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2001 Supplementary Survey Profile
Kentucky
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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
963,535
942,936
984,134
Nursery school, preschool
49,527
44,592
54,462
Kindergarten
50,975
46,259
55,691
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
457,981
448,527
467,436
High school grade (grades 9-12)
217,539
209,642
225,436
College or graduate school
187,513
172,680
202,347
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
2,596,609
2,592,515
2,600,703
Less than 9th grade
272,308
242,996
301,620
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
347,560
320,642
374,478
High school graduate (including equivalency)
898,616
866,418
930,814
Some college, no degree
475,694
459,138
492,250
Associate degree
132,631
119,556
145,706
Bachelor's degree
279,457
266,011
292,903
Graduate or professional degree
190,343
180,134
200,552
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
76.1
74.8
77.4
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
18.1
17.4
18.8
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
1,497,380
1,492,366
1,502,394
Never married
371,836
357,809
385,863
Now married, except separated
924,951
909,984
939,918
Separated
19,268
12,688
25,848
Widowed
38,464
34,479
42,449
Divorced
142,861
132,672
153,050
 
Females 15 years and over
1,625,105
1,620,180
1,630,030
Never married
311,649
297,542
325,757
Now married, except separated
902,314
881,593
923,035
Separated
36,580
32,163
40,997
Widowed
182,339
172,979
191,699
Divorced
192,223
177,965
206,481
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
57,420
50,734
64,106
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
15,660
12,649
18,671
Per 1,000 unmarried women
37
30
44
As a percent of all women with a birth
27.3
22.8
31.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
56
49
63
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
38
23
53
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
111
98
124
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
14
11
17
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
69,779
61,488
78,070
Responsible for grandchildren
36,188
30,134
42,242
less than 1 year
6,189
4,212
8,166
1 or 2 years
8,329
5,017
11,641
3 or 4 years
6,234
3,295
9,173
5 or more years
15,436
11,994
18,878
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
58.9
55.8
62.0
Percent who are married
78.5
73.9
83.1
Percent who are in labor force
49.5
43.6
55.4
Percent who are in poverty
19.2
13.4
25.0
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
2,938,994
2,924,223
2,953,765
Civilian veterans
364,263
342,054
386,472
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
869,424
861,877
876,971
With a disability
75,320
67,865
82,775
 
Population 21 to 64 years
2,319,879
2,304,933
2,334,825
With a disability
446,133
415,674
476,592
Percent employed
36.6
33.8
39.4
No disability
1,873,746
1,837,644
1,909,848
Percent employed
76.3
75.1
77.5
 
Population 65 years and over
477,745
475,143
480,347
With a disability
244,650
232,775
256,525
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
3,901,653
3,896,964
3,906,342
Same house
3,314,848
3,279,266
3,350,430
Different house in the U.S.
575,570
539,857
611,283
Same county
370,671
346,500
394,842
Different county
204,899
178,431
231,367
Same state
119,520
96,570
142,470
Different state
85,379
69,572
101,186
Abroad
11,235
7,562
14,908
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
3,950,704
*****
*****
Native
3,881,552
3,873,873
3,889,231
Born in United States
3,856,214
3,847,398
3,865,030
State of residence
2,901,484
2,857,563
2,945,405
Different state
954,730
908,263
1,001,197
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
25,338
20,583
30,093
Foreign born
69,152
61,473
76,831
Naturalized citizen
25,333
20,725
29,941
Not a citizen
43,819
36,577
51,061
Entered 1990 or later
44,397
35,936
52,858
Entered before 1990
24,755
20,236
29,274
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
69,152
61,473
76,831
Europe
18,864
13,762
23,966
Asia
23,691
19,909
27,473
Africa
5,331
1,744
8,918
Oceania
0
0
421
Latin America
19,687
16,668
22,707
Northern America
1,579
589
2,569
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
3,684,252
3,681,528
3,686,976
English only
3,558,721
3,548,108
3,569,334
Language other than English
125,531
115,588
135,474
Speak English less than "very well"
44,138
36,602
51,674
Spanish
61,162
55,828
66,496
Speak English less than "very well"
18,961
14,618
23,304
Other Indo-European languages
39,718
30,862
48,574
Speak English less than "very well"
14,450
9,035
19,865
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
19,804
16,423
23,185
Speak English less than "very well"
8,521
6,307
10,735
Other languages
4,847
2,293
7,401
Speak English less than "very well"
2,206
406
4,006
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
3,950,704
*****
*****
Arab
9,549
4,914
14,184
Czech
4,399
2,356
6,442
Danish
6,080
3,645
8,515
Dutch
60,838
53,210
68,466
English
454,054
422,453
485,655
French (except Basque)
77,337
65,579
89,095
French Canadian
7,019
4,019
10,019
German
589,351
556,676
622,026
Greek
5,902
3,947
7,857
Hungarian
5,068
3,095
7,041
Irish
492,426
463,559
521,293
Italian
67,442
59,060
75,824
Lithuanian
3,659
1,182
6,136
Norwegian
8,111
5,857
10,365
Polish
29,612
24,900
34,324
Portuguese
1,060
420
1,700
Russian
6,854
4,297
9,412
Scotch-Irish
83,405
71,183
95,627
Scottish
74,366
65,397
83,335
Slovak
2,782
817
4,747
Subsaharan African
13,985
8,149
19,821
Swedish
21,441
15,326
27,556
Swiss
7,109
4,611
9,607
Ukrainian
2,036
671
3,401
United States or American
847,564
779,330
915,798
Welsh
19,874
16,254
23,494
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
2,392
0
4,973
 

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.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau  |  American Community Survey Office  |  Page Last Modified: August 23, 2007