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

Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile Providence County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	157,070	152,465	161,675
Nursery school, preschool	8,099	6,312	9,886
Kindergarten	8,808	7,307	10,310
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	69,340	66,375	72,305
High school grade (grades 9-12)	33,188	30,340	36,036
College or graduate school	37,635	33,637	41,633

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	392,235	391,369	393,101
Less than 9th grade	38,425	34,468	42,382
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	71,037	65,368	76,706
High school graduate (including equivalency)	114,747	108,193	121,301
Some college, no degree	65,001	60,670	69,332
Associate degree	25,837	22,834	28,840
Bachelor's degree	47,248	43,496	51,000
Graduate or professional degree	29,940	26,597	33,283

Percent high school graduate or higher	72.1	70.5	73.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	19.7	18.4	21.0

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	221,524	220,428	222,620
Never married	81,551	77,814	85,288
Now married, except separated	111,516	107,643	115,389
Separated	4,023	2,416	5,630
Widowed	6,946	5,606	8,286
Divorced	17,488	15,053	19,923

Females 15 years and over	249,307	248,533	250,081
Never married	73,226	69,749	76,703
Now married, except separated	110,973	105,779	116,167
Separated	8,200	6,156	10,244
Widowed	30,065	27,539	32,591
Divorced	26,843	23,705	29,981

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	9,445	7,163	11,727
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	4,572	3,049	6,095
Per 1,000 unmarried women	55	37	73
As a percent of all women with a birth	48.4	37.7	59.1
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	60	45	75
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	47	9	85
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	109	79	139
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	20	12	28

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	11,404	8,777	14,031
Responsible for grandchildren	3,584	1,799	5,369
less than 1 year	908	0	1,865
1 or 2 years	506	179	833
3 or 4 years	1,093	25	2,161
5 or more years	1,077	80	2,074

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	51.8	43.6	60.1
Percent who are married	85.9	72.7	99.1
Percent who are in labor force	38.3	23.9	52.7
Percent who are in poverty	2.0	0.0	5.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	446,462	445,515	447,409
Civilian veterans	52,236	48,736	55,736

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	131,768	129,687	133,849
With a disability	10,497	8,241	12,753

Population 21 to 64 years	340,424	338,040	342,808
With a disability	53,171	48,587	57,755
Percent employed	39.8	34.4	45.2
No disability	287,253	282,130	292,376
Percent employed	80.4	78.8	82.1

Population 65 years and over	83,093	81,898	84,288
With a disability	36,433	33,625	39,241

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	588,205	586,553	589,857
Same house	513,806	504,286	523,327
Different house in the U.S.	70,924	61,722	80,126
Same county	51,385	42,597	60,173
Different county	19,539	14,559	24,519
Same state	5,169	3,745	6,593
Different state	14,370	9,621	19,119
Abroad	3,475	2,010	4,940

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	595,148	*****	*****
Native	495,314	487,229	503,399
Born in United States	479,196	472,014	486,378
State of residence	376,741	368,557	384,925
Different state	102,455	95,697	109,213
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	16,118	11,845	20,392
Foreign born	99,834	91,749	107,919
Naturalized citizen	43,578	37,839	49,317
Not a citizen	56,256	49,461	63,051
Entered 1990 or later	33,773	27,270	40,276
Entered before 1990	66,061	59,407	72,715

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	99,834	91,749	107,919
Europe	27,779	23,088	32,470
Asia	15,368	13,274	17,462
Africa	16,347	12,187	20,507
Oceania	0	0	332
Latin America	38,484	33,202	43,766
Northern America	1,856	1,029	2,683

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	556,059	555,501	556,617
English only	407,199	397,697	416,701
Language other than English	148,860	139,381	158,339
Speak English less than "very well"	67,391	61,672	73,110
Spanish	68,379	64,343	72,415
Speak English less than "very well"	35,185	31,576	38,794
Other Indo-European languages	62,989	54,830	71,148
Speak English less than "very well"	22,041	18,236	25,846
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	14,917	12,556	17,278
Speak English less than "very well"	9,336	7,453	11,219
Other languages	2,575	1,095	4,055
Speak English less than "very well"	829	255	1,403

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	595,148	*****	*****
Arab	5,003	3,358	6,648
Czech	346	42	650
Danish	441	81	801
Dutch	2,867	559	5,175
English	56,898	51,730	62,066
French (except Basque)	92,528	84,328	100,729
French Canadian	34,132	29,626	38,638
German	25,608	21,212	30,004
Greek	2,726	1,715	3,737
Hungarian	601	203	999
Irish	103,056	95,610	110,502
Italian	115,478	107,299	123,657
Lithuanian	897	430	1,364
Norwegian	1,417	673	2,161
Polish	24,404	19,487	29,321
Portuguese	53,515	46,115	60,915
Russian	5,362	3,544	7,180
Scotch-Irish	6,607	4,802	8,412
Scottish	7,305	5,620	8,990
Slovak	377	92	662
Subsaharan African	23,741	18,534	28,948
Swedish	6,853	5,401	8,305
Swiss	952	427	1,477
Ukrainian	2,614	1,530	3,698
United States or American	12,427	8,911	15,943
Welsh	779	380	1,178
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	1,323	140	2,506

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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