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

Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile Mecklenburg County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	191,345	178,921	203,770
Nursery school, preschool	11,969	9,225	14,713
Kindergarten	10,297	7,342	13,252
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	79,875	75,240	84,510
High school grade (grades 9-12)	34,694	29,134	40,255
College or graduate school	54,510	42,293	66,727

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	443,356	439,398	447,314
Less than 9th grade	17,716	13,197	22,235
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	36,726	30,367	43,085
High school graduate (including equivalency)	88,672	78,696	98,648
Some college, no degree	90,098	80,530	99,666
Associate degree	36,420	28,370	44,470
Bachelor's degree	133,453	124,124	142,782
Graduate or professional degree	40,271	35,191	45,351

Percent high school graduate or higher	87.7	86.2	89.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	39.2	37.1	41.3

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	257,622	255,132	260,112
Never married	83,563	76,079	91,047
Now married, except separated	141,619	132,721	150,517
Separated	7,193	4,507	9,879
Widowed	4,582	2,346	6,818
Divorced	20,665	16,299	25,031

Females 15 years and over	273,298	270,351	276,245
Never married	73,787	67,642	79,932
Now married, except separated	135,627	126,935	144,319
Separated	9,302	6,302	12,302
Widowed	21,616	18,309	24,923
Divorced	32,966	27,575	38,357

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	12,593	9,008	16,178
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	4,544	2,359	6,729
Per 1,000 unmarried women	48	25	71
As a percent of all women with a birth	36.1	24.1	48.1
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	64	46	82
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	10	0	28
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	124	84	164
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	16	8	24

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	12,810	8,824	16,796
Responsible for grandchildren	7,675	4,502	10,848
less than 1 year	5,361	2,551	8,171
1 or 2 years	851	0	1,861
3 or 4 years	913	0	1,923
5 or more years	550	0	1,208

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	55.5	36.2	74.8
Percent who are married	57.5	33.7	81.3
Percent who are in labor force	78.5	61.8	95.2
Percent who are in poverty	14.1	0.0	29.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	505,922	504,975	506,869
Civilian veterans	54,594	49,357	59,831

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	141,594	137,245	145,943
With a disability	8,176	5,224	11,128

Population 21 to 64 years	431,345	426,925	435,765
With a disability	41,234	35,208	47,260
Percent employed	50.2	42.1	58.3
No disability	390,111	383,014	397,208
Percent employed	84.2	82.2	86.2

Population 65 years and over	54,724	53,515	55,933
With a disability	18,585	16,224	20,946

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	670,429	667,777	673,081
Same house	528,079	504,369	551,790
Different house in the U.S.	137,382	113,820	160,944
Same county	58,222	48,012	68,432
Different county	79,160	57,824	100,496
Same state	36,678	24,973	48,383
Different state	42,482	27,625	57,339
Abroad	4,968	1,208	8,728

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	680,042	*****	*****
Native	622,414	615,058	629,770
Born in United States	615,868	608,176	623,560
State of residence	304,629	288,188	321,070
Different state	311,239	295,222	327,256
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	6,546	3,545	9,547
Foreign born	57,628	50,272	64,984
Naturalized citizen	10,826	7,947	13,705
Not a citizen	46,802	39,139	54,465
Entered 1990 or later	37,748	30,640	44,856
Entered before 1990	19,880	15,803	23,957

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	57,628	50,272	64,984
Europe	9,610	5,769	13,451
Asia	14,631	11,255	18,007
Africa	4,453	981	7,925
Oceania	210	0	563
Latin America	27,805	23,157	32,453
Northern America	919	92	1,746

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	628,096	627,184	629,008
English only	562,026	556,083	567,969
Language other than English	66,070	60,142	71,998
Speak English less than "very well"	18,928	14,293	23,563
Spanish	37,748	33,465	42,031
Speak English less than "very well"	6,982	3,819	10,145
Other Indo-European languages	12,252	7,977	16,527
Speak English less than "very well"	2,726	1,025	4,427
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	12,351	8,835	15,867
Speak English less than "very well"	7,526	4,000	11,052
Other languages	3,719	1,290	6,148
Speak English less than "very well"	1,694	0	3,491

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	680,042	*****	*****
Arab	1,053	175	1,931
Czech	1,902	554	3,250
Danish	2,337	745	3,929
Dutch	8,492	5,527	11,457
English	63,470	55,576	71,364
French (except Basque)	12,550	6,803	18,297
French Canadian	1,463	524	2,402
German	71,547	61,956	81,138
Greek	5,084	2,596	7,572
Hungarian	4,348	1,649	7,047
Irish	61,718	50,802	72,634
Italian	32,491	24,607	40,375
Lithuanian	602	11	1,193
Norwegian	3,626	2,128	5,124
Polish	11,914	6,111	17,717
Portuguese	567	0	1,277
Russian	5,774	2,713	8,835
Scotch-Irish	24,735	19,679	29,791
Scottish	16,417	12,234	20,600
Slovak	741	0	1,734
Subsaharan African	7,752	2,640	12,864
Swedish	10,776	2,364	19,188
Swiss	1,167	134	2,200
Ukrainian	715	15	1,415
United States or American	50,408	40,218	60,598
Welsh	5,391	2,718	8,064
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	1,343	0	2,841

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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