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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Mercer 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
84,960
80,756
89,164
Nursery school, preschool
6,755
4,513
8,997
Kindergarten
3,353
1,863
4,843
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
39,470
36,271
42,669
High school grade (grades 9-12)
18,007
14,516
21,498
College or graduate school
17,375
13,790
20,960
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
222,981
220,245
225,717
Less than 9th grade
12,954
8,996
16,912
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
26,388
19,283
33,493
High school graduate (including equivalency)
54,649
47,275
62,023
Some college, no degree
33,739
28,776
38,702
Associate degree
12,679
9,841
15,517
Bachelor's degree
47,105
40,510
53,700
Graduate or professional degree
35,467
29,779
41,155
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
82.4
78.9
85.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
37.0
33.5
40.5
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
123,034
120,442
125,626
Never married
35,896
30,875
40,917
Now married, except separated
72,582
67,762
77,402
Separated
1,799
504
3,094
Widowed
4,819
2,903
6,735
Divorced
7,938
5,060
10,816
 
Females 15 years and over
136,438
134,867
138,009
Never married
36,489
32,542
40,436
Now married, except separated
64,714
58,564
70,864
Separated
3,772
2,089
5,455
Widowed
17,010
14,012
20,008
Divorced
14,453
10,247
18,659
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
4,543
2,383
6,703
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
1,774
137
3,411
Per 1,000 unmarried women
43
3
83
As a percent of all women with a birth
39.0
11.1
66.9
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
53
28
78
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
35
0
93
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
124
60
188
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
5
0
13
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
6,300
3,878
8,722
Responsible for grandchildren
2,343
944
3,742
less than 1 year
684
0
1,507
1 or 2 years
260
0
676
3 or 4 years
492
0
1,081
5 or more years
907
23
1,791
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
57.1
33.7
80.5
Percent who are married
64.8
33.5
96.2
Percent who are in labor force
55.3
25.4
85.2
Percent who are in poverty
0.0
0.0
24.8
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
245,421
244,832
246,010
Civilian veterans
21,570
18,206
24,934
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
73,287
70,187
76,387
With a disability
3,209
1,472
4,946
 
Population 21 to 64 years
194,404
191,259
197,549
With a disability
20,131
15,346
24,916
Percent employed
58.9
47.8
70.0
No disability
174,273
168,879
179,667
Percent employed
80.4
77.4
83.4
 
Population 65 years and over
39,841
38,696
40,986
With a disability
13,100
10,287
15,913
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
326,851
325,640
328,062
Same house
288,757
280,299
297,215
Different house in the U.S.
37,215
28,779
45,651
Same county
17,436
11,361
23,511
Different county
19,779
13,720
25,838
Same state
11,862
6,564
17,160
Different state
7,917
3,502
12,332
Abroad
879
95
1,663
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
329,669
*****
*****
Native
278,754
271,763
285,745
Born in United States
273,346
266,601
280,091
State of residence
183,819
173,005
194,633
Different state
89,527
80,025
99,029
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
5,408
2,908
7,908
Foreign born
50,915
43,924
57,906
Naturalized citizen
22,532
16,972
28,093
Not a citizen
28,383
22,484
34,282
Entered 1990 or later
20,969
15,819
26,119
Entered before 1990
29,946
24,084
35,808
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
50,915
43,924
57,906
Europe
13,550
9,552
17,548
Asia
12,165
10,178
14,152
Africa
9,738
4,773
14,703
Oceania
272
0
719
Latin America
14,988
9,977
19,999
Northern America
202
0
553
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
307,888
307,212
308,565
English only
248,497
241,996
254,998
Language other than English
59,391
52,958
65,824
Speak English less than "very well"
27,256
21,078
33,434
Spanish
25,230
20,932
29,528
Speak English less than "very well"
14,199
8,828
19,570
Other Indo-European languages
20,999
15,544
26,454
Speak English less than "very well"
8,467
5,419
11,515
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
11,173
7,980
14,366
Speak English less than "very well"
3,733
1,268
6,198
Other languages
1,989
583
3,395
Speak English less than "very well"
857
20
1,694
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
329,669
*****
*****
Arab
940
0
2,445
Czech
1,953
174
3,732
Danish
1,231
28
2,434
Dutch
3,006
1,137
4,875
English
35,928
29,148
42,708
French (except Basque)
5,059
2,832
7,287
French Canadian
1,177
156
2,198
German
43,138
35,878
50,398
Greek
3,630
855
6,405
Hungarian
4,441
2,527
6,355
Irish
46,810
39,043
54,577
Italian
51,371
43,324
59,418
Lithuanian
1,312
12
2,612
Norwegian
1,207
110
2,304
Polish
25,342
18,813
31,871
Portuguese
0
0
543
Russian
5,167
2,346
7,989
Scotch-Irish
4,663
2,318
7,008
Scottish
5,392
3,532
7,252
Slovak
6,594
2,556
10,632
Subsaharan African
10,755
4,028
17,482
Swedish
984
0
2,301
Swiss
656
19
1,293
Ukrainian
6,338
2,406
10,270
United States or American
8,847
4,123
13,571
Welsh
1,882
531
3,233
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
5,119
1,126
9,112
 

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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