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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
1,153,825
1,126,090
1,181,560
Nursery school, preschool
69,284
60,189
78,379
Kindergarten
67,399
60,431
74,367
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
508,909
497,587
520,231
High school grade (grades 9-12)
244,786
235,270
254,302
College or graduate school
263,447
237,994
288,900
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
2,777,995
2,770,471
2,785,519
Less than 9th grade
123,435
106,864
140,006
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
242,907
217,264
268,550
High school graduate (including equivalency)
636,126
588,288
683,964
Some college, no degree
642,685
621,857
663,513
Associate degree
195,185
182,373
207,997
Bachelor's degree
616,792
579,695
653,889
Graduate or professional degree
320,865
283,194
358,536
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
86.8
85.8
87.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
33.8
31.2
36.4
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
1,659,138
1,653,116
1,665,161
Never married
500,999
480,584
521,414
Now married, except separated
944,762
928,759
960,765
Separated
21,408
15,278
27,538
Widowed
25,031
21,531
28,531
Divorced
166,938
153,778
180,098
 
Females 15 years and over
1,691,842
1,686,399
1,697,285
Never married
388,603
368,438
408,768
Now married, except separated
912,337
885,465
939,209
Separated
31,139
25,704
36,574
Widowed
127,992
121,257
134,727
Divorced
231,771
218,089
245,453
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
66,836
56,560
77,112
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
16,572
12,231
20,913
Per 1,000 unmarried women
31
23
39
As a percent of all women with a birth
24.8
20.2
29.4
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
57
49
65
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
50
29
71
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
101
83
119
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
24
16
32
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
62,216
51,181
73,251
Responsible for grandchildren
30,668
23,557
37,780
less than 1 year
8,094
5,174
11,015
1 or 2 years
10,659
5,595
15,723
3 or 4 years
3,014
1,638
4,390
5 or more years
8,901
5,226
12,576
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
62.5
56.9
68.1
Percent who are married
71.5
64.2
78.8
Percent who are in labor force
51.7
42.8
60.6
Percent who are in poverty
33.3
24.9
41.7
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
3,146,737
3,140,843
3,152,631
Civilian veterans
417,230
396,085
438,375
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
998,368
988,867
1,007,869
With a disability
52,839
44,863
60,815
 
Population 21 to 64 years
2,582,744
2,572,283
2,593,205
With a disability
304,730
281,501
327,959
Percent employed
53.8
51.7
55.9
No disability
2,278,014
2,255,277
2,300,751
Percent employed
81.0
80.2
81.8
 
Population 65 years and over
399,677
395,801
403,553
With a disability
156,774
149,722
163,826
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
4,255,368
4,247,813
4,262,923
Same house
3,433,525
3,361,585
3,505,465
Different house in the U.S.
780,816
708,162
853,470
Same county
411,826
360,858
462,795
Different county
368,990
336,911
401,069
Same state
188,106
169,514
206,698
Different state
180,884
158,564
203,204
Abroad
41,027
33,193
48,861
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
4,314,724
*****
*****
Native
3,920,567
3,892,418
3,948,716
Born in United States
3,859,374
3,830,421
3,888,327
State of residence
1,782,248
1,680,149
1,884,347
Different state
2,077,126
1,959,778
2,194,474
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
61,193
54,100
68,286
Foreign born
394,157
366,008
422,306
Naturalized citizen
115,980
104,590
127,370
Not a citizen
278,177
254,768
301,586
Entered 1990 or later
228,939
202,661
255,217
Entered before 1990
165,218
153,498
176,938
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
394,157
366,008
422,306
Europe
67,124
58,532
75,716
Asia
85,710
78,648
92,772
Africa
9,905
5,047
14,763
Oceania
4,135
1,759
6,511
Latin America
215,627
187,965
243,289
Northern America
11,656
7,960
15,352
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
3,998,646
3,994,495
4,002,797
English only
3,394,188
3,358,602
3,429,774
Language other than English
604,458
568,217
640,699
Speak English less than "very well"
281,945
252,398
311,492
Spanish
406,183
373,190
439,176
Speak English less than "very well"
205,758
178,974
232,542
Other Indo-European languages
100,113
88,586
111,640
Speak English less than "very well"
29,833
23,535
36,131
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
77,784
70,014
85,554
Speak English less than "very well"
41,174
35,036
47,312
Other languages
20,378
13,022
27,734
Speak English less than "very well"
5,180
2,707
7,653
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
4,314,724
*****
*****
Arab
20,388
12,267
28,509
Czech
26,245
20,970
31,520
Danish
35,469
29,013
41,925
Dutch
81,336
72,099
90,573
English
571,887
542,415
601,359
French (except Basque)
162,400
149,845
174,955
French Canadian
25,936
21,339
30,533
German
1,042,791
987,514
1,098,068
Greek
19,963
13,198
26,728
Hungarian
21,148
14,083
28,213
Irish
558,028
514,638
601,418
Italian
213,635
194,789
232,481
Lithuanian
9,431
5,963
12,899
Norwegian
120,501
103,511
137,491
Polish
119,440
103,819
135,061
Portuguese
6,626
3,684
9,568
Russian
45,358
37,664
53,052
Scotch-Irish
105,986
96,320
115,652
Scottish
129,107
115,125
143,089
Slovak
9,543
6,217
12,869
Subsaharan African
18,445
10,751
26,139
Swedish
136,362
125,048
147,676
Swiss
15,147
12,086
18,208
Ukrainian
11,934
8,096
15,772
United States or American
222,352
181,087
263,617
Welsh
44,206
35,197
53,215
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
3,237
1,328
5,146
 

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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