ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for North Carolina -- Table 2

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile North Carolina

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,020,261	1,987,850	2,052,672
Nursery school, preschool	130,683	120,988	140,378
Kindergarten	114,521	105,255	123,787
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	936,938	919,412	954,464
High school grade (grades 9-12)	426,334	413,570	439,098
College or graduate school	411,785	384,705	438,865

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	5,181,994	5,174,435	5,189,553
Less than 9th grade	388,899	362,613	415,185
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	752,243	703,449	801,037
High school graduate (including equivalency)	1,492,691	1,437,759	1,547,623
Some college, no degree	1,009,548	961,213	1,057,883
Associate degree	356,514	330,543	382,485
Bachelor's degree	817,911	778,834	856,988
Graduate or professional degree	364,188	331,670	396,706

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.0	77.0	79.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	22.8	21.6	24.0

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	2,980,094	2,973,271	2,986,917
Never married	807,971	778,010	837,932
Now married, except separated	1,780,166	1,747,989	1,812,343
Separated	85,612	78,180	93,044
Widowed	66,999	59,840	74,158
Divorced	239,346	217,069	261,623

Females 15 years and over	3,211,475	3,205,383	3,217,567
Never married	688,411	664,059	712,763
Now married, except separated	1,772,078	1,735,681	1,808,475
Separated	114,533	103,518	125,548
Widowed	332,284	317,815	346,753
Divorced	304,169	284,811	323,527

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	125,993	115,803	136,183
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	37,835	31,085	44,585
Per 1,000 unmarried women	44	36	52
As a percent of all women with a birth	30.0	25.5	34.5
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	61	56	66
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	42	27	57
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	117	105	129
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	18	15	21

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	172,614	156,736	188,492
Responsible for grandchildren	83,561	73,092	94,030
less than 1 year	18,651	13,120	24,182
1 or 2 years	13,642	9,370	17,914
3 or 4 years	16,610	11,675	21,545
5 or more years	34,658	29,399	39,917

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	61.3	57.7	64.9
Percent who are married	73.4	66.6	80.2
Percent who are in labor force	55.5	50.6	60.5
Percent who are in poverty	23.4	19.6	27.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	5,813,123	5,767,722	5,858,524
Civilian veterans	741,666	688,378	794,954

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	1,739,379	1,724,894	1,753,864
With a disability	136,685	122,761	150,609

Population 21 to 64 years	4,620,916	4,583,309	4,658,523
With a disability	743,097	701,213	784,981
Percent employed	44.3	42.3	46.3
No disability	3,877,819	3,823,612	3,932,026
Percent employed	78.6	77.9	79.3

Population 65 years and over	926,835	920,945	932,726
With a disability	430,567	418,865	442,269

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	7,819,403	7,810,572	7,828,234
Same house	6,599,076	6,527,982	6,670,170
Different house in the U.S.	1,159,025	1,094,332	1,223,718
Same county	676,376	626,549	726,203
Different county	482,649	446,177	519,121
Same state	223,981	202,414	245,548
Different state	258,668	216,278	301,058
Abroad	61,302	49,448	73,156

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	7,932,350	*****	*****
Native	7,472,025	7,452,317	7,491,733
Born in United States	7,401,911	7,382,359	7,421,464
State of residence	5,052,165	4,876,133	5,228,197
Different state	2,349,746	2,177,140	2,522,353
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	70,114	58,546	81,682
Foreign born	460,325	440,617	480,033
Naturalized citizen	113,693	101,224	126,162
Not a citizen	346,632	322,351	370,913
Entered 1990 or later	308,168	287,177	329,159
Entered before 1990	152,157	138,733	165,581

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	460,325	440,617	480,033
Europe	55,850	46,338	65,362
Asia	101,502	96,326	106,678
Africa	32,295	22,308	42,282
Oceania	2,779	1,155	4,403
Latin America	252,966	240,740	265,193
Northern America	14,933	10,688	19,178

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	7,349,498	7,342,000	7,356,996
English only	6,797,636	6,771,215	6,824,057
Language other than English	551,862	526,422	577,302
Speak English less than "very well"	269,609	249,859	289,360
Spanish	340,385	324,284	356,486
Speak English less than "very well"	190,303	172,023	208,583
Other Indo-European languages	114,646	101,689	127,603
Speak English less than "very well"	31,010	23,559	38,461
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	74,824	66,927	82,721
Speak English less than "very well"	41,423	34,874	47,972
Other languages	22,007	13,739	30,275
Speak English less than "very well"	6,873	3,052	10,694

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	7,932,350	*****	*****
Arab	17,738	12,329	23,147
Czech	10,582	7,307	13,857
Danish	14,016	8,982	19,050
Dutch	125,283	107,319	143,247
English	941,409	886,944	995,874
French (except Basque)	165,537	144,135	186,939
French Canadian	26,158	19,649	32,667
German	946,270	893,280	999,260
Greek	21,107	14,931	27,283
Hungarian	15,507	10,145	20,870
Irish	673,418	628,474	718,362
Italian	230,290	209,394	251,186
Lithuanian	6,001	2,790	9,212
Norwegian	33,972	25,531	42,413
Polish	110,049	91,556	128,542
Portuguese	6,729	3,990	9,468
Russian	25,062	19,190	30,934
Scotch-Irish	296,408	279,326	313,490
Scottish	230,350	213,221	247,479
Slovak	7,824	4,521	11,127
Subsaharan African	46,685	33,685	59,685
Swedish	44,082	37,154	51,010
Swiss	9,621	6,443	12,799
Ukrainian	13,637	6,229	21,046
United States or American	1,033,469	940,762	1,126,176
Welsh	46,710	35,505	57,915
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	10,247	6,690	13,804

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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