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2001 Supplementary Survey Profile
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TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  Estimate Lower
Bound
Upper
Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
1,101,143
1,085,212
1,117,074
Nursery school, preschool
63,733
57,305
70,161
Kindergarten
67,294
57,270
77,318
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
516,333
506,547
526,119
High school grade (grades 9-12)
235,410
227,738
243,083
College or graduate school
218,373
204,833
231,913
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
2,823,284
2,815,328
2,831,240
Less than 9th grade
219,388
200,159
238,617
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
384,862
368,014
401,710
High school graduate (including equivalency)
906,667
866,537
946,797
Some college, no degree
576,014
554,229
597,799
Associate degree
188,628
172,410
204,846
Bachelor's degree
351,112
337,229
364,995
Graduate or professional degree
196,613
179,605
213,621
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
78.6
77.9
79.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
19.4
18.6
20.2
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
1,613,974
1,607,026
1,620,922
Never married
439,795
428,892
450,698
Now married, except separated
949,765
935,583
963,947
Separated
32,132
26,223
38,041
Widowed
40,650
34,527
46,773
Divorced
151,632
141,559
161,705
 
Females 15 years and over
1,797,011
1,790,584
1,803,438
Never married
376,892
361,205
392,579
Now married, except separated
929,409
915,767
943,051
Separated
52,633
43,129
62,137
Widowed
211,299
202,542
220,056
Divorced
226,778
212,161
241,395
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
66,596
58,706
74,486
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
20,019
16,170
23,868
Per 1,000 unmarried women
40
32
48
As a percent of all women with a birth
30.1
25.6
34.6
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
59
52
66
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
48
30
66
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
116
100
133
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
16
11
21
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
100,496
88,045
112,947
Responsible for grandchildren
54,053
43,823
64,283
less than 1 year
8,867
6,491
11,243
1 or 2 years
13,335
8,332
18,338
3 or 4 years
9,071
5,425
12,718
5 or more years
22,780
17,708
27,852
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
65.8
62.3
69.3
Percent who are married
69.8
63.7
75.9
Percent who are in labor force
54.2
47.1
61.3
Percent who are in poverty
22.4
13.3
31.5
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
3,212,053
3,207,707
3,216,399
Civilian veterans
430,974
418,744
443,204
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
996,553
987,585
1,005,521
With a disability
65,063
56,305
73,821
 
Population 21 to 64 years
2,488,210
2,478,307
2,498,113
With a disability
451,924
431,367
472,481
Percent employed
37.6
35.8
39.4
No disability
2,036,286
2,017,737
2,054,835
Percent employed
76.9
76.1
77.7
 
Population 65 years and over
552,193
549,070
555,316
With a disability
271,977
263,074
280,880
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
4,290,137
4,283,979
4,296,295
Same house
3,646,089
3,599,519
3,692,659
Different house in the U.S.
630,852
584,079
677,625
Same county
403,635
376,044
431,226
Different county
227,217
196,341
258,093
Same state
128,860
103,879
153,841
Different state
98,357
82,390
114,324
Abroad
13,196
8,081
18,311
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
4,349,601
*****
*****
Native
4,259,703
4,248,217
4,271,189
Born in United States
4,233,711
4,221,740
4,245,682
State of residence
3,261,785
3,221,693
3,301,877
Different state
971,926
934,639
1,009,213
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
25,992
21,233
30,751
Foreign born
89,898
78,412
101,384
Naturalized citizen
29,815
23,665
35,965
Not a citizen
60,083
51,830
68,336
Entered 1990 or later
55,562
46,715
64,409
Entered before 1990
34,336
28,785
39,887
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
89,898
78,412
101,384
Europe
19,684
13,548
25,820
Asia
34,039
28,480
39,598
Africa
3,523
1,802
5,244
Oceania
432
0
955
Latin America
29,032
23,208
34,857
Northern America
3,188
1,604
4,772
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
4,047,913
4,044,143
4,051,683
English only
3,926,725
3,910,996
3,942,454
Language other than English
121,188
106,983
135,393
Speak English less than "very well"
50,071
41,932
58,210
Spanish
55,215
47,919
62,511
Speak English less than "very well"
29,742
22,802
36,682
Other Indo-European languages
39,254
29,468
49,040
Speak English less than "very well"
8,859
6,415
11,303
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
19,357
14,110
24,604
Speak English less than "very well"
9,243
6,344
12,142
Other languages
7,362
4,821
9,903
Speak English less than "very well"
2,227
950
3,504
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
4,349,601
*****
*****
Arab
6,829
2,344
11,314
Czech
4,962
2,368
7,556
Danish
3,247
1,323
5,171
Dutch
61,541
47,259
75,823
English
453,972
431,207
476,737
French (except Basque)
79,410
70,432
88,388
French Canadian
11,193
6,561
15,825
German
329,368
291,403
367,333
Greek
9,704
5,744
13,664
Hungarian
7,128
4,373
9,884
Irish
463,629
427,768
499,490
Italian
67,722
54,342
81,102
Lithuanian
1,564
130
2,998
Norwegian
10,927
7,546
14,308
Polish
30,206
22,294
38,118
Portuguese
2,264
0
4,737
Russian
5,065
2,478
7,652
Scotch-Irish
97,395
82,098
112,692
Scottish
95,273
83,812
106,734
Slovak
1,449
221
2,677
Subsaharan African
52,743
41,356
64,130
Swedish
20,017
13,534
26,500
Swiss
6,266
2,781
9,751
Ukrainian
2,009
402
3,616
United States or American
641,186
602,650
679,722
Welsh
17,109
12,413
21,805
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
3,209
1,463
4,955
 

The 2001 Supplementary 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 Supplementary 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 Supplementary 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.

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