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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Pierce 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
196,977
188,813
205,141
Nursery school, preschool
14,506
10,724
18,288
Kindergarten
9,802
6,926
12,678
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
86,894
82,253
91,535
High school grade (grades 9-12)
43,630
39,437
47,823
College or graduate school
42,145
35,401
48,889
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
434,036
429,655
438,417
Less than 9th grade
10,665
6,987
14,343
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
46,558
38,453
54,663
High school graduate (including equivalency)
116,016
104,463
127,569
Some college, no degree
114,852
107,044
122,660
Associate degree
41,116
33,787
48,445
Bachelor's degree
68,706
61,268
76,144
Graduate or professional degree
36,123
29,147
43,099
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
86.8
84.8
88.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
24.2
21.7
26.7
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
252,615
250,072
255,158
Never married
74,543
67,638
81,448
Now married, except separated
143,536
134,956
152,116
Separated
3,206
1,739
4,673
Widowed
6,569
4,469
8,669
Divorced
24,761
19,791
29,731
 
Females 15 years and over
269,932
267,564
272,300
Never married
64,663
58,256
71,070
Now married, except separated
144,120
136,411
151,829
Separated
4,245
2,541
5,949
Widowed
20,897
17,114
24,680
Divorced
36,007
30,357
41,657
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
8,879
6,029
11,729
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
2,205
685
3,725
Per 1,000 unmarried women
26
8
44
As a percent of all women with a birth
24.8
10.9
38.7
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
48
33
63
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
12
0
27
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
102
64
140
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
18
3
33
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
11,330
7,731
14,929
Responsible for grandchildren
3,295
1,605
4,985
less than 1 year
1,091
228
1,954
1 or 2 years
1,041
0
2,308
3 or 4 years
780
39
1,521
5 or more years
383
0
835
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
61.7
43.7
79.7
Percent who are married
62.7
34.5
90.9
Percent who are in labor force
50.0
25.1
74.9
Percent who are in poverty
27.3
0.0
55.5
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
479,403
476,821
481,985
Civilian veterans
94,077
86,706
101,448
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
168,228
164,489
171,967
With a disability
11,352
7,902
14,802
 
Population 21 to 64 years
382,513
377,416
387,610
With a disability
54,539
47,363
61,715
Percent employed
43.4
37.3
49.5
No disability
327,974
319,069
336,879
Percent employed
77.1
75.3
78.9
 
Population 65 years and over
70,542
67,315
73,769
With a disability
25,957
22,413
29,501
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
671,781
669,271
674,291
Same house
544,250
526,117
562,384
Different house in the U.S.
124,372
106,725
142,019
Same county
74,388
61,054
87,722
Different county
49,984
37,893
62,075
Same state
22,971
15,099
30,843
Different state
27,013
17,037
36,989
Abroad
3,159
687
5,631
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
679,310
*****
*****
Native
615,184
603,599
626,769
Born in United States
594,546
583,107
605,985
State of residence
327,243
313,647
340,839
Different state
267,303
254,088
280,518
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
20,638
15,860
25,416
Foreign born
64,126
52,541
75,711
Naturalized citizen
34,358
28,175
40,541
Not a citizen
29,768
19,625
39,911
Entered 1990 or later
21,837
12,100
31,574
Entered before 1990
42,289
34,394
50,184
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
64,126
52,541
75,711
Europe
17,876
8,860
26,892
Asia
25,589
21,550
29,628
Africa
0
0
480
Oceania
919
0
2,125
Latin America
14,805
10,289
19,321
Northern America
4,937
1,870
8,004
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
631,148
630,678
631,618
English only
556,935
542,793
571,077
Language other than English
74,213
60,213
88,213
Speak English less than "very well"
27,887
18,218
37,556
Spanish
18,753
12,788
24,718
Speak English less than "very well"
6,513
2,391
10,635
Other Indo-European languages
19,352
9,866
28,838
Speak English less than "very well"
7,600
0
15,200
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
34,706
28,147
41,265
Speak English less than "very well"
13,568
8,968
18,168
Other languages
1,402
567
2,237
Speak English less than "very well"
206
0
546
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
679,310
*****
*****
Arab
0
0
480
Czech
2,643
1,110
4,176
Danish
5,379
3,199
7,559
Dutch
13,135
7,464
18,806
English
83,246
72,574
93,918
French (except Basque)
24,204
19,355
29,053
French Canadian
5,499
2,222
8,776
German
133,421
120,346
146,496
Greek
3,295
1,482
5,108
Hungarian
3,438
1,275
5,601
Irish
84,890
75,985
93,795
Italian
23,661
15,152
32,170
Lithuanian
1,805
239
3,371
Norwegian
44,111
34,922
53,300
Polish
11,676
6,596
16,756
Portuguese
4,557
1,161
7,953
Russian
3,520
0
7,124
Scotch-Irish
15,946
11,654
20,238
Scottish
16,614
11,593
21,635
Slovak
1,070
237
1,903
Subsaharan African
809
0
1,660
Swedish
23,875
18,547
29,203
Swiss
6,639
3,115
10,163
Ukrainian
5,227
0
11,852
United States or American
21,284
15,831
26,737
Welsh
12,890
6,770
19,010
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
387
0
854
 

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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