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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
171,742
157,928
185,556
Nursery school, preschool
11,100
7,998
14,202
Kindergarten
5,351
3,043
7,659
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
62,875
53,947
71,803
High school grade (grades 9-12)
32,561
26,671
38,452
College or graduate school
59,855
51,854
67,856
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
395,347
383,297
407,397
Less than 9th grade
25,291
19,194
31,388
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
33,163
26,497
39,829
High school graduate (including equivalency)
67,931
58,874
76,988
Some college, no degree
77,448
67,649
87,247
Associate degree
23,445
16,028
30,862
Bachelor's degree
112,203
102,110
122,296
Graduate or professional degree
55,866
49,441
62,291
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
85.2
83.2
87.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
42.5
39.7
45.3
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
266,232
258,583
273,881
Never married
110,834
103,216
118,452
Now married, except separated
128,031
120,042
136,020
Separated
4,010
1,537
6,483
Widowed
2,742
1,401
4,083
Divorced
20,615
16,475
24,755
 
Females 15 years and over
250,428
243,470
257,386
Never married
76,582
70,353
82,811
Now married, except separated
117,147
110,070
124,224
Separated
7,537
4,501
10,573
Widowed
14,333
11,168
17,498
Divorced
34,829
29,727
39,931
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
11,139
7,408
14,870
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
25.4
10.4
40.4
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
59
135
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
491,427
478,884
503,970
Civilian veterans
42,285
37,553
47,017
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
144,736
135,933
153,539
With a disability
12,032
7,023
17,041
 
Population 21 to 64 years
408,520
391,779
425,261
With a disability
41,789
35,192
48,386
Percent employed
62.8
55.2
70.4
No disability
366,731
348,965
384,497
Percent employed
81.4
79.3
83.5
 
Population 65 years and over
41,639
37,270
46,008
With a disability
18,349
15,049
21,649
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
634,937
614,411
655,463
Same house
459,728
438,951
480,505
Different house in the U.S.
165,599
145,259
185,939
Same county
99,818
81,194
118,442
Different county
65,781
54,559
77,003
Same state
42,423
31,988
52,858
Different state
23,358
17,621
29,095
Abroad
9,610
4,640
14,580
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
643,791
623,427
664,155
Native
548,806
526,252
571,360
Born in United States
537,446
514,630
560,262
State of residence
374,639
351,623
397,655
Different state
162,807
149,452
176,162
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
11,360
8,055
14,665
Foreign born
94,985
80,680
109,291
Naturalized citizen
22,374
17,472
27,276
Not a citizen
72,611
58,515
86,707
Entered 1990 or later
61,271
48,497
74,045
Entered before 1990
33,714
26,781
40,647
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
94,985
80,680
109,291
Europe
5,637
3,601
7,673
Asia
32,593
27,945
37,241
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
595,101
576,243
613,959
English only
420,624
397,767
443,481
Language other than English
174,477
159,875
189,080
Speak English less than "very well"
67,074
53,437
80,711
Spanish
134,813
120,620
149,006
Speak English less than "very well"
51,446
37,480
65,412
Other Indo-European languages
12,937
7,850
18,024
Speak English less than "very well"
180
0
490
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
24,536
19,071
30,001
Speak English less than "very well"
15,194
9,328
21,060
Other languages
2,191
275
4,107
Speak English less than "very well"
254
0
650
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
643,791
623,427
664,155
Arab
1,311
230
2,392
Czech
4,173
1,838
6,508
Danish
2,003
604
3,402
Dutch
8,923
6,257
11,589
English
60,991
52,066
69,916
French (except Basque)
21,066
14,953
27,179
French Canadian
2,410
1,072
3,748
German
94,772
84,648
104,896
Greek
2,188
337
4,039
Hungarian
1,697
590
2,804
Irish
56,567
46,880
66,254
Italian
12,489
9,151
15,827
Lithuanian
1,082
148
2,016
Norwegian
8,501
5,691
11,311
Polish
8,462
5,144
11,780
Portuguese
2,770
848
4,692
Russian
2,764
1,193
4,335
Scotch-Irish
14,685
10,514
18,856
Scottish
14,076
10,859
17,294
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
42,325
30,495
54,156
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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