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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
225,101
219,531
230,671
Nursery school, preschool
11,194
9,636
12,752
Kindergarten
11,242
9,655
12,829
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
101,086
98,387
103,785
High school grade (grades 9-12)
55,400
53,121
57,679
College or graduate school
46,179
42,599
49,760
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
575,804
573,928
577,680
Less than 9th grade
20,209
18,411
22,008
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
57,993
49,755
66,231
High school graduate (including equivalency)
179,017
164,586
193,448
Some college, no degree
137,291
132,232
142,350
Associate degree
36,722
33,594
39,850
Bachelor's degree
103,452
96,213
110,691
Graduate or professional degree
41,120
37,969
44,272
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
86.4
85.1
87.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
25.1
23.6
26.6
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
346,821
345,123
348,519
Never married
94,498
90,729
98,267
Now married, except separated
207,090
202,315
211,865
Separated
4,629
3,517
5,741
Widowed
8,954
7,548
10,360
Divorced
31,650
28,348
34,952
 
Females 15 years and over
354,380
352,453
356,307
Never married
72,959
69,672
76,246
Now married, except separated
203,038
198,537
207,539
Separated
6,423
4,966
7,880
Widowed
34,050
30,814
37,286
Divorced
37,910
35,023
40,798
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
11,182
9,186
13,179
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
3,103
2,087
4,119
Per 1,000 unmarried women
33
23
43
As a percent of all women with a birth
27.7
21.4
34.0
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
50
40
60
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
23
10
36
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
110
89
131
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
15
10
20
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
10,589
8,538
12,640
Responsible for grandchildren
6,901
4,977
8,825
less than 1 year
1,312
862
1,762
1 or 2 years
2,048
1,096
3,000
3 or 4 years
939
269
1,609
5 or more years
2,602
1,676
3,528
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
55.5
52.5
58.5
Percent who are married
80.6
73.2
88.0
Percent who are in labor force
57.6
48.2
67.0
Percent who are in poverty
23.3
10.6
36.0
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
654,651
652,747
656,555
Civilian veterans
109,006
104,403
113,610
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
203,796
201,055
206,537
With a disability
16,049
13,982
18,116
 
Population 21 to 64 years
506,420
503,806
509,034
With a disability
79,120
73,734
84,506
Percent employed
47.1
43.3
50.9
No disability
427,300
421,505
433,095
Percent employed
79.5
78.7
80.3
 
Population 65 years and over
113,542
112,809
114,275
With a disability
46,945
43,922
49,968
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
871,008
869,733
872,283
Same house
735,074
721,950
748,198
Different house in the U.S.
133,027
120,027
146,027
Same county
83,108
73,035
93,181
Different county
49,919
43,684
56,154
Same state
22,567
18,343
26,791
Different state
27,352
23,022
31,682
Abroad
2,907
1,637
4,178
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
879,639
*****
*****
Native
865,052
862,537
867,567
Born in United States
857,695
854,016
861,375
State of residence
493,277
482,979
503,575
Different state
364,418
352,591
376,245
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
7,357
5,308
9,406
Foreign born
14,587
12,072
17,102
Naturalized citizen
7,405
5,938
8,872
Not a citizen
7,182
4,902
9,462
Entered 1990 or later
5,055
2,897
7,213
Entered before 1990
9,532
8,032
11,032
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
14,587
12,072
17,102
Europe
5,965
3,921
8,009
Asia
2,985
2,183
3,787
Africa
7
0
19
Oceania
298
69
527
Latin America
578
350
806
Northern America
4,754
3,497
6,011
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
826,815
825,446
828,185
English only
794,557
789,751
799,363
Language other than English
32,258
27,694
36,822
Speak English less than "very well"
6,453
4,547
8,359
Spanish
10,183
8,682
11,685
Speak English less than "very well"
1,485
926
2,044
Other Indo-European languages
13,687
9,798
17,576
Speak English less than "very well"
2,072
978
3,166
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
2,898
1,847
3,949
Speak English less than "very well"
1,385
760
2,010
Other languages
5,490
4,130
6,850
Speak English less than "very well"
1,511
714
2,308
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
879,639
*****
*****
Arab
1,331
325
2,338
Czech
7,469
4,735
10,203
Danish
23,264
16,418
30,110
Dutch
23,205
19,748
26,662
English
123,331
114,403
132,259
French (except Basque)
43,797
40,020
47,574
French Canadian
9,753
7,009
12,497
German
254,445
242,055
266,835
Greek
1,523
634
2,412
Hungarian
3,933
2,283
5,583
Irish
133,660
127,192
140,128
Italian
27,528
24,154
30,902
Lithuanian
1,808
975
2,641
Norwegian
112,961
87,627
138,295
Polish
18,352
15,017
21,687
Portuguese
2,563
1,553
3,573
Russian
6,827
4,895
8,759
Scotch-Irish
28,899
24,612
33,186
Scottish
31,259
26,736
35,782
Slovak
1,143
493
1,793
Subsaharan African
7
0
19
Swedish
36,798
32,995
40,601
Swiss
6,563
4,717
8,409
Ukrainian
1,505
863
2,147
United States or American
40,800
35,002
46,598
Welsh
9,418
7,250
11,586
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
236
33
439
 

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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