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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
St. Louis 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
271,875
264,483
279,267
Nursery school, preschool
15,788
11,871
19,705
Kindergarten
11,209
7,960
14,458
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
120,312
115,499
125,125
High school grade (grades 9-12)
56,090
52,378
59,803
College or graduate school
68,476
62,328
74,624
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
662,600
660,769
664,432
Less than 9th grade
27,484
22,854
32,114
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
52,761
47,039
58,483
High school graduate (including equivalency)
154,420
143,908
164,932
Some college, no degree
138,102
128,407
147,797
Associate degree
41,689
36,775
46,603
Bachelor's degree
155,754
145,273
166,235
Graduate or professional degree
92,390
84,216
100,564
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
87.9
86.9
88.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
37.5
35.7
39.3
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
364,644
363,279
366,009
Never married
97,658
91,911
103,405
Now married, except separated
217,578
210,041
225,115
Separated
7,936
5,423
10,449
Widowed
11,324
8,319
14,329
Divorced
30,148
24,903
35,393
 
Females 15 years and over
421,620
420,488
422,752
Never married
100,025
94,488
105,562
Now married, except separated
219,717
212,546
226,888
Separated
9,426
6,621
12,231
Widowed
38,303
35,218
41,389
Divorced
54,149
48,387
59,911
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
17,845
12,940
22,750
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
3,854
1,351
6,357
Per 1,000 unmarried women
31
11
51
As a percent of all women with a birth
21.6
9.4
33.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
67
49
85
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
3
0
10
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
139
99
179
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
32
9
55
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
20,529
15,698
25,360
Responsible for grandchildren
7,375
4,827
9,923
less than 1 year
531
28
1,034
1 or 2 years
3,122
1,246
4,998
3 or 4 years
1,206
112
2,300
5 or more years
2,516
1,246
3,787
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
68.3
58.1
78.5
Percent who are married
74.4
60.0
88.8
Percent who are in labor force
68.3
53.5
83.2
Percent who are in poverty
0.0
0.0
7.8
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
741,464
741,127
741,801
Civilian veterans
99,774
94,707
104,841
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
224,994
220,707
229,281
With a disability
19,793
11,871
27,715
 
Population 21 to 64 years
574,691
570,736
578,646
With a disability
71,129
62,813
79,445
Percent employed
59.2
52.8
65.6
No disability
503,562
494,972
512,152
Percent employed
80.7
79.4
82.0
 
Population 65 years and over
132,721
131,926
133,516
With a disability
47,923
44,207
51,639
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
984,347
981,295
987,400
Same house
847,104
830,853
863,355
Different house in the U.S.
131,904
116,079
147,729
Same county
56,819
46,172
67,466
Different county
75,085
61,824
88,346
Same state
54,416
42,089
66,743
Different state
20,669
14,297
27,041
Abroad
5,339
2,480
8,198
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
997,029
*****
*****
Native
943,040
935,995
950,086
Born in United States
939,207
931,866
946,548
State of residence
665,600
651,200
680,000
Different state
273,607
261,580
285,634
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
3,833
2,165
5,501
Foreign born
53,989
46,944
61,035
Naturalized citizen
20,797
16,085
25,509
Not a citizen
33,192
26,927
39,457
Entered 1990 or later
27,196
21,505
32,887
Entered before 1990
26,793
21,564
32,022
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
53,989
46,944
61,035
Europe
16,970
12,159
21,781
Asia
21,725
18,041
25,409
Africa
2,299
670
3,928
Oceania
135
0
361
Latin America
8,825
6,155
11,495
Northern America
4,035
1,383
6,687
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
932,554
931,043
934,065
English only
867,571
858,569
876,573
Language other than English
64,983
56,345
73,621
Speak English less than "very well"
22,587
18,099
27,075
Spanish
16,058
12,705
19,411
Speak English less than "very well"
8,380
5,705
11,055
Other Indo-European languages
26,781
21,079
32,483
Speak English less than "very well"
7,314
4,306
10,322
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
14,726
12,520
16,932
Speak English less than "very well"
6,709
4,622
8,796
Other languages
7,418
2,311
12,525
Speak English less than "very well"
184
0
502
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
997,029
*****
*****
Arab
4,158
1,589
6,727
Czech
13,991
8,907
19,075
Danish
2,207
527
3,887
Dutch
9,378
5,771
12,985
English
109,064
98,562
119,566
French (except Basque)
48,998
41,000
56,996
French Canadian
2,990
1,322
4,658
German
308,522
291,517
325,527
Greek
8,214
4,523
11,905
Hungarian
6,091
3,877
8,305
Irish
153,614
140,325
166,903
Italian
54,329
45,162
63,496
Lithuanian
1,801
243
3,359
Norwegian
5,642
3,304
7,980
Polish
32,011
25,482
38,540
Portuguese
430
0
950
Russian
16,445
11,553
21,337
Scotch-Irish
19,496
15,260
23,732
Scottish
15,073
11,389
18,757
Slovak
1,655
703
2,607
Subsaharan African
4,904
1,886
7,922
Swedish
9,441
5,791
13,091
Swiss
4,044
2,320
5,768
Ukrainian
1,111
258
1,964
United States or American
59,491
48,028
70,954
Welsh
6,666
3,853
9,479
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
1,312
215
2,409
 

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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