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2001 Supplementary Survey Profile
Idaho
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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
354,034
343,796
364,272
Nursery school, preschool
19,320
16,644
21,996
Kindergarten
22,012
18,694
25,330
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
162,197
157,396
166,999
High school grade (grades 9-12)
83,927
79,531
88,323
College or graduate school
66,578
58,778
74,378
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
782,522
778,272
786,772
Less than 9th grade
39,453
34,559
44,347
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
73,173
66,375
79,971
High school graduate (including equivalency)
236,950
221,732
252,168
Some college, no degree
202,537
192,837
212,237
Associate degree
54,840
47,646
62,034
Bachelor's degree
116,964
107,884
126,044
Graduate or professional degree
58,605
51,891
65,319
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
85.6
84.4
86.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
22.4
20.9
23.9
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
482,447
479,904
484,990
Never married
121,690
116,268
127,112
Now married, except separated
298,567
291,954
305,180
Separated
2,577
1,450
3,704
Widowed
10,933
8,978
12,888
Divorced
48,680
44,519
52,841
 
Females 15 years and over
498,359
494,904
501,814
Never married
102,122
97,575
106,669
Now married, except separated
292,018
284,473
299,563
Separated
6,797
4,934
8,660
Widowed
46,141
42,633
49,649
Divorced
51,281
46,717
55,845
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
24,782
21,560
28,004
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
4,904
3,205
6,604
Per 1,000 unmarried women
37
24
50
As a percent of all women with a birth
19.8
13.9
25.7
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
75
65
85
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
56
31
81
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
148
127
169
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
21
13
29
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
23,032
19,460
26,604
Responsible for grandchildren
9,528
7,272
11,784
less than 1 year
3,633
2,003
5,263
1 or 2 years
3,025
1,687
4,363
3 or 4 years
641
62
1,220
5 or more years
2,229
1,110
3,348
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
56.9
50.6
63.2
Percent who are married
77.2
64.8
89.6
Percent who are in labor force
61.4
50.5
72.3
Percent who are in poverty
23.2
12.5
33.9
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
915,164
912,897
917,431
Civilian veterans
123,363
114,943
131,783
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
337,215
331,998
342,432
With a disability
21,793
18,297
25,289
 
Population 21 to 64 years
708,729
703,734
713,724
With a disability
106,261
98,470
114,052
Percent employed
51.1
47.0
55.2
No disability
602,468
593,926
611,010
Percent employed
77.9
76.4
79.4
 
Population 65 years and over
141,418
139,987
142,849
With a disability
67,492
63,078
71,906
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,268,563
1,265,910
1,271,216
Same house
1,051,011
1,032,812
1,069,211
Different house in the U.S.
210,313
192,473
228,153
Same county
116,741
104,463
129,019
Different county
93,572
80,105
107,039
Same state
43,077
34,801
51,353
Different state
50,495
41,219
59,771
Abroad
7,239
4,851
9,627
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,289,492
*****
*****
Native
1,221,071
1,213,169
1,228,973
Born in United States
1,213,610
1,205,698
1,221,522
State of residence
640,084
611,252
668,916
Different state
573,526
543,183
603,870
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
7,461
4,765
10,157
Foreign born
68,421
60,519
76,323
Naturalized citizen
21,301
16,889
25,713
Not a citizen
47,120
40,258
53,982
Entered 1990 or later
34,197
27,919
40,475
Entered before 1990
34,224
28,845
39,603
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
68,421
60,519
76,323
Europe
10,203
6,405
14,001
Asia
9,892
7,676
12,108
Africa
1,648
262
3,034
Oceania
1,736
202
3,271
Latin America
41,122
35,342
46,902
Northern America
3,820
2,358
5,282
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,188,181
1,185,912
1,190,450
English only
1,081,714
1,072,816
1,090,612
Language other than English
106,467
97,598
115,336
Speak English less than "very well"
40,268
33,826
46,710
Spanish
72,740
66,437
79,043
Speak English less than "very well"
29,618
24,234
35,002
Other Indo-European languages
19,259
13,850
24,668
Speak English less than "very well"
4,691
1,891
7,491
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
9,711
6,512
12,910
Speak English less than "very well"
4,353
2,865
5,841
Other languages
4,757
2,749
6,765
Speak English less than "very well"
1,606
283
2,929
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,289,492
*****
*****
Arab
2,739
0
5,709
Czech
6,063
3,157
8,969
Danish
41,321
30,096
52,546
Dutch
32,851
27,462
38,240
English
274,081
244,244
303,918
French (except Basque)
41,366
35,319
47,413
French Canadian
6,218
3,750
8,686
German
286,718
263,605
309,831
Greek
3,263
935
5,591
Hungarian
2,292
954
3,630
Irish
141,848
125,035
158,662
Italian
30,164
24,745
35,583
Lithuanian
963
151
1,775
Norwegian
46,342
36,868
55,816
Polish
19,709
13,625
25,793
Portuguese
3,593
1,567
5,619
Russian
6,861
3,865
9,857
Scotch-Irish
24,608
19,991
29,225
Scottish
42,945
34,943
50,948
Slovak
479
0
991
Subsaharan African
1,414
0
2,874
Swedish
57,417
49,647
65,187
Swiss
8,617
6,698
10,536
Ukrainian
6,376
2,088
10,664
United States or American
110,557
98,321
122,793
Welsh
23,784
18,121
29,447
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0
0
383
 

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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