ACS: 2000 C2SS Tabular Profile for Essex County -- Table 2

Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile Essex County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	205,196	195,751	214,641
Nursery school, preschool	16,444	12,837	20,051
Kindergarten	11,286	7,466	15,106
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	90,239	84,565	95,913
High school grade (grades 9-12)	43,198	38,265	48,132
College or graduate school	44,029	36,262	51,796

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	496,042	494,133	497,951
Less than 9th grade	37,610	29,317	45,903
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	82,994	72,459	93,529
High school graduate (including equivalency)	136,789	123,881	149,697
Some college, no degree	76,268	66,256	86,280
Associate degree	19,669	14,204	25,134
Bachelor's degree	82,871	75,050	90,692
Graduate or professional degree	59,841	51,650	68,032

Percent high school graduate or higher	75.7	73.1	78.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	28.8	26.7	30.9

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	276,577	274,595	278,559
Never married	107,732	99,761	115,703
Now married, except separated	131,957	123,225	140,689
Separated	6,701	4,282	9,120
Widowed	11,425	7,132	15,718
Divorced	18,762	14,588	22,937

Females 15 years and over	320,571	318,527	322,615
Never married	109,038	101,768	116,308
Now married, except separated	132,708	123,042	142,374
Separated	8,448	5,839	11,057
Widowed	41,210	36,196	46,224
Divorced	29,167	24,158	34,176

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	16,239	11,735	20,744
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	5,293	2,772	7,814
Per 1,000 unmarried women	45	24	66
As a percent of all women with a birth	32.6	18.9	46.3
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	77	56	98
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	42	4	80
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	133	84	183
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	36	16	56

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	22,969	16,136	29,802
Responsible for grandchildren	9,064	4,761	13,367
less than 1 year	3,233	626	5,840
1 or 2 years	1,951	342	3,560
3 or 4 years	2,715	151	5,279
5 or more years	1,165	264	2,066

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	76.4	65.3	87.5
Percent who are married	69.1	45.3	92.9
Percent who are in labor force	54.1	35.5	72.7
Percent who are in poverty	17.6	0.1	35.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	564,249	563,591	564,907
Civilian veterans	48,665	41,719	55,612

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	173,729	168,418	179,040
With a disability	12,050	8,798	15,302

Population 21 to 64 years	450,413	444,526	456,300
With a disability	70,725	60,033	81,417
Percent employed	46.2	38.4	54.0
No disability	379,688	368,280	391,096
Percent employed	78.0	75.7	80.3

Population 65 years and over	89,188	86,139	92,237
With a disability	38,566	32,732	44,400

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	759,049	755,374	762,724
Same house	654,598	636,927	672,270
Different house in the U.S.	98,344	81,659	115,029
Same county	73,964	58,471	89,458
Different county	24,380	16,651	32,109
Same state	13,652	7,547	19,757
Different state	10,728	6,138	15,318
Abroad	6,107	2,927	9,287

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	770,844	*****	*****
Native	610,709	594,343	627,075
Born in United States	593,483	576,755	610,211
State of residence	411,192	393,158	429,227
Different state	182,291	168,647	195,935
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	17,226	12,590	21,863
Foreign born	160,135	143,769	176,501
Naturalized citizen	68,500	59,595	77,405
Not a citizen	91,635	77,417	105,853
Entered 1990 or later	69,438	55,309	83,567
Entered before 1990	90,697	80,045	101,349

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	160,135	143,769	176,501
Europe	36,532	26,754	46,310
Asia	26,653	20,987	32,319
Africa	11,436	6,187	16,685
Oceania	0	0	543
Latin America	84,722	71,400	98,044
Northern America	792	0	1,655

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	713,712	712,293	715,131
English only	498,315	478,739	517,891
Language other than English	215,397	195,963	234,831
Speak English less than "very well"	88,722	75,002	102,442
Spanish	103,021	95,683	110,359
Speak English less than "very well"	45,757	36,256	55,258
Other Indo-European languages	81,013	64,983	97,043
Speak English less than "very well"	32,283	22,548	42,018
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	19,800	13,502	26,098
Speak English less than "very well"	7,339	4,867	9,811
Other languages	11,563	4,499	18,627
Speak English less than "very well"	3,343	119	6,567

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	770,844	*****	*****
Arab	9,170	1,243	17,097
Czech	435	0	1,067
Danish	0	0	543
Dutch	2,292	1,036	3,548
English	21,069	15,401	26,737
French (except Basque)	7,889	2,951	12,827
French Canadian	1,223	0	2,561
German	33,364	25,984	40,744
Greek	5,710	1,636	9,784
Hungarian	6,257	4,061	8,453
Irish	63,724	53,669	73,779
Italian	81,597	71,461	91,733
Lithuanian	2,295	666	3,924
Norwegian	985	96	1,874
Polish	36,864	27,510	46,218
Portuguese	31,014	19,561	42,467
Russian	15,999	11,602	20,396
Scotch-Irish	4,119	991	7,247
Scottish	3,795	1,624	5,966
Slovak	3,458	1,186	5,730
Subsaharan African	12,033	6,672	17,394
Swedish	2,571	1,192	3,950
Swiss	259	0	665
Ukrainian	6,163	1,805	10,521
United States or American	19,142	12,002	26,282
Welsh	2,241	624	3,858
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	45,702	31,334	60,070

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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