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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Austin city, Travis County 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
169,141
155,382
182,900
Nursery school, preschool
10,849
7,792
13,906
Kindergarten
5,160
2,886
7,434
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
61,756
52,899
70,613
High school grade (grades 9-12)
31,932
26,071
37,793
College or graduate school
59,444
51,372
67,516
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
386,185
374,947
397,423
Less than 9th grade
25,031
19,007
31,055
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
32,657
26,041
39,274
High school graduate (including equivalency)
67,160
58,220
76,100
Some college, no degree
75,687
65,997
85,377
Associate degree
23,349
15,932
30,766
Bachelor's degree
107,000
97,714
116,286
Graduate or professional degree
55,301
48,917
61,685
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
85.1
83.0
87.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
42.0
39.2
44.8
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
260,679
253,596
267,762
Never married
109,917
102,353
117,481
Now married, except separated
123,803
116,409
131,197
Separated
4,010
1,537
6,483
Widowed
2,556
1,196
3,916
Divorced
20,393
16,276
24,510
 
Females 15 years and over
245,766
239,392
252,140
Never married
75,529
69,241
81,817
Now married, except separated
114,034
107,424
120,644
Separated
7,537
4,501
10,573
Widowed
14,044
10,850
17,238
Divorced
34,622
29,560
39,684
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
10,948
7,272
14,624
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
2,825
850
4,800
Per 1,000 unmarried women
28
8
48
As a percent of all women with a birth
25.8
10.3
41.3
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
57
37
77
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
29
0
62
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
97
57
137
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
15
5
25
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
10,226
6,494
13,958
Responsible for grandchildren
2,629
915
4,343
less than 1 year
660
0
1,469
1 or 2 years
455
0
1,179
3 or 4 years
523
0
1,378
5 or more years
991
103
1,879
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
57.2
42.5
71.9
Percent who are married
76.6
55.6
97.6
Percent who are in labor force
78.9
56.6
100.0
Percent who are in poverty
4.6
0.0
12.7
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
481,841
470,499
493,183
Civilian veterans
41,032
36,287
45,777
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
142,450
133,758
151,142
With a disability
11,780
6,792
16,768
 
Population 21 to 64 years
399,976
384,413
415,539
With a disability
40,190
33,668
46,712
Percent employed
62.3
54.4
70.2
No disability
359,786
342,920
376,652
Percent employed
81.3
79.2
83.4
 
Population 65 years and over
40,693
36,416
44,970
With a disability
17,892
14,675
21,110
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
622,230
603,727
640,733
Same house
453,977
433,086
474,868
Different house in the U.S.
158,643
139,181
178,105
Same county
97,556
78,985
116,127
Different county
61,087
50,461
71,713
Same state
38,464
29,016
47,912
Different state
22,623
16,937
28,309
Abroad
9,610
4,640
14,580
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
630,910
612,412
649,408
Native
538,822
517,415
560,229
Born in United States
527,683
506,047
549,319
State of residence
370,131
347,671
392,591
Different state
157,552
144,535
170,569
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
11,139
7,877
14,401
Foreign born
92,088
77,934
106,242
Naturalized citizen
20,549
15,970
25,128
Not a citizen
71,539
57,478
85,600
Entered 1990 or later
60,199
47,478
72,921
Entered before 1990
31,889
24,989
38,789
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
92,088
77,934
106,242
Europe
5,637
3,601
7,673
Asia
29,696
25,729
33,663
Africa
2,546
512
4,580
Oceania
239
0
635
Latin America
52,135
37,265
67,005
Northern America
1,835
74
3,596
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
583,325
565,774
600,876
English only
412,593
390,643
434,543
Language other than English
170,732
156,144
185,320
Speak English less than "very well"
65,403
51,893
78,913
Spanish
134,225
119,990
148,460
Speak English less than "very well"
51,446
37,480
65,412
Other Indo-European languages
12,677
7,648
17,706
Speak English less than "very well"
180
0
490
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
21,639
17,044
26,234
Speak English less than "very well"
13,523
8,093
18,953
Other languages
2,191
275
4,107
Speak English less than "very well"
254
0
650
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
630,910
612,412
649,408
Arab
1,311
230
2,392
Czech
4,173
1,838
6,508
Danish
2,003
604
3,402
Dutch
8,663
6,033
11,293
English
59,204
50,302
68,106
French (except Basque)
21,066
14,953
27,179
French Canadian
2,410
1,072
3,748
German
92,898
82,788
103,008
Greek
1,136
103
2,169
Hungarian
1,697
590
2,804
Irish
55,691
46,151
65,231
Italian
12,489
9,151
15,827
Lithuanian
1,082
148
2,016
Norwegian
8,501
5,691
11,311
Polish
8,159
4,800
11,518
Portuguese
2,770
848
4,692
Russian
2,319
821
3,817
Scotch-Irish
14,685
10,514
18,856
Scottish
13,935
10,685
17,186
Slovak
891
30
1,752
Subsaharan African
7,530
2,032
13,028
Swedish
11,590
7,284
15,897
Swiss
1,861
328
3,394
Ukrainian
515
0
1,096
United States or American
40,063
29,635
50,491
Welsh
5,239
3,046
7,432
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
1,840
259
3,421
 

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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