
16,674
30,474
Russian
50,429
42,380
58,478
Scotch-Irish
107,705
97,671
117,739
Scottish
110,589
98,945
122,233
Slovak
3,107
548
5,666
Subsaharan African
3,404
2,363
4,445
Swedish
115,724
100,808
130,640
Swiss
35,764
26,963
44,565
Ukrainian
9,993
7,218
12,768
United States or American
193,493
160,818
226,168
Welsh
42,300
35,713
48,887
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
2,073
837
3,309
 

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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