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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Lexington, KY 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
118,543
110,529
126,557
Nursery school, preschool
6,843
3,698
9,988
Kindergarten
4,591
2,969
6,213
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
48,675
45,954
51,396
High school grade (grades 9-12)
25,489
21,963
29,015
College or graduate school
32,945
27,328
38,562
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
299,523
296,876
302,170
Less than 9th grade
18,882
14,830
22,934
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
31,313
25,457
37,169
High school graduate (including equivalency)
87,943
79,186
96,700
Some college, no degree
57,913
50,892
64,934
Associate degree
15,346
11,830
18,862
Bachelor's degree
53,604
47,524
59,684
Graduate or professional degree
34,522
29,519
39,525
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
83.2
80.9
85.5
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
29.4
26.9
31.9
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
177,063
173,814
180,312
Never married
49,995
44,075
55,915
Now married, except separated
100,299
93,534
107,064
Separated
7,205
2,298
12,112
Widowed
3,111
1,850
4,372
Divorced
16,453
12,371
20,535
 
Females 15 years and over
189,808
187,155
192,461
Never married
46,733
42,275
51,191
Now married, except separated
95,371
89,878
100,864
Separated
3,826
2,191
5,461
Widowed
19,795
16,822
22,768
Divorced
24,083
19,047
29,119
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
5,428
3,326
7,530
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
461
0
1,004
Per 1,000 unmarried women
8
0
18
As a percent of all women with a birth
8.5
0.0
17.9
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
42
26
59
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
0
0
2
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
77
42
112
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
19
6
32
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
9,971
5,354
14,588
Responsible for grandchildren
3,556
1,531
5,581
less than 1 year
0
0
464
1 or 2 years
1,324
184
2,464
3 or 4 years
1,724
460
2,988
5 or more years
508
0
1,201
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
77.6
63.4
91.8
Percent who are married
37.5
14.7
60.3
Percent who are in labor force
81.9
60.8
100.0
Percent who are in poverty
29.9
0.0
60.6
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
349,042
346,613
351,471
Civilian veterans
39,144
34,668
43,620
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
97,139
92,202
102,076
With a disability
9,425
5,303
13,547
 
Population 21 to 64 years
283,226
277,839
288,613
With a disability
34,505
29,824
39,186
Percent employed
45.2
37.0
53.5
No disability
248,721
241,407
256,035
Percent employed
80.3
78.0
82.6
 
Population 65 years and over
45,052
43,239
46,865
With a disability
17,394
14,917
19,871
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
453,253
451,471
455,035
Same house
363,186
350,740
375,632
Different house in the U.S.
88,783
76,352
101,214
Same county
53,265
42,740
63,790
Different county
35,518
25,834
45,202
Same state
24,035
15,506
32,564
Different state
11,483
5,586
17,380
Abroad
1,284
296
2,272
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
456,924
*****
*****
Native
437,740
434,087
441,393
Born in United States
434,629
431,116
438,142
State of residence
314,540
303,861
325,219
Different state
120,089
109,597
130,581
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
3,111
1,101
5,121
Foreign born
19,184
15,531
22,837
Naturalized citizen
4,407
1,772
7,042
Not a citizen
14,777
11,046
18,508
Entered 1990 or later
11,437
8,053
14,821
Entered before 1990
7,747
3,860
11,634
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
19,184
15,531
22,837
Europe
3,363
1,294
5,432
Asia
7,270
6,171
8,369
Africa
197
0
593
Oceania
0
0
464
Latin America
8,156
5,985
10,327
Northern America
198
0
546
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
425,675
423,076
428,274
English only
400,091
396,086
404,096
Language other than English
25,584
22,023
29,145
Speak English less than "very well"
8,149
4,245
12,053
Spanish
12,710
10,603
14,817
Speak English less than "very well"
4,314
1,196
7,433
Other Indo-European languages
6,714
4,211
9,217
Speak English less than "very well"
1,420
120
2,720
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
5,797
4,317
7,277
Speak English less than "very well"
2,415
1,059
3,771
Other languages
363
0
835
Speak English less than "very well"
0
0
464
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
456,924
*****
*****
Arab
1,874
115
3,633
Czech
426
0
909
Danish
731
0
1,485
Dutch
8,370
5,453
11,287
English
57,425
49,503
65,347
French (except Basque)
8,722
5,818
11,626
French Canadian
202
0
537
German
69,706
58,144
81,268
Greek
203
0
538
Hungarian
1,500
272
2,728
Irish
55,164
46,223
64,105
Italian
5,918
3,245
8,591
Lithuanian
0
0
464
Norwegian
3,002
1,060
4,944
Polish
2,722
1,273
4,171
Portuguese
0
0
464
Russian
0
0
464
Scotch-Irish
16,952
12,807
21,097
Scottish
15,072
10,676
19,468
Slovak
255
0
676
Subsaharan African
786
0
1,652
Swedish
3,178
1,559
4,797
Swiss
651
0
1,441
Ukrainian
196
0
518
United States or American
110,057
96,062
124,052
Welsh
5,991
3,537
8,445
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0
0
464
 

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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