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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
112,938
106,389
119,487
Nursery school, preschool
6,841
4,374
9,308
Kindergarten
4,899
2,462
7,336
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
53,524
49,818
57,230
High school grade (grades 9-12)
23,946
20,831
27,061
College or graduate school
23,728
17,831
29,625
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
245,483
244,044
246,922
Less than 9th grade
18,101
13,912
22,290
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
32,580
26,723
38,438
High school graduate (including equivalency)
84,058
75,960
92,156
Some college, no degree
52,250
45,802
58,698
Associate degree
12,718
8,951
16,485
Bachelor's degree
28,356
23,127
33,585
Graduate or professional degree
17,420
13,373
21,467
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
79.4
76.8
82.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
18.6
16.0
21.2
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
138,938
136,471
141,405
Never married
42,212
37,389
47,035
Now married, except separated
74,035
67,828
80,242
Separated
3,644
1,633
5,655
Widowed
2,431
1,177
3,685
Divorced
16,616
12,016
21,216
 
Females 15 years and over
162,042
159,476
164,608
Never married
42,594
37,885
47,303
Now married, except separated
69,031
62,449
75,613
Separated
9,639
6,402
12,876
Widowed
19,967
15,773
24,161
Divorced
20,811
17,206
24,416
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
6,442
3,825
9,059
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
4,690
2,298
7,083
Per 1,000 unmarried women
88
43
133
As a percent of all women with a birth
72.8
55.0
90.6
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
61
36
86
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
36
0
74
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
125
69
181
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
13
0
28
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
9,870
6,570
13,170
Responsible for grandchildren
5,684
3,183
8,185
less than 1 year
1,077
0
2,341
1 or 2 years
2,505
263
4,747
3 or 4 years
733
96
1,370
5 or more years
1,369
552
2,186
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
67.7
49.7
85.7
Percent who are married
58.0
33.9
82.1
Percent who are in labor force
79.8
65.9
93.7
Percent who are in poverty
2.9
0.0
7.5
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
282,555
281,068
284,042
Civilian veterans
38,378
33,294
43,462
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
94,363
91,982
96,744
With a disability
9,670
5,758
13,582
 
Population 21 to 64 years
220,763
218,511
223,015
With a disability
36,042
30,620
41,464
Percent employed
37.1
29.2
45.0
No disability
184,721
178,966
190,476
Percent employed
78.3
75.2
81.4
 
Population 65 years and over
46,913
45,053
48,773
With a disability
23,632
20,023
27,241
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
386,526
384,421
388,631
Same house
329,226
317,237
341,215
Different house in the U.S.
57,140
44,912
69,368
Same county
42,576
30,173
54,979
Different county
14,564
9,017
20,111
Same state
4,148
1,742
6,554
Different state
10,416
5,639
15,193
Abroad
160
0
444
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
391,775
*****
*****
Native
387,437
385,381
389,493
Born in United States
384,111
381,836
386,386
State of residence
280,080
270,786
289,374
Different state
104,031
94,591
113,471
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
3,326
1,777
4,875
Foreign born
4,338
2,282
6,394
Naturalized citizen
953
201
1,705
Not a citizen
3,385
1,212
5,558
Entered 1990 or later
2,718
642
4,794
Entered before 1990
1,620
708
2,532
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
N
N
N
Europe
N
N
N
Asia
N
N
N
Africa
N
N
N
Oceania
N
N
N
Latin America
N
N
N
Northern America
N
N
N
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
362,748
362,319
363,177
English only
356,647
353,882
359,412
Language other than English
6,101
3,479
8,723
Speak English less than "very well"
2,394
426
4,362
Spanish
2,469
829
4,109
Speak English less than "very well"
1,223
0
2,503
Other Indo-European languages
1,878
820
2,936
Speak English less than "very well"
276
0
608
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
895
0
2,345
Speak English less than "very well"
895
0
2,345
Other languages
859
74
1,644
Speak English less than "very well"
0
0
558
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
391,775
*****
*****
Arab
0
0
558
Czech
838
0
1,815
Danish
529
0
1,187
Dutch
3,117
1,122
5,112
English
27,883
20,768
34,998
French (except Basque)
17,189
10,365
24,013
French Canadian
1,519
534
2,504
German
32,556
26,331
38,781
Greek
342
0
933
Hungarian
284
0
639
Irish
37,917
31,495
44,339
Italian
3,809
1,728
5,890
Lithuanian
0
0
558
Norwegian
780
0
1,777
Polish
968
0
2,159
Portuguese
0
0
558
Russian
1,182
0
2,674
Scotch-Irish
12,648
8,462
16,834
Scottish
9,844
4,823
14,865
Slovak
230
0
624
Subsaharan African
4,841
742
8,940
Swedish
1,469
454
2,484
Swiss
169
0
453
Ukrainian
0
0
558
United States or American
68,423
57,743
79,103
Welsh
1,873
195
3,551
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
321
0
882
 

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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