ACS: 2001 ACS Tabular Profile for Rockland County -- Table 2

2001 American Community Survey Profile Rockland County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	81,699	80,201	83,197
Nursery school, preschool	5,981	5,258	6,704
Kindergarten	4,077	3,467	4,688
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	35,863	34,975	36,751
High school grade (grades 9-12)	17,936	17,220	18,652
College or graduate school	17,842	16,578	19,106

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	180,381	180,256	180,506
Less than 9th grade	7,146	6,055	8,237
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	13,017	11,624	14,410
High school graduate (including equivalency)	44,817	42,355	47,279
Some college, no degree	29,579	27,601	31,557
Associate degree	14,189	12,754	15,625
Bachelor's degree	40,098	38,227	41,969
Graduate or professional degree	31,535	29,718	33,352

Percent high school graduate or higher	88.8	87.8	89.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	39.7	38.4	41.0

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	103,438	103,238	103,638
Never married	30,380	29,103	31,657
Now married, except separated	64,003	62,444	65,562
Separated	1,144	621	1,667
Widowed	2,715	2,212	3,218
Divorced	5,196	4,259	6,133

Females 15 years and over	111,785	111,590	111,980
Never married	26,785	25,313	28,257
Now married, except separated	63,839	62,131	65,547
Separated	2,260	1,795	2,725
Widowed	9,901	9,003	10,799
Divorced	9,000	7,903	10,097

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	4,744	3,889	5,599
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	545	288	802
Per 1,000 unmarried women	19	11	27
As a percent of all women with a birth	11.5	6.1	16.9
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	68	56	80
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	25	7	43
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	140	112	168
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	30	18	42

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	5,050	4,088	6,012
Responsible for grandchildren	858	520	1,196
less than 1 year	90	3	177
1 or 2 years	136	19	253
3 or 4 years	21	0	56
5 or more years	611	326	896

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	73.2	64.1	82.3
Percent who are married	69.7	52.4	87.0
Percent who are in labor force	39.0	23.8	54.2
Percent who are in poverty	0.0	0.0	41.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	202,620	202,554	202,686
Civilian veterans	18,046	17,122	18,970

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	66,658	66,024	67,292
With a disability	2,944	2,444	3,444

Population 21 to 64 years	161,250	160,605	161,895
With a disability	14,252	12,703	15,801
Percent employed	56.3	52.3	60.3
No disability	146,998	145,350	148,646
Percent employed	79.5	78.5	80.5

Population 65 years and over	31,850	31,499	32,201
With a disability	10,270	9,306	11,234

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	276,801	276,158	277,445
Same house	250,334	246,828	253,840
Different house in the U.S.	25,140	21,589	28,691
Same county	15,713	12,839	18,587
Different county	9,427	7,681	11,173
Same state	6,020	4,535	7,505
Different state	3,407	2,353	4,461
Abroad	1,327	827	1,827

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	280,919	*****	*****
Native	226,126	223,352	228,900
Born in United States	220,467	217,885	223,049
State of residence	186,346	183,284	189,408
Different state	34,121	31,798	36,444
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	5,659	4,803	6,515
Foreign born	54,793	52,019	57,567
Naturalized citizen	29,140	27,010	31,270
Not a citizen	25,653	22,960	28,346
Entered 1990 or later	20,138	18,212	22,064
Entered before 1990	34,655	32,659	36,652

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	54,793	52,019	57,567
Europe	12,938	11,540	14,336
Asia	15,467	14,446	16,488
Africa	620	254	986
Oceania	227	0	481
Latin America	24,248	21,880	26,616
Northern America	1,293	877	1,709

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	259,758	259,275	260,241
English only	185,640	181,365	189,915
Language other than English	74,118	69,843	78,393
Speak English less than "very well"	29,668	27,127	32,209
Spanish	21,872	20,267	23,477
Speak English less than "very well"	10,737	9,189	12,285
Other Indo-European languages	38,643	35,061	42,225
Speak English less than "very well"	14,013	12,318	15,708
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	10,530	9,459	11,601
Speak English less than "very well"	3,897	3,183	4,611
Other languages	3,073	2,113	4,033
Speak English less than "very well"	1,021	574	1,468

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	280,919	*****	*****
Arab	1,141	422	1,860
Czech	2,266	1,304	3,228
Danish	392	197	587
Dutch	2,734	2,018	3,450
English	11,250	9,877	12,623
French (except Basque)	3,736	2,911	4,561
French Canadian	729	371	1,087
German	25,946	23,923	27,969
Greek	2,376	1,746	3,006
Hungarian	9,213	6,329	12,097
Irish	47,581	44,583	50,579
Italian	49,259	46,215	52,303
Lithuanian	756	456	1,056
Norwegian	1,636	1,174	2,098
Polish	19,365	16,313	22,418
Portuguese	428	240	616
Russian	13,575	11,798	15,352
Scotch-Irish	1,977	1,431	2,523
Scottish	3,029	2,382	3,676
Slovak	909	559	1,259
Subsaharan African	1,022	405	1,639
Swedish	1,277	823	1,731
Swiss	776	415	1,137
Ukrainian	1,243	816	1,670
United States or American	18,004	15,414	20,595
Welsh	721	371	1,071
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	16,390	14,357	18,423

The 2001 American Community 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 2001 American Community Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the 2001 American Community 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.