ACS: 2001 ACS Tabular Profile for Houston city -- Table 2

2001 American Community Survey Profile Houston city

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	519,886	499,705	540,067
Nursery school, preschool	32,617	27,266	37,968
Kindergarten	33,515	28,631	38,399
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	257,693	244,899	270,487
High school grade (grades 9-12)	99,278	92,452	106,104
College or graduate school	96,783	88,048	105,518

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	1,183,939	1,162,669	1,205,209
Less than 9th grade	173,080	158,887	187,273
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	172,253	158,551	185,955
High school graduate (including equivalency)	245,698	229,988	261,408
Some college, no degree	216,349	202,733	229,965
Associate degree	58,286	51,011	65,561
Bachelor's degree	205,066	192,320	217,812
Graduate or professional degree	113,207	106,450	119,964

Percent high school graduate or higher	70.8	69.5	72.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	26.9	25.7	28.1

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	713,709	698,437	728,981
Never married	252,793	240,144	265,442
Now married, except separated	371,047	359,670	382,424
Separated	18,734	15,134	22,334
Widowed	12,323	10,195	14,452
Divorced	58,812	53,351	64,274

Females 15 years and over	745,586	730,682	760,490
Never married	214,703	204,386	225,020
Now married, except separated	341,738	331,236	352,240
Separated	30,916	26,004	35,828
Widowed	66,217	61,376	71,058
Divorced	92,012	83,983	100,041

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	38,519	33,153	43,885
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	13,414	10,116	16,712
Per 1,000 unmarried women	51	38	64
As a percent of all women with a birth	34.8	27.4	42.2
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	73	63	83
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	69	38	100
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	108	88	128
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	34	24	44

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	57,974	50,726	65,222
Responsible for grandchildren	25,411	20,631	30,191
less than 1 year	4,609	2,492	6,726
1 or 2 years	6,130	3,610	8,650
3 or 4 years	4,309	2,103	6,515
5 or more years	10,363	7,253	13,473

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	67.6	60.2	75.0
Percent who are married	54.8	44.2	65.4
Percent who are in labor force	69.4	61.3	77.5
Percent who are in poverty	15.1	9.3	20.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	1,379,146	1,354,879	1,403,413
Civilian veterans	109,469	102,671	116,267

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	470,257	453,802	486,712
With a disability	26,363	20,976	31,750

Population 21 to 64 years	1,139,841	1,118,287	1,161,395
With a disability	116,444	107,473	125,415
Percent employed	49.3	45.8	52.8
No disability	1,023,397	1,001,878	1,044,916
Percent employed	77.5	76.5	78.5

Population 65 years and over	164,657	158,922	170,392
With a disability	71,071	65,666	76,476

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	1,910,764	1,873,014	1,948,514
Same house	1,544,419	1,501,371	1,587,468
Different house in the U.S.	338,059	308,983	367,135
Same county	276,993	250,930	303,056
Different county	61,066	48,792	73,340
Same state	32,341	24,235	40,447
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	1,941,240	1,903,307	1,979,174
Native	1,421,215	1,388,215	1,454,215
Born in United States	1,404,876	1,372,135	1,437,617
State of residence	1,044,218	1,011,149	1,077,287
Different state	360,658	343,765	377,551
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	16,339	12,486	20,192
Foreign born	520,025	496,587	543,463
Naturalized citizen	131,241	120,366	142,116
Not a citizen	388,784	368,476	409,092
Entered 1990 or later	283,043	264,042	302,044
Entered before 1990	236,982	223,389	250,575

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	520,025	496,587	543,463
Europe	19,654	15,897	23,411
Asia	92,852	84,297	101,407
Africa	19,852	14,110	25,594
Oceania	912	0	1,848
Latin America	382,133	360,668	403,598
Northern America	4,622	2,193	7,051

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	1,775,224	1,741,617	1,808,831
English only	1,015,108	982,799	1,047,417
Language other than English	760,116	733,213	787,019
Speak English less than "very well"	426,580	405,622	447,538
Spanish	622,251	595,886	648,616
Speak English less than "very well"	360,404	340,465	380,343
Other Indo-European languages	39,320	32,357	46,283
Speak English less than "very well"	12,058	8,908	15,208
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	20,663	13,850	27,476
Speak English less than "very well"	9,335	3,831	14,839

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	1,941,240	1,903,307	1,979,174
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	124,361	113,903	134,819
Greek	3,927	2,310	5,544
Hungarian	3,471	1,836	5,106
Irish	89,918	80,198	99,638
Italian	32,778	27,255	38,301
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	23,645	20,305	26,985
Scottish	22,430	18,206	26,654
Slovak	641	92	1,190
Subsaharan African	23,409	16,585	30,233
Swedish	8,972	6,311	11,633
Swiss	2,329	1,161	3,497
Ukrainian	1,140	312	1,968
United States or American	65,466	55,736	75,196
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.