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2001 Supplementary Survey Profile
Arizona
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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
1,389,781
1,370,535
1,409,027
Nursery school, preschool
70,267
62,217
78,317
Kindergarten
82,176
73,556
90,796
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
652,832
640,091
665,573
High school grade (grades 9-12)
282,654
269,863
295,445
College or graduate school
301,852
287,580
316,125
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
3,242,125
3,233,626
3,250,624
Less than 9th grade
252,481
233,626
271,336
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
384,057
364,788
403,326
High school graduate (including equivalency)
835,313
808,126
862,500
Some college, no degree
792,808
769,758
815,859
Associate degree
223,634
209,528
237,740
Bachelor's degree
491,175
466,247
516,103
Graduate or professional degree
262,657
248,229
277,085
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
80.4
79.7
81.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
23.3
22.3
24.3
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
1,927,203
1,923,669
1,930,737
Never married
570,624
553,878
587,370
Now married, except separated
1,081,914
1,061,251
1,102,577
Separated
26,091
21,268
30,914
Widowed
43,479
39,240
47,718
Divorced
205,095
194,174
216,016
 
Females 15 years and over
2,019,588
2,016,852
2,022,324
Never married
476,540
461,835
491,245
Now married, except separated
1,052,713
1,034,518
1,070,908
Separated
50,960
42,266
59,654
Widowed
184,502
175,302
193,702
Divorced
254,873
242,630
267,116
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
91,041
81,496
100,586
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
32,437
27,012
37,862
Per 1,000 unmarried women
52
44
60
As a percent of all women with a birth
35.6
30.7
40.6
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
71
64
78
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
58
43
73
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
132
117
147
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
20
15
25
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
114,119
101,620
126,618
Responsible for grandchildren
52,075
41,238
62,912
less than 1 year
13,524
10,731
16,317
1 or 2 years
17,021
12,114
21,928
3 or 4 years
6,092
3,757
8,427
5 or more years
15,438
8,949
21,927
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
60.9
56.9
64.9
Percent who are married
75.6
63.9
87.3
Percent who are in labor force
60.8
53.5
68.1
Percent who are in poverty
27.1
22.2
32.1
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
3,708,312
3,701,806
3,714,818
Civilian veterans
521,826
505,295
538,357
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
1,247,077
1,239,896
1,254,258
With a disability
68,495
59,369
77,621
 
Population 21 to 64 years
2,838,496
2,827,524
2,849,469
With a disability
378,115
352,027
404,203
Percent employed
45.4
43.1
47.7
No disability
2,460,381
2,432,293
2,488,469
Percent employed
75.9
74.9
76.9
 
Population 65 years and over
674,258
668,805
679,711
With a disability
258,662
248,939
268,385
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
5,116,046
5,107,677
5,124,415
Same house
4,107,001
4,051,488
4,162,514
Different house in the U.S.
951,402
901,245
1,001,559
Same county
638,008
597,522
678,494
Different county
313,394
289,454
337,334
Same state
79,515
53,536
105,494
Different state
233,879
195,035
272,723
Abroad
57,643
39,739
75,547
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
5,197,474
*****
*****
Native
4,518,400
4,466,257
4,570,543
Born in United States
4,464,630
4,412,980
4,516,280
State of residence
1,866,182
1,688,431
2,043,933
Different state
2,598,448
2,446,778
2,750,118
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
53,770
46,857
60,684
Foreign born
679,074
626,931
731,217
Naturalized citizen
202,840
185,470
220,210
Not a citizen
476,234
435,972
516,496
Entered 1990 or later
343,574
319,492
367,656
Entered before 1990
335,500
290,599
380,401
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
679,074
626,931
731,217
Europe
79,251
68,757
89,745
Asia
75,449
66,714
84,184
Africa
10,575
6,800
14,350
Oceania
2,390
605
4,175
Latin America
476,503
431,933
521,073
Northern America
34,906
27,663
42,150
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
4,773,085
4,771,311
4,774,859
English only
3,541,722
3,500,802
3,582,642
Language other than English
1,231,363
1,189,540
1,273,186
Speak English less than "very well"
487,888
440,644
535,132
Spanish
949,188
910,758
987,618
Speak English less than "very well"
405,680
359,077
452,283
Other Indo-European languages
94,675
81,630
107,720
Speak English less than "very well"
22,822
16,682
28,962
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
64,831
55,994
73,668
Speak English less than "very well"
34,748
28,272
41,224
Other languages
122,669
96,523
148,815
Speak English less than "very well"
24,638
15,395
33,881
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
5,197,474
*****
*****
Arab
21,214
12,875
29,553
Czech
25,396
20,646
30,146
Danish
46,282
35,989
56,575
Dutch
101,866
85,605
118,127
English
585,435
561,451
609,419
French (except Basque)
170,249
153,779
186,719
French Canadian
34,802
24,554
45,050
German
914,564
855,298
973,830
Greek
16,275
12,005
20,545
Hungarian
30,789
23,816
37,762
Irish
583,178
532,416
633,940
Italian
251,486
226,188
276,784
Lithuanian
8,827
6,806
10,848
Norwegian
117,120
104,465
129,776
Polish
137,002
121,304
152,700
Portuguese
14,298
10,718
17,879
Russian
43,891
36,453
51,329
Scotch-Irish
85,847
75,031
96,663
Scottish
118,617
103,945
133,289
Slovak
8,065
5,722
10,408
Subsaharan African
18,262
11,802
24,722
Swedish
115,552
99,440
131,664
Swiss
20,783
16,521
25,045
Ukrainian
10,684
8,056
13,312
United States or American
290,396
150,040
430,752
Welsh
43,970
35,956
51,984
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
1,039
367
1,711
 

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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