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2001 Supplementary Survey Profile
Maricopa County
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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
848,215
831,420
865,010
Nursery school, preschool
40,119
33,649
46,589
Kindergarten
50,361
42,604
58,118
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
401,458
390,787
412,129
High school grade (grades 9-12)
162,183
152,204
172,162
College or graduate school
194,094
181,547
206,641
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,943,484
1,939,776
1,947,192
Less than 9th grade
137,208
121,916
152,500
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
223,664
206,070
241,258
High school graduate (including equivalency)
440,555
421,369
459,741
Some college, no degree
489,988
469,541
510,435
Associate degree
147,413
134,787
160,039
Bachelor's degree
338,825
324,729
352,921
Graduate or professional degree
165,831
154,728
176,934
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
81.4
80.4
82.4
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
26.0
25.2
26.8
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
1,174,955
1,172,511
1,177,399
Never married
362,820
350,226
375,414
Now married, except separated
650,087
633,592
666,582
Separated
18,617
14,028
23,206
Widowed
22,586
18,905
26,267
Divorced
120,845
111,292
130,399
 
Females 15 years and over
1,203,009
1,201,110
1,204,908
Never married
289,361
276,925
301,797
Now married, except separated
631,569
618,072
645,066
Separated
28,656
22,447
34,865
Widowed
104,098
96,393
111,804
Divorced
149,325
138,876
159,774
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
60,839
53,031
68,647
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
19,868
14,906
24,830
Per 1,000 unmarried women
53
40
66
As a percent of all women with a birth
32.7
26.4
39.0
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
77
67
87
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
50
27
73
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
138
118
158
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
26
18
34
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
57,790
49,345
66,235
Responsible for grandchildren
23,757
17,537
29,978
less than 1 year
4,665
2,403
6,927
1 or 2 years
6,785
3,059
10,511
3 or 4 years
4,543
2,325
6,761
5 or more years
7,764
3,954
11,574
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
56.6
48.8
64.4
Percent who are married
77.6
68.4
86.8
Percent who are in labor force
61.4
51.3
71.5
Percent who are in poverty
15.5
7.7
23.3
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
2,241,468
2,238,458
2,244,478
Civilian veterans
294,941
282,297
307,585
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
753,377
746,576
760,178
With a disability
41,090
34,163
48,017
 
Population 21 to 64 years
1,764,195
1,756,664
1,771,726
With a disability
204,471
189,751
219,191
Percent employed
49.8
46.7
52.9
No disability
1,559,724
1,543,344
1,576,104
Percent employed
78.1
77.1
79.1
 
Population 65 years and over
360,350
356,704
363,997
With a disability
137,719
128,877
146,561
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
3,095,715
3,088,039
3,103,391
Same house
2,475,163
2,440,926
2,509,401
Different house in the U.S.
583,708
550,036
617,380
Same county
419,882
390,712
449,052
Different county
163,826
145,552
182,100
Same state
19,907
13,368
26,446
Different state
143,919
125,916
161,922
Abroad
36,844
25,025
48,663
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
3,150,015
*****
*****
Native
2,688,105
2,663,822
2,712,388
Born in United States
2,654,177
2,629,506
2,678,848
State of residence
1,042,071
1,010,526
1,073,616
Different state
1,612,106
1,585,186
1,639,026
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
33,928
27,211
40,645
Foreign born
461,910
437,627
486,193
Naturalized citizen
124,689
112,603
136,775
Not a citizen
337,221
315,387
359,055
Entered 1990 or later
262,247
239,423
285,071
Entered before 1990
199,663
184,125
215,201
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
461,910
437,627
486,193
Europe
58,692
48,203
69,181
Asia
56,203
48,448
63,958
Africa
8,558
4,859
12,257
Oceania
1,353
218
2,488
Latin America
315,447
294,472
336,422
Northern America
21,657
16,512
26,802
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
2,882,957
2,882,573
2,883,341
English only
2,179,754
2,152,900
2,206,608
Language other than English
703,203
676,349
730,057
Speak English less than "very well"
306,882
284,236
329,528
Spanish
558,285
536,446
580,124
Speak English less than "very well"
254,514
232,600
276,428
Other Indo-European languages
69,938
57,306
82,570
Speak English less than "very well"
18,216
12,184
24,248
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
48,080
39,868
56,292
Speak English less than "very well"
27,688
21,383
33,993
Other languages
26,900
18,959
34,841
Speak English less than "very well"
6,464
2,707
10,221
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
3,150,015
*****
*****
Arab
17,931
9,721
26,141
Czech
16,333
11,571
21,095
Danish
30,638
22,235
39,041
Dutch
65,006
52,280
77,732
English
371,116
348,853
393,379
French (except Basque)
109,731
95,657
123,806
French Canadian
16,808
12,856
20,760
German
588,860
560,642
617,078
Greek
9,213
6,151
12,275
Hungarian
23,485
16,824
30,146
Irish
356,873
336,045
377,701
Italian
182,907
163,693
202,121
Lithuanian
6,173
4,177
8,170
Norwegian
81,669
70,941
92,397
Polish
97,442
84,392
110,492
Portuguese
9,020
5,900
12,140
Russian
28,378
21,093
35,663
Scotch-Irish
50,552
41,221
59,883
Scottish
77,988
63,572
92,404
Slovak
5,669
3,392
7,946
Subsaharan African
14,140
7,926
20,354
Swedish
81,380
68,612
94,148
Swiss
14,145
10,449
17,841
Ukrainian
6,998
4,983
9,013
United States or American
146,351
126,884
165,818
Welsh
26,293
21,138
31,448
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
446
0
982
 

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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