ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for Alaska -- Table 2

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Alaska

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	188,175	182,808	193,542
Nursery school, preschool	11,412	9,896	12,928
Kindergarten	9,780	8,412	11,148
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	86,608	84,079	89,137
High school grade (grades 9-12)	42,871	40,236	45,506
College or graduate school	37,504	34,227	40,781

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	370,363	368,137	372,589
Less than 9th grade	13,058	8,974	17,142
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	25,363	22,764	27,962
High school graduate (including equivalency)	103,011	96,721	109,301
Some college, no degree	102,659	98,448	106,870
Associate degree	30,872	24,818	36,926
Bachelor's degree	62,026	58,474	65,578
Graduate or professional degree	33,374	30,425	36,323

Percent high school graduate or higher	89.6	88.1	91.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	25.8	24.8	26.8

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	234,282	232,840	235,724
Never married	74,283	68,709	79,857
Now married, except separated	125,927	120,178	131,676
Separated	4,270	3,358	5,182
Widowed	4,103	3,092	5,114
Divorced	25,699	23,003	28,395

Females 15 years and over	223,047	222,186	223,908
Never married	52,931	49,681	56,182
Now married, except separated	122,900	118,701	127,099
Separated	5,089	3,993	6,185
Widowed	11,911	10,132	13,690
Divorced	30,216	26,952	33,480

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	9,324	8,199	10,449
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	1,953	1,479	2,427
Per 1,000 unmarried women	27	20	34
As a percent of all women with a birth	20.9	16.6	25.2
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	55	48	62
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	20	8	32
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	129	109	149
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	13	8	18

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	9,941	8,454	11,428
Responsible for grandchildren	5,738	4,642	6,834
less than 1 year	1,314	641	1,987
1 or 2 years	980	543	1,417
3 or 4 years	955	493	1,417
5 or more years	2,489	1,641	3,337

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	52.6	46.0	59.2
Percent who are married	81.9	74.3	89.5
Percent who are in labor force	58.9	48.7	69.1
Percent who are in poverty	4.8	0.7	8.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	413,790	411,409	416,171
Civilian veterans	72,801	69,508	76,094

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	167,478	165,424	169,532
With a disability	12,308	10,313	14,303

Population 21 to 64 years	355,440	352,188	358,692
With a disability	50,471	47,654	53,288
Percent employed	53.8	49.2	58.4
No disability	304,969	300,309	309,629
Percent employed	78.8	77.0	80.6

Population 65 years and over	33,247	31,383	35,112
With a disability	14,944	13,650	16,238

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	606,618	605,476	607,760
Same house	487,813	479,759	495,867
Different house in the U.S.	115,759	107,776	123,742
Same county	66,516	59,089	73,943
Different county	49,243	44,085	54,401
Same state	16,984	13,374	20,594
Different state	32,259	28,030	36,488
Abroad	3,046	1,733	4,359

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	615,531	*****	*****
Native	581,327	577,372	585,282
Born in United States	570,289	565,169	575,409
State of residence	234,613	227,518	241,708
Different state	335,676	324,939	346,413
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	11,038	9,043	13,033
Foreign born	34,204	30,249	38,159
Naturalized citizen	19,775	16,830	22,720
Not a citizen	14,429	11,784	17,074
Entered 1990 or later	14,126	11,719	16,533
Entered before 1990	20,078	17,565	22,591

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	34,204	30,249	38,159
Europe	7,970	6,208	9,732
Asia	16,453	13,889	19,017
Africa	1,131	534	1,728
Oceania	457	61	853
Latin America	5,037	3,902	6,172
Northern America	3,156	2,470	3,842

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	566,951	565,735	568,167
English only	492,896	476,990	508,802
Language other than English	74,055	57,444	90,666
Speak English less than "very well"	22,482	15,826	29,138
Spanish	16,765	14,401	19,129
Speak English less than "very well"	4,627	3,553	5,701
Other Indo-European languages	12,834	10,489	15,179
Speak English less than "very well"	2,795	1,808	3,782
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	19,118	17,046	21,190
Speak English less than "very well"	9,038	7,122	10,954
Other languages	25,338	10,950	39,726
Speak English less than "very well"	6,022	1,384	10,660

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	615,531	*****	*****
Arab	582	188	976
Czech	3,140	2,013	4,267
Danish	7,591	5,857	9,325
Dutch	12,843	10,655	15,031
English	69,073	64,677	73,469
French (except Basque)	22,623	19,529	25,717
French Canadian	5,168	3,482	6,854
German	114,211	105,831	122,591
Greek	1,662	842	2,482
Hungarian	2,527	578	4,476
Irish	84,937	78,688	91,186
Italian	21,627	18,513	24,741
Lithuanian	1,205	510	1,900
Norwegian	29,200	25,331	33,069
Polish	10,491	8,737	12,245
Portuguese	1,883	1,149	2,617
Russian	9,040	6,984	11,096
Scotch-Irish	15,290	13,018	17,562
Scottish	20,147	17,284	23,010
Slovak	453	93	813
Subsaharan African	917	272	1,562
Swedish	16,612	14,264	18,960
Swiss	4,331	2,843	5,819
Ukrainian	1,990	1,078	2,902
United States or American	32,434	28,939	35,929
Welsh	5,204	3,656	6,752
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	1,713	642	2,784

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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