ACS: 2000 C2SS Tabular Profile for Birmingham, AL MSA -- Table 2

Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile Birmingham, AL MSA

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	234,977	226,616	243,338
Nursery school, preschool	13,259	9,768	16,750
Kindergarten	14,739	10,004	19,475
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	103,629	99,006	108,252
High school grade (grades 9-12)	50,644	46,834	54,454
College or graduate school	52,706	46,382	59,030

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	593,962	590,423	597,501
Less than 9th grade	36,265	29,936	42,594
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	74,923	66,591	83,256
High school graduate (including equivalency)	160,927	148,803	173,051
Some college, no degree	138,178	126,334	150,022
Associate degree	37,786	31,693	43,879
Bachelor's degree	92,370	83,947	100,793
Graduate or professional degree	53,513	47,161	59,866

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.3	79.7	83.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	24.6	22.8	26.4

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	334,609	332,720	336,498
Never married	88,326	82,502	94,151
Now married, except separated	195,936	187,475	204,397
Separated	6,132	3,233	9,031
Widowed	10,473	7,170	13,776
Divorced	33,742	27,244	40,240

Females 15 years and over	378,715	376,954	380,476
Never married	90,824	83,864	97,784
Now married, except separated	184,052	175,162	192,942
Separated	10,245	6,247	14,243
Widowed	47,180	42,225	52,135
Divorced	46,414	39,510	53,318

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	13,676	10,142	17,210
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	5,487	2,699	8,276
Per 1,000 unmarried women	46	23	69
As a percent of all women with a birth	40.1	25.3	55.0
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	56	41	71
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	58	15	101
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	91	61	121
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	27	11	44

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	22,379	16,982	27,776
Responsible for grandchildren	11,943	7,526	16,360
less than 1 year	2,716	1,040	4,392
1 or 2 years	2,037	344	3,730
3 or 4 years	3,647	250	7,044
5 or more years	3,543	1,515	5,571

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	60.8	49.7	71.9
Percent who are married	71.0	53.3	88.7
Percent who are in labor force	54.3	38.5	70.1
Percent who are in poverty	21.7	5.5	37.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	671,878	670,086	673,670
Civilian veterans	88,876	82,504	95,248

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	199,886	196,683	203,089
With a disability	17,299	13,103	21,495

Population 21 to 64 years	528,609	525,063	532,155
With a disability	80,967	71,933	90,001
Percent employed	44.9	38.8	51.0
No disability	447,642	438,377	456,907
Percent employed	78.8	76.5	81.1

Population 65 years and over	110,250	109,169	111,331
With a disability	48,655	44,408	52,902

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	889,800	886,508	893,092
Same house	746,043	726,924	765,162
Different house in the U.S.	139,011	120,386	157,636
Same county	93,513	75,698	111,328
Different county	45,498	35,374	55,622
Same state	30,075	20,614	39,536
Different state	15,423	9,397	21,449
Abroad	4,746	1,430	8,063

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	900,805	*****	*****
Native	873,818	868,469	879,167
Born in United States	866,229	860,327	872,131
State of residence	684,514	670,471	698,557
Different state	181,715	168,383	195,047
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	7,589	4,566	10,612
Foreign born	26,987	21,638	32,336
Naturalized citizen	8,950	6,003	11,897
Not a citizen	18,037	13,120	22,954
Entered 1990 or later	16,202	11,156	21,248
Entered before 1990	10,785	7,944	13,626

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	26,987	21,638	32,336
Europe	2,894	1,051	4,737
Asia	6,967	4,682	9,252
Africa	3,033	256	5,810
Oceania	1,405	0	2,987
Latin America	11,902	9,104	14,700
Northern America	786	0	1,670

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	840,074	838,637	841,511
English only	807,209	800,688	813,730
Language other than English	32,865	26,567	39,163
Speak English less than "very well"	17,722	11,898	23,547
Spanish	20,294	14,425	26,163
Speak English less than "very well"	12,786	7,283	18,289
Other Indo-European languages	6,347	3,956	8,738
Speak English less than "very well"	1,246	261	2,231
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	4,717	2,339	7,095
Speak English less than "very well"	3,473	1,115	5,831
Other languages	1,507	197	2,817
Speak English less than "very well"	217	0	582

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	900,805	*****	*****
Arab	2,864	704	5,024
Czech	865	0	1,837
Danish	434	0	1,150
Dutch	15,366	10,337	20,395
English	108,050	94,543	121,557
French (except Basque)	18,454	13,002	23,906
French Canadian	3,020	443	5,597
German	67,624	56,673	78,575
Greek	2,075	0	4,192
Hungarian	1,272	0	2,836
Irish	108,624	95,096	122,152
Italian	18,366	12,579	24,153
Lithuanian	211	0	554
Norwegian	2,060	397	3,723
Polish	4,929	2,665	7,193
Portuguese	0	0	464
Russian	1,689	417	2,961
Scotch-Irish	24,993	18,909	31,077
Scottish	16,282	11,903	20,661
Slovak	1,511	46	2,976
Subsaharan African	4,259	1,177	7,341
Swedish	2,396	1,249	3,543
Swiss	484	0	1,065
Ukrainian	494	16	973
United States or American	104,125	91,285	116,965
Welsh	2,063	628	3,499
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	626	20	1,232

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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