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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Douglas 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
127,595
125,643
129,547
Nursery school, preschool
7,130
6,368
7,892
Kindergarten
5,960
5,181
6,739
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
56,021
54,940
57,102
High school grade (grades 9-12)
25,927
24,975
26,879
College or graduate school
32,557
30,760
34,354
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
285,952
285,790
286,114
Less than 9th grade
9,933
8,912
10,954
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
21,333
19,774
22,892
High school graduate (including equivalency)
78,740
76,029
81,451
Some college, no degree
69,976
67,763
72,189
Associate degree
17,296
15,910
18,682
Bachelor's degree
59,308
57,600
61,016
Graduate or professional degree
29,366
27,838
30,894
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
89.1
88.6
89.6
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
31.0
30.2
31.8
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
168,812
168,673
168,951
Never married
58,083
56,212
59,954
Now married, except separated
90,574
88,474
92,674
Separated
1,859
1,397
2,321
Widowed
3,688
3,170
4,206
Divorced
14,608
13,451
15,765
 
Females 15 years and over
181,049
180,864
181,234
Never married
50,226
48,718
51,734
Now married, except separated
88,514
86,643
90,385
Separated
2,935
2,377
3,493
Widowed
15,823
14,843
16,803
Divorced
23,551
22,172
24,930
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
7,672
6,852
8,492
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
1,821
1,367
2,275
Per 1,000 unmarried women
29
21
37
As a percent of all women with a birth
23.7
18.4
29.0
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
62
55
69
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
41
21
61
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
111
98
124
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
24
19
29
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
6,296
5,458
7,134
Responsible for grandchildren
2,818
2,153
3,483
less than 1 year
488
216
760
1 or 2 years
962
512
1,412
3 or 4 years
490
266
714
5 or more years
878
515
1,241
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
61.5
54.1
68.9
Percent who are married
62.5
51.9
73.1
Percent who are in labor force
63.6
49.9
77.3
Percent who are in poverty
26.3
13.6
39.0
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
329,434
329,200
329,668
Civilian veterans
43,154
41,707
44,601
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
105,212
104,293
106,131
With a disability
6,940
5,976
7,904
 
Population 21 to 64 years
264,294
263,378
265,210
With a disability
32,635
30,660
34,610
Percent employed
54.2
50.9
57.5
No disability
231,659
229,316
234,002
Percent employed
83.0
82.2
83.8
 
Population 65 years and over
47,540
47,324
47,756
With a disability
18,759
17,766
19,752
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
445,224
444,411
446,037
Same house
361,023
356,382
365,664
Different house in the U.S.
80,832
76,372
85,292
Same county
55,933
52,176
59,690
Different county
24,899
21,756
28,042
Same state
9,800
7,889
11,711
Different state
15,099
12,860
17,338
Abroad
3,369
2,358
4,380
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
451,878
*****
*****
Native
423,168
421,384
424,952
Born in United States
419,960
417,987
421,933
State of residence
268,888
265,133
272,643
Different state
151,072
147,100
155,044
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
3,208
2,515
3,901
Foreign born
28,710
26,926
30,494
Naturalized citizen
8,850
7,768
9,932
Not a citizen
19,860
18,213
21,507
Entered 1990 or later
17,969
16,342
19,596
Entered before 1990
10,741
9,751
11,731
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
28,710
26,926
30,494
Europe
4,213
3,438
4,989
Asia
7,123
6,338
7,908
Africa
2,214
1,277
3,151
Oceania
138
42
234
Latin America
14,423
12,988
15,859
Northern America
599
180
1,018
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
417,697
417,567
417,827
English only
380,644
378,694
382,594
Language other than English
37,053
35,108
38,998
Speak English less than "very well"
18,626
17,067
20,185
Spanish
22,533
21,263
23,804
Speak English less than "very well"
13,877
12,644
15,110
Other Indo-European languages
8,194
6,947
9,441
Speak English less than "very well"
2,173
1,660
2,686
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
4,103
3,440
4,766
Speak English less than "very well"
1,805
1,328
2,282
Other languages
2,223
1,283
3,164
Speak English less than "very well"
771
172
1,370
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
451,878
*****
*****
Arab
2,083
1,393
2,773
Czech
21,254
19,601
22,907
Danish
14,340
12,908
15,772
Dutch
8,843
7,591
10,095
English
45,301
42,654
47,948
French (except Basque)
15,493
13,539
17,447
French Canadian
1,376
942
1,810
German
151,226
146,885
155,567
Greek
1,143
602
1,684
Hungarian
1,608
1,144
2,072
Irish
74,748
71,194
78,302
Italian
20,670
18,678
22,662
Lithuanian
2,073
1,375
2,771
Norwegian
11,417
10,465
12,369
Polish
23,212
21,136
25,288
Portuguese
351
125
577
Russian
4,009
3,070
4,948
Scotch-Irish
7,735
6,722
8,748
Scottish
7,001
5,993
8,009
Slovak
117
13
221
Subsaharan African
3,213
1,976
4,451
Swedish
22,020
19,774
24,266
Swiss
1,901
1,337
2,465
Ukrainian
874
480
1,268
United States or American
14,063
12,459
15,667
Welsh
3,017
2,393
3,641
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
216
33
399
 

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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