ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for Washington -- Table 2

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Washington

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,514,389	1,494,459	1,534,319
Nursery school, preschool	81,767	74,621	88,913
Kindergarten	75,664	69,587	81,741
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	674,585	662,443	686,727
High school grade (grades 9-12)	345,674	335,005	356,343
College or graduate school	336,699	317,216	356,182

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	3,809,133	3,793,504	3,824,762
Less than 9th grade	131,201	118,796	143,606
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	303,354	284,506	322,202
High school graduate (including equivalency)	965,991	934,501	997,481
Some college, no degree	961,470	930,876	992,064
Associate degree	322,326	302,387	342,265
Bachelor's degree	750,720	717,710	783,730
Graduate or professional degree	374,071	357,324	390,819

Percent high school graduate or higher	88.6	87.9	89.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	29.5	28.3	30.7

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	2,254,670	2,244,942	2,264,398
Never married	659,655	643,261	676,049
Now married, except separated	1,271,804	1,251,559	1,292,050
Separated	31,668	26,383	36,953
Widowed	48,888	42,300	55,476
Divorced	242,655	228,615	256,695

Females 15 years and over	2,338,923	2,333,344	2,344,502
Never married	540,675	525,050	556,301
Now married, except separated	1,237,059	1,212,962	1,261,156
Separated	42,429	35,552	49,306
Widowed	193,639	185,551	201,727
Divorced	325,121	305,854	344,388

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	81,332	74,518	88,147
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	19,967	16,261	23,673
Per 1,000 unmarried women	28	23	33
As a percent of all women with a birth	24.5	20.7	28.3
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	52	47	57
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	35	25	45
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	94	84	104
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	24	17	31

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	85,756	77,070	94,442
Responsible for grandchildren	33,624	27,036	40,212
less than 1 year	5,450	2,732	8,168
1 or 2 years	10,968	8,133	13,803
3 or 4 years	6,216	3,446	8,986
5 or more years	10,990	7,606	14,374

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	59.6	55.1	64.1
Percent who are married	73.2	66.9	79.5
Percent who are in labor force	63.9	57.6	70.2
Percent who are in poverty	10.7	4.3	17.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	4,298,970	4,284,483	4,313,457
Civilian veterans	671,062	642,821	699,303

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	1,333,203	1,322,851	1,343,555
With a disability	84,282	76,816	91,748

Population 21 to 64 years	3,440,183	3,422,701	3,457,665
With a disability	487,476	457,265	517,688
Percent employed	47.8	45.2	50.4
No disability	2,952,707	2,920,897	2,984,517
Percent employed	78.1	77.3	78.9

Population 65 years and over	637,822	633,743	641,901
With a disability	276,553	264,958	288,148

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	5,778,921	5,773,567	5,784,275
Same house	4,681,837	4,621,902	4,741,772
Different house in the U.S.	1,048,659	989,120	1,108,198
Same county	675,111	635,952	714,270
Different county	373,548	341,510	405,586
Same state	176,412	155,681	197,143
Different state	197,136	178,230	216,042
Abroad	48,425	37,486	59,365

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	5,849,311	*****	*****
Native	5,251,355	5,222,249	5,280,461
Born in United States	5,172,037	5,143,342	5,200,732
State of residence	2,745,445	2,692,513	2,798,377
Different state	2,426,592	2,371,819	2,481,365
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	79,318	69,081	89,555
Foreign born	597,956	568,850	627,062
Naturalized citizen	269,809	252,604	287,014
Not a citizen	328,147	298,431	357,864
Entered 1990 or later	286,297	259,093	313,501
Entered before 1990	311,659	296,514	326,804

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	597,956	568,850	627,062
Europe	126,074	109,470	142,678
Asia	252,926	240,695	265,157
Africa	19,134	11,920	26,348
Oceania	9,088	6,328	11,848
Latin America	148,839	134,124	163,554
Northern America	41,895	34,219	49,571

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	5,445,770	5,437,669	5,453,872
English only	4,691,942	4,661,815	4,722,069
Language other than English	753,828	726,209	781,447
Speak English less than "very well"	310,344	289,701	330,987
Spanish	308,460	293,475	323,445
Speak English less than "very well"	131,537	117,735	145,339
Other Indo-European languages	168,807	148,291	189,323
Speak English less than "very well"	47,836	38,316	57,357
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	246,847	232,533	261,161
Speak English less than "very well"	120,382	111,192	129,573
Other languages	29,714	20,291	39,137
Speak English less than "very well"	10,589	5,771	15,407

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	5,849,311	*****	*****
Arab	13,098	9,310	16,886
Czech	33,669	25,724	41,614
Danish	83,062	70,237	95,887
Dutch	147,214	134,260	160,168
English	822,610	769,792	875,428
French (except Basque)	263,124	238,697	287,551
French Canadian	71,197	60,089	82,305
German	1,245,915	1,198,496	1,293,334
Greek	20,492	15,996	24,988
Hungarian	20,788	14,647	26,929
Irish	742,971	713,677	772,265
Italian	221,667	205,365	237,969
Lithuanian	11,367	6,778	15,956
Norwegian	428,513	403,913	453,113
Polish	118,193	105,764	130,622
Portuguese	18,828	13,183	24,473
Russian	79,181	64,499	93,863
Scotch-Irish	168,581	152,243	184,919
Scottish	207,945	194,722	221,168
Slovak	9,345	5,190	13,500
Subsaharan African	28,535	18,310	38,760
Swedish	243,363	220,954	265,772
Swiss	34,393	27,659	41,127
Ukrainian	25,493	17,085	33,901
United States or American	340,522	305,446	375,598
Welsh	66,357	59,295	73,419
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	6,464	3,027	9,901

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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