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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Wake 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
161,562
154,657
168,467
Nursery school, preschool
9,364
6,826
11,902
Kindergarten
9,699
7,107
12,291
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
75,038
70,934
79,142
High school grade (grades 9-12)
27,998
24,924
31,072
College or graduate school
39,463
32,982
45,944
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
392,244
388,363
396,125
Less than 9th grade
10,948
7,645
14,251
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
23,977
18,299
29,655
High school graduate (including equivalency)
83,275
74,598
91,952
Some college, no degree
76,319
68,057
84,581
Associate degree
23,174
18,443
27,905
Bachelor's degree
122,510
113,254
131,767
Graduate or professional degree
52,041
46,515
57,567
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
91.1
89.5
92.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
44.5
41.9
47.1
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
231,809
230,829
232,789
Never married
76,793
70,363
83,223
Now married, except separated
132,391
125,552
139,230
Separated
4,426
2,451
6,401
Widowed
2,306
839
3,773
Divorced
15,893
12,106
19,680
 
Females 15 years and over
241,705
241,119
242,291
Never married
71,201
65,956
76,446
Now married, except separated
130,418
123,567
137,269
Separated
3,565
1,758
5,372
Widowed
15,696
12,497
18,895
Divorced
20,825
17,127
24,523
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
9,682
7,235
12,129
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
1,539
171
2,907
Per 1,000 unmarried women
19
1
37
As a percent of all women with a birth
15.9
2.9
28.9
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
55
42
68
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
55
0
116
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
85
59
111
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
27
11
44
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
6,577
3,780
9,374
Responsible for grandchildren
3,074
913
5,236
less than 1 year
2,234
249
4,219
1 or 2 years
197
0
542
3 or 4 years
0
0
563
5 or more years
643
3
1,283
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
77.1
55.3
98.9
Percent who are married
34.4
5.2
63.6
Percent who are in labor force
83.1
62.0
100.0
Percent who are in poverty
34.2
0.0
76.8
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
450,521
449,800
451,242
Civilian veterans
44,618
39,620
49,616
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
135,050
130,615
139,485
With a disability
10,569
7,218
13,920
 
Population 21 to 64 years
384,507
379,805
389,210
With a disability
38,776
32,810
44,742
Percent employed
60.4
52.8
68.0
No disability
345,731
339,020
352,442
Percent employed
83.2
81.6
84.9
 
Population 65 years and over
43,695
42,139
45,251
With a disability
16,831
13,889
19,773
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
598,921
596,067
601,776
Same house
474,380
459,037
489,723
Different house in the U.S.
121,860
106,565
137,156
Same county
72,772
59,902
85,642
Different county
49,088
37,718
60,458
Same state
24,194
16,508
31,880
Different state
24,894
16,816
32,972
Abroad
2,681
1,173
4,189
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
608,654
*****
*****
Native
548,248
541,531
554,965
Born in United States
543,990
537,146
550,834
State of residence
288,596
276,421
300,771
Different state
255,394
242,298
268,490
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
4,258
2,565
5,951
Foreign born
60,406
53,689
67,123
Naturalized citizen
21,093
13,190
28,997
Not a citizen
39,313
32,310
46,316
Entered 1990 or later
37,471
30,003
44,939
Entered before 1990
22,935
18,127
27,743
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
60,406
53,689
67,123
Europe
4,428
2,438
6,418
Asia
17,094
14,157
20,031
Africa
7,147
2,118
12,176
Oceania
177
0
486
Latin America
27,469
24,187
30,751
Northern America
4,091
1,588
6,594
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
564,198
563,394
565,002
English only
493,869
487,988
499,750
Language other than English
70,329
64,373
76,286
Speak English less than "very well"
28,280
23,023
33,537
Spanish
35,446
32,021
38,871
Speak English less than "very well"
20,696
17,023
24,369
Other Indo-European languages
14,139
9,407
18,871
Speak English less than "very well"
2,686
706
4,666
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
14,675
11,294
18,056
Speak English less than "very well"
4,549
2,214
6,884
Other languages
6,069
1,871
10,267
Speak English less than "very well"
349
0
920
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
608,654
*****
*****
Arab
6,175
1,015
11,335
Czech
1,707
329
3,085
Danish
2,088
304
3,872
Dutch
8,772
5,490
12,054
English
89,918
77,642
102,194
French (except Basque)
16,131
11,754
20,508
French Canadian
4,430
2,356
6,504
German
84,043
74,037
94,049
Greek
1,539
429
2,649
Hungarian
1,011
0
2,163
Irish
65,333
57,992
72,674
Italian
29,017
21,656
36,378
Lithuanian
207
0
547
Norwegian
4,675
2,619
6,731
Polish
14,029
9,582
18,476
Portuguese
1,498
0
3,016
Russian
4,456
1,349
7,563
Scotch-Irish
26,068
21,222
30,914
Scottish
24,422
19,352
29,492
Slovak
607
110
1,104
Subsaharan African
4,843
858
8,828
Swedish
5,902
3,277
8,527
Swiss
1,140
0
2,653
Ukrainian
1,299
350
2,248
United States or American
44,958
36,365
53,551
Welsh
5,283
2,549
8,017
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
1,017
0
2,263
 

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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