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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Bexar 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
386,956
374,490
399,422
Nursery school, preschool
18,918
14,781
23,055
Kindergarten
27,347
21,224
33,470
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
178,293
170,246
186,340
High school grade (grades 9-12)
81,044
75,328
86,760
College or graduate school
81,354
70,504
92,204
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
832,545
829,887
835,203
Less than 9th grade
97,720
89,264
106,176
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
99,808
88,728
110,888
High school graduate (including equivalency)
213,345
199,605
227,085
Some college, no degree
195,940
180,364
211,516
Associate degree
41,186
34,108
48,265
Bachelor's degree
114,683
105,263
124,103
Graduate or professional degree
69,863
61,681
78,045
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
76.3
74.8
77.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
22.2
20.6
23.9
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
488,902
486,731
491,073
Never married
149,144
139,975
158,313
Now married, except separated
268,153
256,662
279,644
Separated
10,751
7,750
13,752
Widowed
11,456
8,705
14,207
Divorced
49,398
40,542
58,254
 
Females 15 years and over
540,134
538,062
542,206
Never married
141,325
132,374
150,276
Now married, except separated
263,312
250,957
275,667
Separated
19,162
14,301
24,023
Widowed
49,375
43,844
54,906
Divorced
66,960
58,236
75,684
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
22,726
17,939
27,513
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
6,345
3,647
9,043
Per 1,000 unmarried women
35
20
50
As a percent of all women with a birth
27.9
17.2
38.6
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
61
48
74
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
67
39
95
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
92
69
115
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
31
16
46
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
40,417
33,345
47,489
Responsible for grandchildren
15,994
10,943
21,045
less than 1 year
5,673
2,492
8,854
1 or 2 years
2,698
933
4,464
3 or 4 years
2,112
71
4,153
5 or more years
5,511
2,884
8,138
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
55.3
46.1
64.5
Percent who are married
81.8
71.4
92.2
Percent who are in labor force
53.2
42.1
64.3
Percent who are in poverty
21.8
8.9
34.7
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
948,838
944,541
953,135
Civilian veterans
142,105
133,416
150,794
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
339,061
335,065
343,057
With a disability
23,365
17,768
28,962
 
Population 21 to 64 years
757,759
751,963
763,555
With a disability
112,040
100,738
123,343
Percent employed
44.5
39.6
49.5
No disability
645,719
632,927
658,511
Percent employed
76.3
74.3
78.3
 
Population 65 years and over
136,128
135,339
136,917
With a disability
61,004
55,848
66,160
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,337,602
1,332,240
1,342,965
Same house
1,073,796
1,038,935
1,108,657
Different house in the U.S.
255,076
221,051
289,101
Same county
180,436
152,605
208,267
Different county
74,640
57,536
91,744
Same state
28,490
20,478
36,502
Different state
46,150
29,634
62,667
Abroad
8,730
4,536
12,924
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,358,420
*****
*****
Native
1,203,160
1,185,921
1,220,399
Born in United States
1,173,329
1,154,064
1,192,594
State of residence
871,323
848,467
894,179
Different state
302,006
285,618
318,394
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
29,831
23,648
36,014
Foreign born
155,260
138,021
172,499
Naturalized citizen
63,962
54,359
73,565
Not a citizen
91,298
76,859
105,737
Entered 1990 or later
45,263
34,581
55,945
Entered before 1990
109,997
98,944
121,050
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
155,260
138,021
172,499
Europe
11,264
7,774
14,754
Asia
19,030
16,334
21,726
Africa
1,986
0
4,987
Oceania
0
0
523
Latin America
120,785
105,476
136,094
Northern America
2,195
463
3,928
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,248,899
1,248,673
1,249,125
English only
734,797
714,794
754,800
Language other than English
514,102
494,158
534,046
Speak English less than "very well"
166,910
149,212
184,608
Spanish
475,670
456,088
495,252
Speak English less than "very well"
157,695
140,647
174,743
Other Indo-European languages
17,327
10,744
23,911
Speak English less than "very well"
3,828
700
6,956
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
15,452
11,413
19,491
Speak English less than "very well"
5,218
2,784
7,652
Other languages
5,653
1,530
9,776
Speak English less than "very well"
169
0
450
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,358,420
*****
*****
Arab
1,059
0
2,414
Czech
8,734
2,584
14,884
Danish
4,320
819
7,821
Dutch
8,264
5,023
11,505
English
91,843
80,598
103,088
French (except Basque)
25,782
19,741
31,823
French Canadian
2,169
374
3,964
German
154,014
138,181
169,847
Greek
897
27
1,767
Hungarian
1,255
414
2,097
Irish
76,211
65,958
86,464
Italian
30,860
17,660
44,060
Lithuanian
900
0
1,859
Norwegian
6,347
3,618
9,076
Polish
15,620
11,125
20,115
Portuguese
372
0
808
Russian
3,896
1,649
6,143
Scotch-Irish
19,281
15,555
23,007
Scottish
16,874
12,647
21,101
Slovak
1,837
339
3,335
Subsaharan African
6,344
6
12,682
Swedish
8,030
4,705
11,355
Swiss
1,985
670
3,300
Ukrainian
1,155
363
1,947
United States or American
36,951
27,353
46,549
Welsh
5,473
3,117
7,829
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
3,118
536
5,700
 

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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