ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for Fairfield County -- Table 2

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Fairfield County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	222,848	216,063	229,633
Nursery school, preschool	18,378	14,966	21,790
Kindergarten	11,222	8,287	14,157
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	103,155	98,665	107,645
High school grade (grades 9-12)	49,739	44,916	54,562
College or graduate school	40,354	35,082	45,626

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	590,662	588,131	593,193
Less than 9th grade	35,414	29,007	41,821
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	49,510	41,788	57,232
High school graduate (including equivalency)	146,429	136,225	156,633
Some college, no degree	94,083	85,592	102,574
Associate degree	34,692	29,334	40,050
Bachelor's degree	131,478	122,919	140,037
Graduate or professional degree	99,056	91,445	106,667

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.6	84.1	87.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	39.0	37.2	40.8

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	327,339	325,867	328,811
Never married	97,602	91,289	103,915
Now married, except separated	193,408	184,950	201,866
Separated	5,484	2,966	8,002
Widowed	9,100	6,394	11,806
Divorced	21,745	17,587	25,903

Females 15 years and over	353,931	352,416	355,446
Never married	77,254	71,697	82,811
Now married, except separated	195,148	186,594	203,702
Separated	7,441	5,364	9,518
Widowed	36,197	31,965	40,429
Divorced	37,891	31,943	43,839

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	12,292	8,210	16,374
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	3,906	1,799	6,013
Per 1,000 unmarried women	43	20	66
As a percent of all women with a birth	31.8	17.9	45.7
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	57	39	75
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	46	0	94
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	109	64	154
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	26	10	43

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	18,365	12,402	24,328
Responsible for grandchildren	6,026	2,673	9,379
less than 1 year	369	0	986
1 or 2 years	3,367	707	6,027
3 or 4 years	609	0	1,488
5 or more years	1,681	363	2,999

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	69.4	55.9	82.9
Percent who are married	85.4	66.3	100.0
Percent who are in labor force	49.0	29.5	68.5
Percent who are in poverty	18.6	0.0	37.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	648,743	648,222	649,264
Civilian veterans	59,244	53,512	64,976

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	190,587	187,157	194,017
With a disability	8,655	5,751	11,559

Population 21 to 64 years	509,671	505,308	514,034
With a disability	40,118	34,107	46,129
Percent employed	42.9	35.1	50.7
No disability	469,553	463,696	475,411
Percent employed	80.1	78.3	81.9

Population 65 years and over	107,038	104,002	110,074
With a disability	38,055	33,673	42,437

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	859,537	856,747	862,327
Same house	742,023	723,502	760,544
Different house in the U.S.	104,908	86,479	123,337
Same county	76,196	59,846	92,546
Different county	28,712	21,657	35,767
Same state	6,421	2,342	10,500
Different state	22,291	15,884	28,698
Abroad	12,606	7,399	17,813

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	867,393	*****	*****
Native	692,051	675,926	708,176
Born in United States	668,231	652,721	683,741
State of residence	379,683	363,703	395,663
Different state	288,548	275,076	302,020
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	23,820	17,925	29,715
Foreign born	175,342	159,217	191,467
Naturalized citizen	66,133	56,725	75,541
Not a citizen	109,209	92,155	126,263
Entered 1990 or later	85,648	68,793	102,503
Entered before 1990	89,694	79,439	99,949

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	175,342	159,217	191,467
Europe	51,251	42,816	59,686
Asia	27,798	24,318	31,278
Africa	4,438	396	8,481
Oceania	1,705	256	3,154
Latin America	84,930	70,544	99,316
Northern America	5,220	2,531	7,910

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	807,296	806,775	807,817
English only	598,014	581,499	614,529
Language other than English	209,282	192,767	225,797
Speak English less than "very well"	92,840	79,851	105,829
Spanish	93,242	89,008	97,476
Speak English less than "very well"	49,482	40,904	58,060
Other Indo-European languages	94,049	78,343	109,755
Speak English less than "very well"	35,558	26,612	44,504
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	17,335	13,499	21,171
Speak English less than "very well"	6,428	3,640	9,217
Other languages	4,656	2,346	6,966
Speak English less than "very well"	1,372	331	2,413

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	867,393	*****	*****
Arab	8,595	4,701	12,489
Czech	4,814	2,092	7,537
Danish	4,333	795	7,871
Dutch	9,712	6,138	13,286
English	70,905	61,304	80,506
French (except Basque)	28,365	21,739	34,991
French Canadian	8,407	4,683	12,131
German	100,748	88,710	112,786
Greek	11,975	7,452	16,498
Hungarian	21,896	17,373	26,419
Irish	147,846	133,333	162,359
Italian	154,234	139,232	169,236
Lithuanian	6,346	3,571	9,121
Norwegian	6,877	3,752	10,002
Polish	55,004	44,269	65,739
Portuguese	15,015	8,016	22,014
Russian	24,904	20,079	29,729
Scotch-Irish	11,995	8,636	15,354
Scottish	19,026	14,934	23,118
Slovak	18,917	13,094	24,740
Subsaharan African	1,735	481	2,989
Swedish	12,089	8,484	15,694
Swiss	3,751	1,029	6,474
Ukrainian	6,408	2,405	10,411
United States or American	26,016	20,601	31,431
Welsh	7,422	2,871	11,973
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	27,619	17,876	37,362

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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