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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Anchorage, AK MSA
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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
73,744
71,358
76,130
Nursery school, preschool
3,771
2,989
4,553
Kindergarten
4,032
3,096
4,968
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
34,066
32,784
35,348
High school grade (grades 9-12)
15,689
14,610
16,768
College or graduate school
16,186
14,462
17,910
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
156,204
155,130
157,278
Less than 9th grade
5,375
4,225
6,525
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
8,375
6,789
9,961
High school graduate (including equivalency)
39,105
36,020
42,191
Some college, no degree
44,561
42,079
47,043
Associate degree
13,118
11,499
14,737
Bachelor's degree
28,412
26,335
30,489
Graduate or professional degree
17,258
15,559
18,958
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
91.2
90.0
92.4
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
29.2
27.6
30.9
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
95,323
94,236
96,410
Never married
30,145
27,979
32,311
Now married, except separated
51,288
48,929
53,648
Separated
2,574
1,751
3,397
Widowed
594
343
845
Divorced
10,722
9,034
12,410
 
Females 15 years and over
95,355
94,807
95,903
Never married
23,533
21,804
25,262
Now married, except separated
50,617
48,427
52,807
Separated
1,648
1,009
2,287
Widowed
4,595
3,808
5,382
Divorced
14,962
13,432
16,492
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
4,332
3,321
5,343
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
1,430
831
2,029
Per 1,000 unmarried women
43
25
61
As a percent of all women with a birth
33.0
23.9
42.1
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
60
47
73
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
36
13
59
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
104
74
134
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
31
18
44
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
4,975
3,571
6,379
Responsible for grandchildren
2,484
1,449
3,519
less than 1 year
790
224
1,356
1 or 2 years
76
0
162
3 or 4 years
664
0
1,425
5 or more years
954
414
1,494
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
63.4
47.6
79.2
Percent who are married
83.3
69.8
96.8
Percent who are in labor force
39.5
15.2
63.8
Percent who are in poverty
16.6
0.0
33.9
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
173,083
171,854
174,312
Civilian veterans
32,257
30,232
34,282
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
64,744
63,708
65,780
With a disability
4,476
3,534
5,418
 
Population 21 to 64 years
150,150
148,528
151,772
With a disability
22,094
19,830
24,358
Percent employed
57.6
52.0
63.2
No disability
128,056
125,238
130,874
Percent employed
82.0
80.0
84.0
 
Population 65 years and over
12,986
12,562
13,410
With a disability
5,452
4,698
6,206
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
249,119
248,363
249,875
Same house
190,670
185,364
195,976
Different house in the U.S.
56,606
51,526
61,686
Same county
37,008
32,838
41,178
Different county
19,598
16,227
22,969
Same state
6,624
4,690
8,558
Different state
12,974
10,009
15,939
Abroad
1,843
1,021
2,665
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
253,269
*****
*****
Native
233,184
231,316
235,052
Born in United States
226,435
223,917
228,953
State of residence
80,195
75,969
84,421
Different state
146,240
142,145
150,335
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
6,749
5,122
8,376
Foreign born
20,085
18,217
21,953
Naturalized citizen
12,170
10,513
13,827
Not a citizen
7,915
6,615
9,215
Entered 1990 or later
7,065
5,832
8,298
Entered before 1990
13,020
11,522
14,518
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
20,085
18,217
21,953
Europe
4,280
3,229
5,331
Asia
9,878
8,796
10,960
Africa
254
48
460
Oceania
105
0
234
Latin America
3,735
2,643
4,827
Northern America
1,833
1,224
2,442
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
233,396
233,038
233,754
English only
197,986
194,752
201,220
Language other than English
35,410
32,214
38,606
Speak English less than "very well"
14,696
12,421
16,971
Spanish
10,569
8,967
12,171
Speak English less than "very well"
3,702
2,811
4,593
Other Indo-European languages
5,854
4,552
7,156
Speak English less than "very well"
1,380
794
1,966
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
14,286
12,600
15,972
Speak English less than "very well"
8,261
6,707
9,815
Other languages
4,701
2,609
6,793
Speak English less than "very well"
1,353
30
2,676
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
253,269
*****
*****
Arab
465
104
826
Czech
1,554
876
2,232
Danish
1,682
1,024
2,340
Dutch
5,474
4,182
6,766
English
26,204
23,541
28,867
French (except Basque)
11,255
9,306
13,204
French Canadian
2,538
1,744
3,332
German
46,331
42,949
49,714
Greek
341
67
615
Hungarian
1,247
577
1,917
Irish
32,168
29,244
35,092
Italian
8,310
6,239
10,381
Lithuanian
334
65
603
Norwegian
9,480
7,993
10,967
Polish
8,322
6,317
10,327
Portuguese
509
187
831
Russian
1,586
888
2,284
Scotch-Irish
4,510
3,502
5,518
Scottish
6,994
5,512
8,476
Slovak
273
14
532
Subsaharan African
332
65
599
Swedish
4,918
3,811
6,025
Swiss
1,226
652
1,800
Ukrainian
375
123
627
United States or American
12,659
10,222
15,096
Welsh
2,809
1,982
3,636
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
363
18
708
 

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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