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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Guilford 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
101,179
95,330
107,028
Nursery school, preschool
5,547
3,468
7,626
Kindergarten
5,695
3,324
8,066
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
45,066
41,010
49,122
High school grade (grades 9-12)
21,812
18,669
24,955
College or graduate school
23,059
18,193
27,925
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
270,822
267,243
274,401
Less than 9th grade
14,225
9,575
18,875
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
31,429
24,565
38,293
High school graduate (including equivalency)
65,851
56,870
74,832
Some college, no degree
52,904
46,243
59,565
Associate degree
16,233
12,776
19,690
Bachelor's degree
61,065
53,760
68,370
Graduate or professional degree
29,115
24,224
34,006
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
83.1
80.0
86.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
33.3
29.8
36.8
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
152,267
148,467
156,067
Never married
42,591
38,271
46,911
Now married, except separated
91,067
85,544
96,590
Separated
1,661
648
2,674
Widowed
3,625
1,970
5,280
Divorced
13,323
9,272
17,374
 
Females 15 years and over
170,817
166,745
174,889
Never married
43,708
39,705
47,711
Now married, except separated
90,623
83,256
97,990
Separated
3,541
1,660
5,422
Widowed
17,352
14,918
19,786
Divorced
15,593
12,463
18,723
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
6,404
3,531
9,277
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
3,311
798
5,824
Per 1,000 unmarried women
63
17
109
As a percent of all women with a birth
51.7
29.6
73.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
57
32
82
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
39
0
82
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
128
62
194
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
6
0
13
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
7,984
5,101
10,867
Responsible for grandchildren
5,046
3,102
6,990
less than 1 year
791
0
1,651
1 or 2 years
0
0
563
3 or 4 years
1,227
225
2,229
5 or more years
3,028
1,401
4,655
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
65.9
55.2
76.6
Percent who are married
80.6
64.3
96.9
Percent who are in labor force
77.7
62.4
93.0
Percent who are in poverty
11.9
0.0
27.7
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
307,596
306,966
308,226
Civilian veterans
34,290
30,741
37,839
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
81,834
79,186
84,482
With a disability
4,765
2,562
6,968
 
Population 21 to 64 years
251,858
249,304
254,412
With a disability
32,039
27,096
36,982
Percent employed
55.7
47.9
63.5
No disability
219,819
214,145
225,493
Percent employed
84.8
82.7
86.9
 
Population 65 years and over
45,613
45,085
46,141
With a disability
17,067
14,795
19,339
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
403,486
402,024
404,948
Same house
324,394
309,694
339,094
Different house in the U.S.
78,670
64,262
93,078
Same county
49,967
38,290
61,644
Different county
28,703
20,113
37,293
Same state
14,561
9,755
19,367
Different state
14,142
7,390
20,894
Abroad
422
0
1,168
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
407,071
*****
*****
Native
379,529
373,417
385,641
Born in United States
376,763
370,491
383,035
State of residence
248,523
237,711
259,335
Different state
128,240
117,967
138,513
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
2,766
1,547
3,985
Foreign born
27,542
21,430
33,654
Naturalized citizen
7,393
5,076
9,710
Not a citizen
20,149
13,402
26,896
Entered 1990 or later
16,037
8,922
23,152
Entered before 1990
11,505
6,941
16,069
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
27,542
21,430
33,654
Europe
2,377
186
4,568
Asia
9,811
8,060
11,562
Africa
3,807
1,014
6,600
Oceania
0
0
563
Latin America
11,547
6,562
16,532
Northern America
0
0
563
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
379,778
378,818
380,738
English only
348,103
343,330
352,876
Language other than English
31,675
26,915
36,435
Speak English less than "very well"
18,599
13,261
23,937
Spanish
13,759
11,607
15,911
Speak English less than "very well"
9,234
4,908
13,560
Other Indo-European languages
5,164
1,920
8,408
Speak English less than "very well"
2,738
255
5,221
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
9,679
7,839
11,519
Speak English less than "very well"
5,324
3,951
6,697
Other languages
3,073
562
5,584
Speak English less than "very well"
1,303
0
3,163
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
407,071
*****
*****
Arab
1,544
552
2,536
Czech
2,625
0
5,570
Danish
393
0
896
Dutch
7,086
3,794
10,378
English
37,232
30,140
44,324
French (except Basque)
9,089
6,170
12,008
French Canadian
1,308
392
2,224
German
39,114
32,681
45,547
Greek
5,729
0
11,620
Hungarian
1,127
302
1,952
Irish
32,744
27,017
38,471
Italian
7,971
4,843
11,099
Lithuanian
166
0
433
Norwegian
3,366
1,368
5,364
Polish
6,179
3,062
9,296
Portuguese
0
0
563
Russian
2,051
706
3,396
Scotch-Irish
15,632
11,189
20,075
Scottish
6,710
4,516
8,905
Slovak
1,564
0
3,397
Subsaharan African
4,941
1,740
8,142
Swedish
2,227
557
3,897
Swiss
1,256
0
2,561
Ukrainian
150
0
393
United States or American
69,308
57,623
80,993
Welsh
3,114
1,436
4,792
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
591
0
1,322
 

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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