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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Middlesex 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
182,225
172,838
191,612
Nursery school, preschool
11,395
7,989
14,801
Kindergarten
14,351
10,490
18,212
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
75,399
69,297
81,501
High school grade (grades 9-12)
32,562
28,544
36,580
College or graduate school
48,518
40,910
56,126
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
489,562
486,250
492,874
Less than 9th grade
21,012
16,801
25,223
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
42,701
35,349
50,053
High school graduate (including equivalency)
143,569
133,125
154,014
Some college, no degree
82,552
74,743
90,361
Associate degree
26,128
21,949
30,307
Bachelor's degree
108,803
99,223
118,383
Graduate or professional degree
64,797
57,125
72,470
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
87.0
85.2
88.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
35.5
33.4
37.6
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
280,637
277,642
283,632
Never married
86,514
80,163
92,865
Now married, except separated
165,954
160,083
171,825
Separated
1,745
234
3,256
Widowed
6,431
4,494
8,368
Divorced
19,993
15,965
24,021
 
Females 15 years and over
299,463
295,181
303,745
Never married
79,528
72,230
86,826
Now married, except separated
160,840
153,725
167,955
Separated
3,801
1,339
6,263
Widowed
30,782
26,883
34,681
Divorced
24,512
20,435
28,589
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
11,317
7,895
14,739
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
1,052
0
2,219
Per 1,000 unmarried women
12
0
25
As a percent of all women with a birth
9.3
0.0
18.9
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
57
39
75
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
8
0
23
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
105
69
141
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
29
16
42
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
11,437
7,409
15,465
Responsible for grandchildren
3,918
933
6,903
less than 1 year
1,204
6
2,402
1 or 2 years
1,521
0
3,993
3 or 4 years
197
0
524
5 or more years
996
0
2,201
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
58.3
43.0
73.6
Percent who are married
79.1
51.1
100.0
Percent who are in labor force
29.2
0.8
57.6
Percent who are in poverty
38.8
0.0
84.0
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
552,711
552,168
553,254
Civilian veterans
56,452
51,316
61,588
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
151,731
147,128
156,335
With a disability
5,852
3,496
8,208
 
Population 21 to 64 years
438,310
432,438
444,182
With a disability
44,733
38,032
51,434
Percent employed
59.1
52.5
65.7
No disability
393,577
385,433
401,721
Percent employed
78.5
76.4
80.6
 
Population 65 years and over
90,026
86,746
93,306
With a disability
35,081
31,062
39,100
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
720,203
718,149
722,257
Same house
620,466
606,462
634,470
Different house in the U.S.
85,728
73,143
98,313
Same county
42,197
32,919
51,475
Different county
43,531
32,103
54,959
Same state
25,958
14,698
37,218
Different state
17,573
11,080
24,066
Abroad
14,009
6,445
21,573
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
729,342
*****
*****
Native
554,346
537,270
571,422
Born in United States
539,487
524,995
553,979
State of residence
364,462
346,320
382,604
Different state
175,025
159,888
190,162
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
14,859
10,043
19,675
Foreign born
174,996
157,920
192,072
Naturalized citizen
78,550
67,934
89,166
Not a citizen
96,446
81,116
111,776
Entered 1990 or later
81,681
67,366
95,996
Entered before 1990
93,315
81,531
105,099
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
174,996
157,920
192,072
Europe
30,970
24,570
37,370
Asia
78,272
74,023
82,521
Africa
13,614
6,143
21,085
Oceania
1,031
0
2,404
Latin America
49,742
35,791
63,693
Northern America
1,367
0
2,925
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
680,067
*****
*****
English only
450,628
434,869
466,387
Language other than English
229,439
213,680
245,198
Speak English less than "very well"
71,840
59,087
84,593
Spanish
82,325
76,553
88,097
Speak English less than "very well"
33,450
23,740
43,160
Other Indo-European languages
73,631
59,608
87,654
Speak English less than "very well"
17,515
13,015
22,015
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
52,354
45,606
59,103
Speak English less than "very well"
17,697
12,203
23,192
Other languages
21,129
11,661
30,597
Speak English less than "very well"
3,178
698
5,658
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
729,342
*****
*****
Arab
9,496
4,266
14,727
Czech
3,464
1,481
5,447
Danish
4,073
2,055
6,091
Dutch
8,841
5,135
12,547
English
28,181
22,048
34,314
French (except Basque)
7,904
4,885
10,924
French Canadian
2,056
426
3,686
German
72,039
64,345
79,733
Greek
3,697
1,318
6,076
Hungarian
36,878
27,882
45,874
Irish
83,442
73,083
93,801
Italian
113,688
100,391
126,985
Lithuanian
5,879
3,264
8,494
Norwegian
2,476
1,017
3,935
Polish
69,294
59,130
79,458
Portuguese
9,901
2,823
16,980
Russian
23,580
16,982
30,178
Scotch-Irish
6,377
3,749
9,005
Scottish
7,279
4,514
10,044
Slovak
9,031
4,929
13,133
Subsaharan African
8,555
2,673
14,437
Swedish
1,616
530
2,702
Swiss
4,869
0
9,918
Ukrainian
7,824
4,948
10,700
United States or American
26,772
17,459
36,085
Welsh
1,563
456
2,670
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
6,556
2,538
10,574
 

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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