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

2001 American Community Survey Profile Harris County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	950,272	938,034	962,510
Nursery school, preschool	63,007	56,856	69,158
Kindergarten	60,201	54,436	65,966
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	457,602	449,893	465,311
High school grade (grades 9-12)	199,115	192,327	205,903
College or graduate school	170,347	159,053	181,641

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	2,063,245	2,062,257	2,064,233
Less than 9th grade	244,499	229,279	259,719
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	270,042	253,679	286,405
High school graduate (including equivalency)	450,277	431,792	468,762
Some college, no degree	419,403	404,845	433,961
Associate degree	109,598	100,327	118,869
Bachelor's degree	378,362	362,180	394,544
Graduate or professional degree	191,064	182,189	199,939

Percent high school graduate or higher	75.1	74.3	75.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	27.6	26.8	28.4

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	1,256,997	1,256,634	1,257,360
Never married	402,239	390,060	414,418
Now married, except separated	706,625	693,475	719,776
Separated	27,571	22,811	32,331
Widowed	20,550	17,773	23,327
Divorced	100,012	92,485	107,539

Females 15 years and over	1,299,394	1,298,919	1,299,869
Never married	334,808	323,839	345,777
Now married, except separated	665,004	650,029	679,979
Separated	48,257	42,137	54,377
Widowed	95,736	90,515	100,957
Divorced	155,589	146,522	164,656

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	64,041	57,294	70,788
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	18,205	14,235	22,175
Per 1,000 unmarried women	43	33	53
As a percent of all women with a birth	28.4	23.0	33.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	68	60	76
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	52	32	72
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	115	102	128
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	28	21	35

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	91,449	82,174	100,724
Responsible for grandchildren	40,292	33,974	46,610
less than 1 year	9,381	6,226	12,536
1 or 2 years	9,878	6,817	12,939
3 or 4 years	7,735	4,749	10,722
5 or more years	13,298	9,800	16,796

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	63.9	58.1	69.7
Percent who are married	64.1	55.7	72.5
Percent who are in labor force	73.1	67.5	78.7
Percent who are in poverty	15.5	9.4	21.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	2,399,881	2,398,974	2,400,789
Civilian veterans	211,093	202,196	219,990

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	861,149	855,816	866,482
With a disability	47,234	41,014	53,455

Population 21 to 64 years	2,009,224	2,003,682	2,014,766
With a disability	199,054	186,481	211,627
Percent employed	52.5	49.7	55.3
No disability	1,810,170	1,796,331	1,824,009
Percent employed	77.9	77.1	78.7

Population 65 years and over	248,647	248,236	249,058
With a disability	107,249	101,948	112,550

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	3,361,835	3,355,669	3,368,001
Same house	2,723,547	2,688,588	2,758,506
Different house in the U.S.	597,279	563,751	630,807
Same county	486,321	455,045	517,597
Different county	110,958	96,684	125,232
Same state	58,779	47,821	69,737
Different state	52,179	43,396	60,962
Abroad	41,009	32,782	49,236

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	3,418,455	*****	*****
Native	2,644,096	2,621,153	2,667,039
Born in United States	2,612,995	2,589,540	2,636,450
State of residence	1,873,584	1,844,912	1,902,256
Different state	739,411	717,154	761,668
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	31,101	25,644	36,558
Foreign born	774,359	751,416	797,302
Naturalized citizen	217,699	204,994	230,404
Not a citizen	556,660	536,291	577,029
Entered 1990 or later	402,191	381,477	422,905
Entered before 1990	372,168	356,392	387,944

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	774,359	751,416	797,302
Europe	38,864	33,343	44,385
Asia	150,456	144,216	156,696
Africa	23,593	17,915	29,271
Oceania	1,472	368	2,576
Latin America	551,698	532,545	570,851
Northern America	8,276	5,162	11,390

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	3,120,278	3,119,375	3,121,181
English only	1,967,511	1,948,333	1,986,689
Language other than English	1,152,767	1,133,485	1,172,049
Speak English less than "very well"	603,552	585,211	621,893
Spanish	931,445	915,562	947,328
Speak English less than "very well"	505,495	488,152	522,838
Other Indo-European languages	73,558	64,292	82,824
Speak English less than "very well"	22,306	17,831	26,781
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	120,416	112,039	128,793
Speak English less than "very well"	64,662	56,744	72,580
Other languages	27,348	18,842	35,854
Speak English less than "very well"	11,089	5,307	16,871

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	3,418,455	*****	*****
Arab	19,333	12,129	26,537
Czech	28,400	22,638	34,162
Danish	5,856	3,833	7,879
Dutch	27,579	22,721	32,437
English	232,332	215,517	249,147
French (except Basque)	94,183	84,588	103,778
French Canadian	10,022	7,438	12,606
German	326,072	309,272	342,872
Greek	5,878	3,766	7,990
Hungarian	7,410	5,227	9,593
Irish	209,757	196,981	222,533
Italian	70,772	61,243	80,301
Lithuanian	2,980	1,592	4,368
Norwegian	16,398	11,347	21,449
Polish	43,884	37,139	50,629
Portuguese	3,105	1,133	5,077
Russian	14,259	10,611	17,907
Scotch-Irish	51,649	45,663	57,635
Scottish	48,879	41,609	56,149
Slovak	2,162	835	3,489
Subsaharan African	25,678	18,713	32,643
Swedish	21,265	17,152	25,378
Swiss	4,952	3,142	6,762
Ukrainian	3,378	1,733	5,023
United States or American	194,856	175,249	214,463
Welsh	10,847	8,037	13,657
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	10,512	5,686	15,338

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.