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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
St. Louis city, St. Louis city pt.
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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
96,792
91,212
102,372
Nursery school, preschool
5,585
3,506
7,664
Kindergarten
2,679
1,227
4,131
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
44,420
41,966
46,874
High school grade (grades 9-12)
16,312
14,256
18,368
College or graduate school
27,796
23,090
32,502
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
216,189
214,468
217,910
Less than 9th grade
22,507
18,179
26,835
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
28,198
23,821
32,575
High school graduate (including equivalency)
55,199
47,873
62,525
Some college, no degree
47,611
41,074
54,148
Associate degree
16,815
13,263
20,367
Bachelor's degree
28,345
23,753
32,937
Graduate or professional degree
17,514
13,762
21,266
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
76.5
74.0
79.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
21.2
18.7
23.7
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
119,774
116,730
122,818
Never married
51,305
46,004
56,606
Now married, except separated
43,483
38,667
48,299
Separated
1,991
527
3,455
Widowed
3,786
2,149
5,423
Divorced
19,209
14,742
23,676
 
Females 15 years and over
144,079
142,020
146,138
Never married
55,378
50,723
60,033
Now married, except separated
44,634
39,857
49,411
Separated
6,395
3,798
8,992
Widowed
17,951
13,909
21,994
Divorced
19,721
14,860
24,582
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
7,650
4,452
10,848
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
4,758
2,164
7,352
Per 1,000 unmarried women
79
34
124
As a percent of all women with a birth
62.2
43.6
80.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
83
48
118
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
69
0
143
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
156
80
232
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
11
0
24
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
7,751
5,015
10,487
Responsible for grandchildren
3,319
1,407
5,231
less than 1 year
1,218
32
2,404
1 or 2 years
897
0
2,047
3 or 4 years
231
0
650
5 or more years
973
0
2,013
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
35.4
14.9
55.9
Percent who are married
60.8
25.7
95.9
Percent who are in labor force
37.7
8.0
67.4
Percent who are in poverty
0.0
0.0
16.3
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
250,015
247,256
252,774
Civilian veterans
21,990
18,271
25,709
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
78,085
74,838
81,332
With a disability
5,696
3,469
7,924
 
Population 21 to 64 years
189,929
185,773
194,085
With a disability
33,850
27,894
39,807
Percent employed
41.3
33.5
49.1
No disability
156,079
149,251
162,907
Percent employed
78.0
74.4
81.6
 
Population 65 years and over
45,666
43,670
47,663
With a disability
18,838
15,231
22,445
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
332,321
330,209
334,433
Same house
269,487
256,968
282,006
Different house in the U.S.
61,370
48,894
73,846
Same county
45,860
33,533
58,187
Different county
15,510
10,421
20,599
Same state
9,830
6,040
13,620
Different state
5,680
1,880
9,480
Abroad
1,464
266
2,662
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
337,557
*****
*****
Native
309,374
299,215
319,533
Born in United States
308,405
298,239
318,571
State of residence
225,471
211,533
239,409
Different state
82,934
72,854
93,014
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
969
165
1,773
Foreign born
28,183
18,024
38,342
Naturalized citizen
4,233
1,565
6,901
Not a citizen
23,950
14,088
33,812
Entered 1990 or later
22,245
12,604
31,886
Entered before 1990
5,938
2,909
8,967
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
28,183
18,024
38,342
Europe
8,256
3,928
12,584
Asia
6,636
3,828
9,444
Africa
9,929
1,938
17,920
Oceania
0
0
507
Latin America
2,425
417
4,433
Northern America
937
0
2,369
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
313,959
311,930
315,989
English only
288,668
282,979
294,357
Language other than English
25,291
19,381
31,201
Speak English less than "very well"
12,317
8,609
16,025
Spanish
7,411
4,829
9,993
Speak English less than "very well"
4,659
2,823
6,495
Other Indo-European languages
10,632
6,002
15,262
Speak English less than "very well"
2,618
942
4,294
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
5,197
3,093
7,301
Speak English less than "very well"
3,442
1,289
5,595
Other languages
2,051
0
4,584
Speak English less than "very well"
1,598
0
3,463
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
337,557
*****
*****
Arab
3,895
1,019
6,771
Czech
2,619
1,231
4,007
Danish
730
0
1,593
Dutch
3,859
1,188
6,530
English
15,055
11,082
19,028
French (except Basque)
6,392
3,632
9,152
French Canadian
195
0
527
German
53,489
46,612
60,366
Greek
762
127
1,397
Hungarian
464
0
987
Irish
27,434
21,811
33,057
Italian
9,196
5,997
12,395
Lithuanian
305
0
846
Norwegian
558
0
1,175
Polish
4,425
1,998
6,852
Portuguese
0
0
507
Russian
1,932
333
3,531
Scotch-Irish
2,242
897
3,587
Scottish
1,113
121
2,105
Slovak
0
0
507
Subsaharan African
10,314
5,783
14,845
Swedish
1,888
535
3,241
Swiss
1,113
405
1,821
Ukrainian
143
0
384
United States or American
18,509
12,069
24,949
Welsh
516
0
1,230
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0
0
507
 

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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