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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
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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
147,109
133,198
161,020
Nursery school, preschool
8,744
6,178
11,310
Kindergarten
6,958
4,620
9,296
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
60,517
54,084
66,950
High school grade (grades 9-12)
25,010
19,784
30,236
College or graduate school
45,880
33,810
57,950
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
335,412
323,420
347,404
Less than 9th grade
15,580
11,084
20,076
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
26,751
20,742
32,760
High school graduate (including equivalency)
65,247
57,111
73,383
Some college, no degree
64,368
56,585
72,151
Associate degree
26,925
18,541
35,309
Bachelor's degree
104,499
96,835
112,163
Graduate or professional degree
32,042
27,460
36,624
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
87.4
85.4
89.4
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
40.7
38.2
43.2
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
194,906
188,217
201,595
Never married
67,259
60,511
74,008
Now married, except separated
102,095
93,807
110,383
Separated
5,052
3,260
6,844
Widowed
4,426
2,180
6,672
Divorced
16,074
12,170
19,978
 
Females 15 years and over
211,181
202,990
219,372
Never married
61,186
54,733
67,639
Now married, except separated
97,948
89,604
106,292
Separated
7,926
4,964
10,888
Widowed
16,970
13,693
20,247
Divorced
27,151
22,275
32,027
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
8,993
6,125
11,861
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
3,966
1,892
6,040
Per 1,000 unmarried women
52
26
78
As a percent of all women with a birth
44.1
29.7
58.5
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
60
42
78
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
13
0
38
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
107
71
143
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
19
7
31
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
10,936
7,308
14,564
Responsible for grandchildren
6,592
3,800
9,384
less than 1 year
4,278
1,956
6,600
1 or 2 years
851
0
1,861
3 or 4 years
913
0
1,923
5 or more years
550
0
1,208
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
57.8
36.0
79.6
Percent who are married
50.5
26.2
74.8
Percent who are in labor force
74.9
56.6
93.2
Percent who are in poverty
16.4
0.0
34.4
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
387,921
375,803
400,039
Civilian veterans
39,248
34,173
44,323
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
106,401
98,601
114,201
With a disability
6,151
3,925
8,377
 
Population 21 to 64 years
328,186
316,705
339,667
With a disability
31,566
26,595
36,537
Percent employed
47.0
38.3
55.7
No disability
296,620
284,790
308,451
Percent employed
84.6
82.3
86.9
 
Population 65 years and over
44,401
41,692
47,110
With a disability
14,858
12,827
16,889
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
509,593
491,478
527,708
Same house
396,833
373,561
420,105
Different house in the U.S.
108,198
87,065
129,331
Same county
45,897
37,759
54,035
Different county
62,301
43,578
81,024
Same state
27,343
17,064
37,623
Different state
34,958
19,808
50,108
Abroad
4,562
846
8,278
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
516,992
498,104
535,880
Native
470,032
451,349
488,715
Born in United States
464,720
446,057
483,383
State of residence
229,531
212,407
246,655
Different state
235,189
219,564
250,815
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
5,312
2,304
8,320
Foreign born
46,960
37,611
56,309
Naturalized citizen
8,975
6,492
11,458
Not a citizen
37,985
28,724
47,246
Entered 1990 or later
30,583
22,878
38,289
Entered before 1990
16,377
12,356
20,398
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
46,960
37,611
56,309
Europe
8,227
4,503
11,951
Asia
13,183
9,517
16,849
Africa
4,453
981
7,925
Oceania
0
0
563
Latin America
20,426
13,374
27,478
Northern America
671
0
1,377
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
478,988
462,963
495,013
English only
423,430
408,088
438,772
Language other than English
55,558
46,698
64,419
Speak English less than "very well"
16,129
11,666
20,592
Spanish
29,040
21,056
37,024
Speak English less than "very well"
4,878
1,905
7,851
Other Indo-European languages
11,024
7,054
14,994
Speak English less than "very well"
2,184
676
3,692
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
11,966
8,448
15,484
Speak English less than "very well"
7,373
3,865
10,881
Other languages
3,528
1,027
6,029
Speak English less than "very well"
1,694
0
3,491
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
516,992
498,104
535,880
Arab
1,053
175
1,931
Czech
1,636
377
2,895
Danish
1,766
380
3,152
Dutch
6,955
4,107
9,803
English
49,132
42,286
55,978
French (except Basque)
6,795
4,803
8,787
French Canadian
1,296
344
2,248
German
53,256
45,577
60,935
Greek
3,702
1,727
5,677
Hungarian
3,332
964
5,700
Irish
47,998
37,364
58,632
Italian
27,707
20,237
35,177
Lithuanian
394
0
869
Norwegian
2,583
1,416
3,750
Polish
4,207
2,380
6,034
Portuguese
158
0
417
Russian
4,718
1,807
7,629
Scotch-Irish
18,494
14,024
22,964
Scottish
11,706
8,198
15,214
Slovak
741
0
1,734
Subsaharan African
7,752
2,640
12,864
Swedish
9,006
817
17,195
Swiss
1,167
134
2,200
Ukrainian
715
15
1,415
United States or American
35,819
27,749
43,889
Welsh
3,344
1,166
5,522
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
1,343
0
2,841
 

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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