ACS: 2001 ACS Tabular Profile for Fort Bend County -- Table 2

2001 American Community Survey Profile Fort Bend County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	126,061	121,621	130,501
Nursery school, preschool	7,404	5,536	9,272
Kindergarten	6,464	4,202	8,726
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	56,421	53,694	59,148
High school grade (grades 9-12)	31,383	28,106	34,660
College or graduate school	24,389	20,879	27,899

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	222,025	219,987	224,063
Less than 9th grade	15,641	12,623	18,659
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	22,050	17,285	26,815
High school graduate (including equivalency)	39,545	34,060	45,030
Some college, no degree	48,419	43,784	53,054
Associate degree	12,614	10,312	14,916
Bachelor's degree	56,227	51,439	61,015
Graduate or professional degree	27,529	23,950	31,108

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.0	80.7	85.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	37.7	35.2	40.2

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	134,957	133,691	136,223
Never married	39,790	36,741	42,839
Now married, except separated	86,499	83,404	89,594
Separated	1,790	711	2,869
Widowed	1,601	707	2,495
Divorced	5,277	3,497	7,057

Females 15 years and over	141,701	140,435	142,967
Never married	29,838	26,757	32,919
Now married, except separated	86,506	82,147	90,865
Separated	6,565	4,166	8,964
Widowed	8,937	7,120	10,754
Divorced	9,855	7,814	11,896

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	4,811	3,286	6,336
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	825	43	1,607
Per 1,000 unmarried women	22	1	43
As a percent of all women with a birth	17.1	1.8	32.4
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	45	30	60
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	33	0	78
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	83	50	116
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	24	9	39

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	9,684	6,270	13,098
Responsible for grandchildren	2,262	879	3,645
less than 1 year	263	0	621
1 or 2 years	1,706	437	2,975
3 or 4 years	0	0	535
5 or more years	293	0	625

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	82.7	70.0	95.4
Percent who are married	67.5	40.8	94.2
Percent who are in labor force	68.0	45.1	90.9
Percent who are in poverty	24.4	0.0	49.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	255,154	254,938	255,370
Civilian veterans	17,674	14,980	20,368

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	106,896	104,390	109,402
With a disability	3,851	2,095	5,607

Population 21 to 64 years	217,479	214,509	220,449
With a disability	19,729	16,087	23,371
Percent employed	60.2	52.0	68.5
No disability	197,750	193,254	202,246
Percent employed	77.6	75.0	80.2

Population 65 years and over	21,745	20,049	23,441
With a disability	8,195	6,519	9,871

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	370,060	368,461	371,659
Same house	314,928	303,804	326,052
Different house in the U.S.	48,332	37,457	59,207
Same county	19,477	12,300	26,655
Different county	28,855	21,529	36,181
Same state	18,932	12,210	25,654
Different state	9,923	4,648	15,198
Abroad	6,800	3,396	10,204

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	374,901	*****	*****
Native	299,814	294,110	305,518
Born in United States	293,484	286,882	300,086
State of residence	194,773	186,251	203,295
Different state	98,711	91,190	106,232
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	6,330	3,497	9,163
Foreign born	75,087	69,383	80,791
Naturalized citizen	30,791	26,711	34,871
Not a citizen	44,296	37,972	50,620
Entered 1990 or later	35,975	30,055	41,895
Entered before 1990	39,112	34,183	44,041

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	75,087	69,383	80,791
Europe	2,189	950	3,428
Asia	40,457	36,900	44,014
Africa	1,061	208	1,914
Oceania	0	0	535
Latin America	28,517	24,211	32,824
Northern America	2,863	1,188	4,538

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	346,256	*****	*****
English only	235,680	227,777	243,584
Language other than English	110,576	102,673	118,480
Speak English less than "very well"	43,887	37,290	50,484
Spanish	61,005	54,864	67,146
Speak English less than "very well"	22,841	17,574	28,108
Other Indo-European languages	15,638	11,102	20,174
Speak English less than "very well"	4,116	2,355	5,877
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	29,760	25,081	34,439
Speak English less than "very well"	16,632	12,639	20,625
Other languages	4,173	1,190	7,156
Speak English less than "very well"	298	0	658

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	374,901	*****	*****
Arab	4,832	1,256	8,408
Czech	7,330	4,895	9,765
Danish	458	72	844
Dutch	2,574	1,223	3,925
English	31,167	25,293	37,041
French (except Basque)	8,707	6,258	11,156
French Canadian	1,245	461	2,029
German	43,721	37,200	50,242
Greek	200	0	518
Hungarian	505	17	993
Irish	29,486	24,056	34,916
Italian	5,824	3,324	8,324
Lithuanian	0	0	535
Norwegian	3,063	1,144	4,982
Polish	7,220	5,379	9,061
Portuguese	623	0	1,349
Russian	806	47	1,565
Scotch-Irish	3,990	2,497	5,483
Scottish	6,802	3,723	9,881
Slovak	1,188	294	2,082
Subsaharan African	3,162	864	5,460
Swedish	1,162	111	2,213
Swiss	0	0	535
Ukrainian	1,080	0	2,702
United States or American	24,210	17,564	30,856
Welsh	656	0	1,534
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	2,077	74	4,080

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.