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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Allen County
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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
88,898
83,349
94,447
Nursery school, preschool
5,800
2,965
8,635
Kindergarten
4,823
3,208
6,438
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
42,055
38,211
45,900
High school grade (grades 9-12)
18,412
15,879
20,945
College or graduate school
17,808
13,320
22,296
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
205,700
203,303
208,097
Less than 9th grade
10,329
6,579
14,079
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
18,640
14,060
23,220
High school graduate (including equivalency)
57,783
51,754
63,812
Some college, no degree
49,350
43,149
55,551
Associate degree
17,765
14,300
21,230
Bachelor's degree
35,841
31,244
40,438
Graduate or professional degree
15,992
12,763
19,221
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
85.9
82.8
89.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
25.2
22.6
27.8
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
121,017
119,017
123,017
Never married
36,371
31,835
40,907
Now married, except separated
70,272
65,380
75,164
Separated
1,739
186
3,292
Widowed
1,576
660
2,492
Divorced
11,059
7,883
14,235
 
Females 15 years and over
127,973
126,476
129,470
Never married
32,428
28,225
36,631
Now married, except separated
65,732
60,582
70,882
Separated
3,919
1,715
6,123
Widowed
10,139
8,015
12,263
Divorced
15,755
12,491
19,019
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
5,424
3,370
7,478
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
1,696
56
3,336
Per 1,000 unmarried women
42
1
83
As a percent of all women with a birth
31.3
7.5
55.1
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
64
39
89
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
15
0
40
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
104
63
145
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
45
2
88
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
3,023
779
5,267
Responsible for grandchildren
2,380
265
4,495
less than 1 year
0
0
512
1 or 2 years
857
0
2,180
3 or 4 years
0
0
512
5 or more years
1,523
0
3,150
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
68.7
44.3
93.1
Percent who are married
64.0
14.8
100.0
Percent who are in labor force
75.3
48.9
100.0
Percent who are in poverty
0.0
0.0
22.3
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
234,412
233,970
234,854
Civilian veterans
30,244
25,570
34,918
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
78,147
74,928
81,366
With a disability
5,486
3,193
7,780
 
Population 21 to 64 years
188,407
186,358
190,456
With a disability
26,584
21,330
31,838
Percent employed
59.5
50.8
68.2
No disability
161,823
156,528
167,118
Percent employed
82.4
79.8
85.0
 
Population 65 years and over
35,280
34,618
35,942
With a disability
14,521
11,513
17,529
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
321,933
319,974
323,892
Same house
269,058
258,764
279,352
Different house in the U.S.
51,837
40,964
62,711
Same county
36,517
26,833
46,201
Different county
15,320
9,344
21,296
Same state
6,022
1,491
10,553
Different state
9,298
4,866
13,730
Abroad
1,038
0
2,511
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
326,269
*****
*****
Native
313,425
310,475
316,375
Born in United States
312,268
309,247
315,289
State of residence
229,951
221,310
238,592
Different state
82,317
73,216
91,418
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
1,157
345
1,969
Foreign born
12,844
9,894
15,794
Naturalized citizen
5,437
2,851
8,023
Not a citizen
7,407
4,275
10,539
Entered 1990 or later
3,911
1,730
6,092
Entered before 1990
8,933
6,630
11,236
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
12,844
9,894
15,794
Europe
2,506
805
4,207
Asia
4,049
3,600
4,498
Africa
0
0
512
Oceania
0
0
512
Latin America
6,105
3,526
8,684
Northern America
184
0
512
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
302,175
299,390
304,960
English only
280,291
275,270
285,312
Language other than English
21,884
17,007
26,761
Speak English less than "very well"
8,135
5,145
11,125
Spanish
11,280
8,536
14,024
Speak English less than "very well"
6,017
3,159
8,875
Other Indo-European languages
7,090
3,823
10,357
Speak English less than "very well"
1,295
229
2,361
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
3,018
1,581
4,455
Speak English less than "very well"
499
0
1,235
Other languages
496
0
1,156
Speak English less than "very well"
324
0
738
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
326,269
*****
*****
Arab
182
0
487
Czech
488
0
1,061
Danish
1,247
0
2,712
Dutch
5,114
2,575
7,653
English
32,738
26,509
38,967
French (except Basque)
10,851
7,775
13,927
French Canadian
220
0
581
German
105,980
94,986
116,974
Greek
640
0
1,673
Hungarian
2,299
342
4,256
Irish
38,954
30,392
47,516
Italian
7,585
3,962
11,208
Lithuanian
0
0
512
Norwegian
1,682
245
3,119
Polish
4,217
2,001
6,433
Portuguese
573
0
1,306
Russian
1,944
581
3,307
Scotch-Irish
4,297
2,126
6,468
Scottish
7,405
4,686
10,124
Slovak
1,000
0
2,046
Subsaharan African
609
0
1,337
Swedish
2,781
242
5,320
Swiss
4,269
1,702
6,836
Ukrainian
192
0
512
United States or American
46,570
32,477
60,663
Welsh
3,962
12
7,912
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0
0
512
 

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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