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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Bronx Borough
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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
394,207
389,128
399,286
Nursery school, preschool
19,853
18,154
21,553
Kindergarten
21,009
18,697
23,321
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
188,954
186,233
191,675
High school grade (grades 9-12)
90,878
87,832
93,924
College or graduate school
73,513
69,400
77,626
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
761,558
761,446
761,670
Less than 9th grade
119,641
114,927
124,355
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
150,264
144,938
155,590
High school graduate (including equivalency)
209,440
202,805
216,075
Some college, no degree
125,373
120,250
130,496
Associate degree
38,379
35,455
41,303
Bachelor's degree
76,967
72,883
81,051
Graduate or professional degree
41,494
38,677
44,311
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
64.6
63.8
65.4
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
15.6
14.9
16.3
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
422,636
422,154
423,118
Never married
184,498
180,739
188,257
Now married, except separated
179,012
175,120
182,904
Separated
19,886
17,213
22,559
Widowed
10,906
9,454
12,358
Divorced
28,334
25,732
30,936
 
Females 15 years and over
529,237
528,818
529,656
Never married
215,541
210,721
220,361
Now married, except separated
163,696
158,710
168,682
Separated
41,723
38,360
45,086
Widowed
55,356
52,371
58,341
Divorced
52,921
49,717
56,125
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
25,893
23,575
28,211
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
14,623
12,838
16,408
Per 1,000 unmarried women
64
56
72
As a percent of all women with a birth
56.5
51.7
61.3
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
71
64
78
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
47
31
64
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
123
110
136
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
25
20
30
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
40,728
38,035
43,421
Responsible for grandchildren
17,225
15,182
19,268
less than 1 year
3,275
2,359
4,191
1 or 2 years
3,598
2,814
4,382
3 or 4 years
3,357
2,351
4,364
5 or more years
6,995
5,611
8,379
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
77.9
73.8
82.0
Percent who are married
53.4
47.8
59.0
Percent who are in labor force
42.4
36.6
48.2
Percent who are in poverty
40.1
34.3
45.9
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
892,531
892,241
892,821
Civilian veterans
50,310
47,340
53,280
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
340,570
338,692
342,448
With a disability
36,633
33,549
39,717
 
Population 21 to 64 years
713,755
711,858
715,653
With a disability
140,886
135,187
146,585
Percent employed
32.6
31.0
34.3
No disability
572,869
566,992
578,746
Percent employed
69.7
68.7
70.7
 
Population 65 years and over
122,425
122,239
122,611
With a disability
62,402
59,942
64,862
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,266,216
1,263,979
1,268,453
Same house
1,138,877
1,129,083
1,148,671
Different house in the U.S.
112,506
103,032
121,980
Same county
82,476
73,990
90,962
Different county
30,030
26,270
33,790
Same state
22,998
19,573
26,423
Different state
7,032
5,329
8,735
Abroad
14,833
12,411
17,255
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,285,415
*****
*****
Native
918,601
906,120
931,082
Born in United States
786,569
775,856
797,282
State of residence
697,919
687,037
708,801
Different state
88,650
83,631
93,669
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
132,032
126,637
137,428
Foreign born
366,814
354,333
379,295
Naturalized citizen
145,245
137,998
152,492
Not a citizen
221,569
212,463
230,675
Entered 1990 or later
159,379
151,030
167,728
Entered before 1990
207,435
199,106
215,764
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
366,736
354,257
379,215
Europe
39,636
36,283
42,989
Asia
25,673
23,348
27,998
Africa
25,952
21,860
30,044
Oceania
36
0
95
Latin America
274,646
263,236
286,056
Northern America
793
318
1,268
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,177,137
1,176,820
1,177,454
English only
544,071
536,110
552,032
Language other than English
633,066
625,070
641,062
Speak English less than "very well"
268,269
259,913
276,625
Spanish
527,171
522,134
532,208
Speak English less than "very well"
221,876
215,228
228,524
Other Indo-European languages
64,525
60,068
68,982
Speak English less than "very well"
28,144
25,261
31,027
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
19,677
17,088
22,266
Speak English less than "very well"
10,909
9,277
12,541
Other languages
21,693
17,773
25,613
Speak English less than "very well"
7,340
5,385
9,295
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,285,415
*****
*****
Arab
1,978
785
3,171
Czech
596
339
853
Danish
472
170
774
Dutch
1,275
285
2,265
English
5,293
4,288
6,298
French (except Basque)
4,305
3,251
5,359
French Canadian
823
415
1,231
German
16,641
14,501
18,781
Greek
3,792
2,305
5,279
Hungarian
2,113
1,364
2,862
Irish
43,455
39,561
47,349
Italian
68,379
63,606
73,152
Lithuanian
611
253
969
Norwegian
406
183
629
Polish
9,000
7,256
10,744
Portuguese
907
476
1,338
Russian
10,656
8,925
12,387
Scotch-Irish
1,075
488
1,662
Scottish
1,084
520
1,648
Slovak
252
0
508
Subsaharan African
35,322
30,408
40,236
Swedish
537
212
862
Swiss
266
94
438
Ukrainian
2,388
1,296
3,480
United States or American
14,910
12,140
17,680
Welsh
174
7
341
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
99,718
91,648
107,788
 

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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