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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
145,056
136,545
153,567
Nursery school, preschool
9,394
6,145
12,643
Kindergarten
6,548
3,632
9,464
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
63,611
58,796
68,426
High school grade (grades 9-12)
29,382
25,584
33,180
College or graduate school
36,121
29,344
42,898
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
400,745
395,863
405,627
Less than 9th grade
41,078
34,293
47,863
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
57,303
48,282
66,324
High school graduate (including equivalency)
120,407
108,775
132,040
Some college, no degree
63,827
55,100
72,554
Associate degree
14,105
9,594
18,616
Bachelor's degree
68,138
59,419
76,857
Graduate or professional degree
35,887
30,676
41,098
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
75.5
72.5
78.5
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
26.0
23.7
28.3
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
231,649
229,158
234,141
Never married
94,167
86,046
102,288
Now married, except separated
112,749
104,268
121,230
Separated
5,370
2,613
8,127
Widowed
3,828
1,853
5,803
Divorced
15,535
11,539
19,531
 
Females 15 years and over
252,858
250,594
255,122
Never married
84,386
77,149
91,623
Now married, except separated
107,712
99,810
115,614
Separated
11,448
6,650
16,246
Widowed
29,240
24,864
33,616
Divorced
20,072
14,794
25,350
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
9,835
5,911
13,759
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
3,009
963
5,055
Per 1,000 unmarried women
35
12
58
As a percent of all women with a birth
30.6
12.6
48.6
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
57
34
80
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
0
0
2
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
102
57
147
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
24
4
44
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
10,564
6,454
14,674
Responsible for grandchildren
6,059
3,328
8,790
less than 1 year
0
0
464
1 or 2 years
589
0
1,267
3 or 4 years
1,803
99
3,507
5 or more years
3,667
1,557
5,777
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
68.3
50.3
86.3
Percent who are married
53.7
25.8
81.6
Percent who are in labor force
33.2
14.9
51.5
Percent who are in poverty
34.2
6.5
61.9
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
461,851
461,275
462,427
Civilian veterans
24,657
21,138
28,176
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
120,799
116,572
125,026
With a disability
6,816
3,691
9,941
 
Population 21 to 64 years
371,492
366,748
376,236
With a disability
51,777
44,312
59,242
Percent employed
33.5
26.6
40.4
No disability
319,715
310,863
328,567
Percent employed
76.5
73.5
79.5
 
Population 65 years and over
68,048
66,030
70,066
With a disability
32,463
28,020
36,906
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
589,271
586,256
592,286
Same house
482,451
466,459
498,443
Different house in the U.S.
102,401
85,893
118,909
Same county
73,359
55,480
91,238
Different county
29,042
19,970
38,114
Same state
10,608
4,652
16,565
Different state
18,434
11,994
24,874
Abroad
4,419
1,868
6,970
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
599,525
*****
*****
Native
356,963
342,326
371,600
Born in United States
334,118
321,334
346,902
State of residence
228,393
213,465
243,321
Different state
105,725
92,248
119,202
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
22,845
16,139
29,551
Foreign born
242,562
227,925
257,199
Naturalized citizen
111,949
100,394
123,504
Not a citizen
130,613
115,562
145,664
Entered 1990 or later
103,332
86,910
119,754
Entered before 1990
139,230
129,147
149,313
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
242,562
227,925
257,199
Europe
26,087
19,860
32,314
Asia
48,945
44,790
53,100
Africa
14,805
8,111
21,499
Oceania
175
0
465
Latin America
151,473
139,656
163,290
Northern America
1,077
0
2,186
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
560,824
*****
*****
English only
255,719
241,621
269,817
Language other than English
305,105
291,007
319,203
Speak English less than "very well"
156,702
144,327
169,077
Spanish
213,507
204,397
222,617
Speak English less than "very well"
120,649
110,219
131,079
Other Indo-European languages
55,961
46,087
65,835
Speak English less than "very well"
22,699
16,543
28,855
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
22,545
15,528
29,562
Speak English less than "very well"
6,850
3,557
10,143
Other languages
13,092
6,380
19,804
Speak English less than "very well"
6,504
2,811
10,197
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
599,525
*****
*****
Arab
12,410
5,660
19,160
Czech
577
0
1,334
Danish
426
0
939
Dutch
2,637
769
4,505
English
12,083
8,659
15,507
French (except Basque)
5,388
2,720
8,056
French Canadian
845
0
1,899
German
30,240
23,602
36,878
Greek
2,812
938
4,686
Hungarian
1,084
125
2,043
Irish
57,281
46,795
67,767
Italian
58,931
48,425
69,437
Lithuanian
1,657
441
2,873
Norwegian
385
0
852
Polish
22,121
16,047
28,195
Portuguese
4,807
1,621
7,993
Russian
5,471
2,806
8,136
Scotch-Irish
2,747
1,412
4,082
Scottish
5,075
2,310
7,840
Slovak
1,836
673
2,999
Subsaharan African
9,223
1,544
16,902
Swedish
3,183
857
5,510
Swiss
179
0
476
Ukrainian
1,788
626
2,950
United States or American
4,412
1,826
6,998
Welsh
234
0
625
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
11,455
3,481
19,429
 

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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