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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
1,534,981
1,499,306
1,570,656
Nursery school, preschool
87,541
79,596
95,486
Kindergarten
80,340
73,423
87,257
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
684,112
672,098
696,126
High school grade (grades 9-12)
332,588
324,754
340,422
College or graduate school
350,400
316,794
384,006
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
3,749,855
3,738,683
3,761,027
Less than 9th grade
129,059
113,691
144,427
284,026
259,274
308,778
High school graduate (including equivalency)
960,753
920,415
1,001,091
Some college, no degree
976,356
952,702
1,000,010
Associate degree
296,358
279,134
313,582
Bachelor's degree
721,828
693,585
750,071
Graduate or professional degree
381,475
354,554
408,396
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
89.0
88.2
89.8
29.4
28.2
30.6
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
2,205,544
2,199,182
2,211,906
Never married
641,956
624,313
659,599
Now married, except separated
1,235,023
1,212,745
1,257,301
Separated
32,588
27,485
37,691
Widowed
58,270
52,711
63,829
Divorced
237,707
220,044
255,370
 
Females 15 years and over
2,297,644
2,292,996
2,302,292
Never married
545,449
522,631
568,267
Now married, except separated
1,223,004
1,192,771
1,253,237
Separated
45,080
39,416
50,744
Widowed
188,271
178,508
198,034
Divorced
295,840
279,485
312,195
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
81,630
72,331
90,929
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
21,549
17,342
25,757
Per 1,000 unmarried women
31
24
38
As a percent of all women with a birth
26.4
22.1
30.7
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
53
46
60
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
16
9
23
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
102
90
114
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
24
19
29
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
87,899
77,895
97,903
Responsible for grandchildren
35,434
29,049
41,820
less than 1 year
7,153
4,901
9,405
1 or 2 years
10,841
6,082
15,600
3 or 4 years
5,010
2,626
7,394
5 or more years
12,430
9,950
14,910
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
60.4
55.1
65.7
Percent who are married
75.3
67.5
83.1
Percent who are in labor force
61.2
53.0
69.5
Percent who are in poverty
13.4
8.1
18.7
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
4,212,145
4,195,594
4,228,696
Civilian veterans
652,917
630,861
674,973
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
1,330,833
1,317,178
1,344,488
With a disability
94,308
84,071
104,545
 
Population 21 to 64 years
3,373,716
3,356,203
3,391,229
With a disability
464,247
441,522
486,972
Percent employed
50.2
48.2
52.2
No disability
2,909,469
2,887,400
2,931,538
Percent employed
78.9
78.2
79.6
 
Population 65 years and over
625,932
619,873
631,991
With a disability
262,995
250,968
275,022
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
5,688,843
5,681,590
5,696,096
Same house
4,539,196
4,492,938
4,585,454
Different house in the U.S.
1,099,055
1,052,850
1,145,260
Same county
688,863
642,579
735,147
Different county
410,192
377,715
442,669
Same state
194,021
175,529
212,513
Different state
216,171
185,686
246,656
Abroad
50,592
39,083
62,101
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
5,757,739
*****
*****
Native
5,178,287
5,151,034
5,205,540
Born in United States
5,081,563
5,052,312
5,110,814
State of residence
2,725,734
2,631,100
2,820,368
Different state
2,355,829
2,267,772
2,443,886
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
96,724
87,015
106,433
Foreign born
579,452
552,199
606,705
Naturalized citizen
249,943
230,663
269,223
Not a citizen
329,509
299,901
359,117
Entered 1990 or later
272,446
243,889
301,003
Entered before 1990
307,006
288,010
326,002
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
579,452
552,199
606,705
Europe
133,704
114,643
152,765
Asia
241,248
228,259
254,237
Africa
14,615
8,211
21,019
Oceania
9,073
5,049
13,097
Latin America
140,079
125,907
154,251
Northern America
40,733
34,557
46,909
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
5,368,838
5,362,741
5,374,935
English only
4,638,120
4,601,992
4,674,248
730,718
694,263
767,173
Speak English less than "very well"
324,219
290,653
357,785
271,264
249,517
293,011
Speak English less than "very well"
126,836
105,464
148,208
Other Indo-European languages
176,025
152,945
199,105
Speak English less than "very well"
67,167
50,494
83,840
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
255,736
241,401
270,071
Speak English less than "very well"
122,365
110,211
134,519
Other languages
27,693
18,953
36,433
Speak English less than "very well"
7,851
3,964
11,738
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
5,757,739
*****
*****
Arab
9,536
5,335
13,737
Czech
30,837
22,749
38,925
Danish
74,980
63,674
86,286
Dutch
146,056
128,924
163,188
English
805,548
777,064
834,032
French (except Basque)
240,744
226,056
255,432
French Canadian
47,138
37,642
56,634
German
1,224,179
1,181,561
1,266,797
Greek
20,312
14,752
25,873
Hungarian
21,661
13,281
30,041
Irish
714,295
678,886
749,704
Italian
202,573
184,641
220,505
Lithuanian
8,918
5,507
12,329
Norwegian
382,591
357,506
407,676
Polish
92,284
80,760
103,808
Portuguese
24,874
18,310
31,438
Russian
93,130
76,995
109,265
Scotch-Irish
149,543
137,064
162,022
Scottish
189,897
176,040
203,754
Slovak
6,734
4,172
9,296
Subsaharan African
23,061
16,078
30,044
Swedish
250,688
229,928
271,448
Swiss
42,226
34,682
49,770
Ukrainian
37,145
20,878
53,412
United States or American
305,647
275,865
335,430
Welsh
70,492
61,838
79,146
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
1,741
556
2,926
 

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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