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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Bernalillo 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
144,531
136,535
152,527
Nursery school, preschool
7,288
4,356
10,220
Kindergarten
5,629
3,406
7,852
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
63,299
58,007
68,591
High school grade (grades 9-12)
28,109
24,370
31,848
College or graduate school
40,206
33,829
46,583
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
353,050
350,070
356,030
Less than 9th grade
20,492
15,796
25,188
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
26,039
21,589
30,489
High school graduate (including equivalency)
102,632
93,006
112,258
Some college, no degree
78,917
71,946
85,888
Associate degree
18,047
13,879
22,215
Bachelor's degree
66,995
60,222
73,768
Graduate or professional degree
39,928
34,884
44,972
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
86.8
85.0
88.6
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
30.3
27.8
32.8
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
205,902
204,534
207,270
Never married
61,931
56,456
67,406
Now married, except separated
107,049
100,055
114,043
Separated
3,586
2,052
5,121
Widowed
5,449
3,426
7,472
Divorced
27,887
23,234
32,540
 
Females 15 years and over
222,876
221,467
224,285
Never married
59,338
54,710
63,966
Now married, except separated
108,126
101,934
114,318
Separated
5,654
2,841
8,467
Widowed
16,847
13,824
19,870
Divorced
32,911
28,793
37,029
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
9,328
6,340
12,316
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
3,087
1,247
4,927
Per 1,000 unmarried women
41
16
66
As a percent of all women with a birth
33.1
16.6
49.6
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
62
42
82
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
26
0
56
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
134
83
185
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
13
3
23
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
10,012
6,387
13,637
Responsible for grandchildren
5,211
2,371
8,051
less than 1 year
1,858
373
3,343
1 or 2 years
895
17
1,773
3 or 4 years
136
0
370
5 or more years
2,322
195
4,449
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
61.8
49.4
74.2
Percent who are married
67.1
46.1
88.1
Percent who are in labor force
37.6
14.3
60.9
Percent who are in poverty
2.9
0.0
7.7
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
404,481
403,542
405,420
Civilian veterans
63,909
59,020
68,798
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
125,156
121,092
129,220
With a disability
7,104
3,545
10,663
 
Population 21 to 64 years
321,916
318,124
325,708
With a disability
41,983
35,561
48,405
Percent employed
55.4
49.0
61.8
No disability
279,933
273,104
286,762
Percent employed
76.9
74.8
79.0
 
Population 65 years and over
59,940
59,079
60,801
With a disability
24,716
21,560
27,872
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
538,085
535,569
540,601
Same house
435,769
420,285
451,253
Different house in the U.S.
98,751
84,206
113,296
Same county
67,013
53,782
80,244
Different county
31,738
22,754
40,722
Same state
13,979
6,897
21,061
Different state
17,759
13,028
22,490
Abroad
3,565
1,522
5,608
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
546,051
*****
*****
Native
503,381
493,417
513,345
Born in United States
496,191
485,616
506,766
State of residence
269,589
255,010
284,168
Different state
226,602
215,969
237,235
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
7,190
4,241
10,139
Foreign born
42,670
32,706
52,634
Naturalized citizen
14,732
11,823
17,641
Not a citizen
27,938
18,094
37,782
Entered 1990 or later
16,203
9,237
23,169
Entered before 1990
26,467
19,037
33,897
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
42,670
32,706
52,634
Europe
3,525
1,517
5,533
Asia
8,869
7,480
10,258
Africa
213
0
573
Oceania
0
0
437
Latin America
29,065
19,434
38,696
Northern America
998
157
1,840
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
508,541
507,254
509,828
English only
361,843
349,460
374,226
Language other than English
146,698
134,206
159,190
Speak English less than "very well"
43,646
34,472
52,820
Spanish
119,444
108,658
130,230
Speak English less than "very well"
35,476
26,962
43,990
Other Indo-European languages
10,946
7,478
14,414
Speak English less than "very well"
2,379
1,071
3,687
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
6,003
3,615
8,391
Speak English less than "very well"
4,314
2,212
6,416
Other languages
10,305
5,281
15,329
Speak English less than "very well"
1,477
32
2,922
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
546,051
*****
*****
Arab
3,135
822
5,448
Czech
1,273
156
2,390
Danish
2,267
1,120
3,414
Dutch
8,004
5,852
10,156
English
61,307
52,783
69,831
French (except Basque)
11,645
8,720
14,570
French Canadian
2,598
1,217
3,979
German
64,052
56,718
71,386
Greek
1,829
240
3,418
Hungarian
2,186
572
3,800
Irish
46,873
38,404
55,342
Italian
25,371
19,510
31,232
Lithuanian
963
0
1,970
Norwegian
5,608
3,513
7,704
Polish
11,057
7,123
14,991
Portuguese
1,094
0
2,241
Russian
2,865
1,294
4,436
Scotch-Irish
11,408
7,733
15,083
Scottish
13,602
9,870
17,334
Slovak
831
143
1,519
Subsaharan African
709
67
1,351
Swedish
5,930
3,221
8,639
Swiss
3,204
0
6,425
Ukrainian
1,079
152
2,006
United States or American
18,056
12,822
23,290
Welsh
3,893
2,076
5,710
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0
0
437
 

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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