ACS: 2001 ACS Tabular Profile for Houston city, Harris County pt. -- Table 2

2001 American Community Survey Profile Houston city, Harris County pt.

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	504,702	484,610	524,794
Nursery school, preschool	32,456	27,074	37,838
Kindergarten	32,620	27,746	37,494
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	251,461	238,985	263,937
High school grade (grades 9-12)	94,378	87,757	100,999
College or graduate school	93,787	85,200	102,374

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	1,159,845	1,139,227	1,180,463
Less than 9th grade	170,646	156,446	184,846
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	168,218	154,853	181,583
High school graduate (including equivalency)	240,415	225,075	255,755
Some college, no degree	210,237	196,615	223,859
Associate degree	55,915	48,792	63,038
Bachelor's degree	202,441	189,946	214,936
Graduate or professional degree	111,973	105,198	118,748

Percent high school graduate or higher	70.8	69.5	72.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	27.1	25.9	28.3

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	697,230	682,854	711,606
Never married	245,910	233,614	258,206
Now married, except separated	362,257	351,255	373,259
Separated	18,573	14,974	22,172
Widowed	12,323	10,195	14,452
Divorced	58,167	52,658	63,676

Females 15 years and over	729,113	714,402	743,824
Never married	210,074	199,666	220,482
Now married, except separated	333,858	323,442	344,274
Separated	29,451	24,610	34,292
Widowed	64,390	59,493	69,287
Divorced	91,340	83,458	99,222

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	37,826	32,548	43,104
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	12,878	9,692	16,064
Per 1,000 unmarried women	50	37	63
As a percent of all women with a birth	34.0	26.6	41.4
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	73	63	83
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	65	34	96
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	109	89	129
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	34	22	46

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	54,912	47,984	61,840
Responsible for grandchildren	24,514	19,884	29,144
less than 1 year	4,609	2,492	6,726
1 or 2 years	5,336	3,150	7,522
3 or 4 years	4,309	2,103	6,515
5 or more years	10,260	7,122	13,398

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	66.4	58.5	74.3
Percent who are married	55.2	44.1	66.3
Percent who are in labor force	68.7	60.3	77.1
Percent who are in poverty	13.6	8.0	19.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	1,349,746	1,326,253	1,373,239
Civilian veterans	107,980	101,304	114,656

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	456,876	440,213	473,539
With a disability	25,328	19,990	30,666

Population 21 to 64 years	1,114,291	1,093,508	1,135,074
With a disability	113,560	104,711	122,409
Percent employed	48.4	44.8	52.0
No disability	1,000,731	979,903	1,021,559
Percent employed	77.3	76.3	78.3

Population 65 years and over	162,961	157,377	168,545
With a disability	70,481	65,067	75,895

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	1,866,751	1,829,994	1,903,508
Same house	1,502,692	1,461,962	1,543,422
Different house in the U.S.	335,773	306,999	364,547
Same county	276,993	250,930	303,056
Different county	58,780	47,022	70,538
Same state	30,055	22,531	37,579
Different state	28,725	21,236	36,214
Abroad	28,286	20,993	35,579

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	1,896,834	1,860,018	1,933,650
Native	1,382,174	1,349,844	1,414,504
Born in United States	1,368,101	1,335,705	1,400,497
State of residence	1,013,754	982,178	1,045,330
Different state	354,347	337,444	371,250
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	14,073	10,913	17,233
Foreign born	514,660	491,646	537,674
Naturalized citizen	128,680	117,821	139,539
Not a citizen	385,980	365,824	406,136
Entered 1990 or later	282,621	263,730	301,512
Entered before 1990	232,039	218,717	245,361

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	514,660	491,646	537,674
Europe	19,555	15,803	23,307
Asia	92,427	83,816	101,038
Africa	19,661	13,960	25,362
Oceania	912	0	1,848
Latin America	377,483	356,350	398,616
Northern America	4,622	2,193	7,051

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	1,734,597	1,701,681	1,767,513
English only	984,040	952,579	1,015,501
Language other than English	750,557	724,510	776,604
Speak English less than "very well"	421,301	401,115	441,487
Spanish	613,308	587,910	638,706
Speak English less than "very well"	355,329	336,219	374,439
Other Indo-European languages	38,895	31,914	45,876
Speak English less than "very well"	11,854	8,674	15,034
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	77,882	68,890	86,875
Speak English less than "very well"	44,783	38,102	51,464
Other languages	20,472	13,697	27,247
Speak English less than "very well"	9,335	3,831	14,839

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	1,896,834	1,860,018	1,933,650
Arab	11,651	6,160	17,142
Czech	11,828	8,530	15,126
Danish	2,085	1,206	2,964
Dutch	10,691	8,252	13,130
English	106,096	96,198	115,994
French (except Basque)	43,111	37,087	49,135
French Canadian	5,281	3,486	7,076
German	124,262	113,811	134,713
Greek	3,927	2,310	5,544
Hungarian	3,471	1,836	5,106
Irish	89,824	80,110	99,538
Italian	32,684	27,157	38,212
Lithuanian	1,825	833	2,817
Norwegian	7,510	3,964	11,056
Polish	19,679	15,074	24,284
Portuguese	1,242	123	2,361
Russian	7,458	4,782	10,134
Scotch-Irish	23,480	20,127	26,833
Scottish	22,430	18,206	26,654
Slovak	641	92	1,190
Subsaharan African	21,620	15,008	28,232
Swedish	8,972	6,311	11,633
Swiss	2,329	1,161	3,497
Ukrainian	1,140	312	1,968
United States or American	64,903	55,137	74,669
Welsh	5,158	3,033	7,283
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	3,233	1,487	4,979

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.