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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Marion 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
209,506
201,015
217,997
Nursery school, preschool
18,370
14,098
22,642
Kindergarten
15,695
11,601
19,789
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
93,241
87,057
99,425
High school grade (grades 9-12)
36,382
31,622
41,142
College or graduate school
45,818
39,870
51,766
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
539,899
537,960
541,838
Less than 9th grade
25,242
20,033
30,451
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
68,098
59,076
77,120
High school graduate (including equivalency)
163,357
155,226
171,488
Some college, no degree
112,741
102,346
123,136
Associate degree
29,414
24,080
34,748
Bachelor's degree
90,676
83,251
98,101
Graduate or professional degree
50,371
44,162
56,580
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
82.7
80.7
84.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
26.1
24.5
27.8
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
309,525
308,609
310,441
Never married
116,559
109,918
123,200
Now married, except separated
153,912
145,264
162,560
Separated
4,333
2,099
6,567
Widowed
5,583
3,765
7,401
Divorced
29,138
23,721
34,555
 
Females 15 years and over
344,970
343,917
346,023
Never married
107,942
100,329
115,555
Now married, except separated
153,580
144,896
162,264
Separated
7,178
4,337
10,019
Widowed
28,739
24,838
32,640
Divorced
47,531
41,129
53,933
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
16,504
12,528
20,481
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
8,030
5,152
10,908
Per 1,000 unmarried women
62
41
83
As a percent of all women with a birth
48.7
37.5
59.9
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
71
55
88
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
86
27
145
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
110
77
143
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
29
14
44
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
20,688
14,588
26,788
Responsible for grandchildren
9,708
6,406
13,010
less than 1 year
2,263
204
4,322
1 or 2 years
1,459
19
2,899
3 or 4 years
2,429
358
4,500
5 or more years
3,557
1,856
5,258
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
63.4
50.4
76.4
Percent who are married
66.5
49.8
83.2
Percent who are in labor force
64.6
49.1
80.1
Percent who are in poverty
17.7
1.5
33.9
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
620,621
619,796
621,446
Civilian veterans
78,138
71,721
84,555
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
191,610
187,223
195,997
With a disability
15,485
11,611
19,359
 
Population 21 to 64 years
496,706
492,327
501,085
With a disability
77,204
69,857
84,551
Percent employed
53.2
46.4
60.0
No disability
419,502
411,245
427,759
Percent employed
85.0
83.2
86.8
 
Population 65 years and over
89,380
88,248
90,512
With a disability
38,506
34,143
42,869
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
830,282
826,994
833,570
Same house
646,240
626,549
665,931
Different house in the U.S.
175,655
157,856
193,454
Same county
135,736
119,083
152,389
Different county
39,919
30,984
48,854
Same state
18,492
12,225
24,759
Different state
21,427
14,845
28,009
Abroad
8,387
2,247
14,527
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
841,758
*****
*****
Native
803,263
795,257
811,269
Born in United States
799,253
791,270
807,236
State of residence
579,720
564,322
595,118
Different state
219,533
205,741
233,325
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
4,010
1,806
6,214
Foreign born
38,495
30,489
46,501
Naturalized citizen
16,648
12,012
21,285
Not a citizen
21,847
14,600
29,094
Entered 1990 or later
21,323
13,434
29,212
Entered before 1990
17,172
13,379
20,965
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
38,495
30,489
46,501
Europe
10,380
5,184
15,576
Asia
11,253
7,445
15,061
Africa
1,712
432
2,992
Oceania
201
0
531
Latin America
13,709
9,917
17,501
Northern America
1,240
316
2,164
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
778,286
777,446
779,126
English only
723,503
715,552
731,454
Language other than English
54,783
46,682
62,885
Speak English less than "very well"
20,068
15,620
24,516
Spanish
26,494
21,080
31,908
Speak English less than "very well"
13,043
8,873
17,213
Other Indo-European languages
18,609
12,585
24,633
Speak English less than "very well"
2,822
1,192
4,452
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
6,747
3,025
10,469
Speak English less than "very well"
3,966
1,362
6,570
Other languages
2,933
0
6,246
Speak English less than "very well"
237
0
626
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
841,758
*****
*****
Arab
5,744
1,348
10,140
Czech
1,862
116
3,608
Danish
1,262
326
2,198
Dutch
13,774
10,010
17,538
English
76,201
64,854
87,548
French (except Basque)
15,083
11,054
19,112
French Canadian
2,182
1,149
3,215
German
174,610
160,443
188,777
Greek
2,823
1,069
4,577
Hungarian
3,272
1,127
5,417
Irish
104,689
92,268
117,110
Italian
23,300
16,858
29,742
Lithuanian
796
44
1,548
Norwegian
2,358
1,079
3,637
Polish
9,190
6,118
12,262
Portuguese
654
0
1,722
Russian
3,360
0
6,792
Scotch-Irish
11,558
8,035
15,081
Scottish
14,999
10,765
19,233
Slovak
1,950
483
3,417
Subsaharan African
7,887
3,764
12,010
Swedish
8,455
5,323
11,587
Swiss
2,580
258
4,902
Ukrainian
1,623
301
2,945
United States or American
73,058
62,419
83,697
Welsh
9,155
5,992
12,318
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
1,704
323
3,085
 

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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