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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
88,572
74,247
102,897
Nursery school, preschool
2,163
954
3,372
Kindergarten
8,392
4,198
12,586
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
37,552
29,771
45,333
High school grade (grades 9-12)
20,197
16,819
23,575
College or graduate school
20,268
12,742
27,794
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
214,664
203,989
225,340
Less than 9th grade
20,057
14,365
25,750
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
21,279
16,359
26,199
High school graduate (including equivalency)
53,839
47,290
60,388
Some college, no degree
53,781
46,907
60,655
Associate degree
13,893
10,783
17,003
Bachelor's degree
35,210
29,989
40,431
Graduate or professional degree
16,605
12,081
21,129
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
80.7
77.7
83.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
24.1
21.3
26.9
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
138,482
128,953
148,011
Never married
44,737
37,159
52,315
Now married, except separated
73,759
68,015
79,503
Separated
1,998
277
3,719
Widowed
2,744
1,191
4,297
Divorced
15,244
9,926
20,562
 
Females 15 years and over
135,025
127,221
142,830
Never married
27,670
22,598
32,742
Now married, except separated
70,909
65,479
76,339
Separated
6,143
3,092
9,194
Widowed
13,361
11,195
15,527
Divorced
16,942
13,131
20,754
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
4,703
2,566
6,840
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
1,891
355
3,427
Per 1,000 unmarried women
52
11
93
As a percent of all women with a birth
40.2
14.8
65.6
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
54
28
80
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
26
0
59
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
82
36
128
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
39
3
75
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
3,590
1,801
5,379
Responsible for grandchildren
1,565
232
2,898
less than 1 year
173
0
495
1 or 2 years
359
0
811
3 or 4 years
416
0
1,102
5 or more years
617
0
1,366
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
71.9
52.1
91.7
Percent who are married
63.0
31.7
94.4
Percent who are in labor force
58.9
35.6
82.2
Percent who are in poverty
12.9
0.0
32.2
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
258,408
243,000
273,816
Civilian veterans
35,113
29,614
40,612
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
91,188
81,171
101,205
With a disability
7,386
4,891
9,881
 
Population 21 to 64 years
191,789
175,660
207,918
With a disability
31,062
23,833
38,291
Percent employed
56.7
46.6
66.8
No disability
160,727
146,359
175,095
Percent employed
84.1
81.5
86.7
 
Population 65 years and over
44,299
40,123
48,475
With a disability
23,652
18,638
28,666
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
350,648
325,444
375,852
Same house
270,164
246,289
294,040
Different house in the U.S.
77,457
64,316
90,598
Same county
41,894
32,461
51,327
Different county
35,563
23,069
48,057
Same state
26,224
17,618
34,830
Different state
9,339
59
18,619
Abroad
3,027
786
5,268
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
354,556
329,346
379,766
Native
319,165
295,852
342,478
Born in United States
315,495
292,205
338,785
State of residence
179,296
160,092
198,500
Different state
136,199
123,296
149,102
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
3,670
1,726
5,614
Foreign born
35,391
29,138
41,645
Naturalized citizen
10,396
6,900
13,892
Not a citizen
24,995
19,377
30,613
Entered 1990 or later
17,760
11,472
24,048
Entered before 1990
17,631
12,957
22,305
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
35,391
29,138
41,645
Europe
2,733
539
4,928
Asia
3,957
1,616
6,298
Africa
0
0
464
Oceania
201
0
528
Latin America
27,364
21,954
32,774
Northern America
1,136
295
1,978
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
327,458
305,267
349,649
English only
264,468
248,032
280,904
Language other than English
62,990
50,316
75,664
Speak English less than "very well"
33,981
25,125
42,837
Spanish
50,285
38,385
62,185
Speak English less than "very well"
29,711
21,423
37,999
Other Indo-European languages
7,027
3,681
10,373
Speak English less than "very well"
1,196
0
2,521
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
5,314
2,747
7,881
Speak English less than "very well"
3,074
1,021
5,127
Other languages
364
0
955
Speak English less than "very well"
0
0
464
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
354,556
329,346
379,766
Arab
205
0
585
Czech
2,939
1,119
4,759
Danish
4,368
1,825
6,911
Dutch
7,297
4,733
9,861
English
40,094
32,072
48,116
French (except Basque)
11,730
7,973
15,487
French Canadian
2,924
482
5,366
German
84,607
74,138
95,076
Greek
1,546
132
2,960
Hungarian
2,216
536
3,896
Irish
47,011
36,002
58,020
Italian
7,690
4,783
10,597
Lithuanian
891
0
1,962
Norwegian
15,248
11,207
19,289
Polish
5,695
1,709
9,681
Portuguese
277
0
741
Russian
3,852
803
6,901
Scotch-Irish
5,200
2,931
7,469
Scottish
8,352
5,352
11,352
Slovak
1,054
0
2,527
Subsaharan African
162
0
452
Swedish
11,112
6,584
15,640
Swiss
4,681
1,757
7,605
Ukrainian
1,160
0
2,488
United States or American
15,108
10,033
20,183
Welsh
3,795
350
7,240
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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