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2001 Supplementary Survey Profile
New Haven 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
196,214
189,200
203,228
Nursery school, preschool
12,739
10,234
15,244
Kindergarten
10,063
7,836
12,291
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
90,514
86,402
94,626
High school grade (grades 9-12)
43,531
39,820
47,242
College or graduate school
39,367
33,419
45,315
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
545,247
541,820
548,674
Less than 9th grade
27,679
22,470
32,888
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
59,587
52,708
66,466
High school graduate (including equivalency)
157,560
146,555
168,566
Some college, no degree
102,588
94,972
110,204
Associate degree
36,054
30,502
41,606
Bachelor's degree
90,481
82,964
97,998
Graduate or professional degree
71,298
64,051
78,545
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
84.0
82.5
85.5
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
29.7
27.9
31.5
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
299,417
297,691
301,143
Never married
92,800
86,497
99,103
Now married, except separated
171,411
164,121
178,701
Separated
2,787
1,066
4,508
Widowed
10,105
7,039
13,171
Divorced
22,314
18,248
26,380
 
Females 15 years and over
338,684
337,019
340,349
Never married
87,532
81,269
93,795
Now married, except separated
167,206
159,471
174,941
Separated
5,149
2,938
7,360
Widowed
39,644
35,692
43,596
Divorced
39,153
32,964
45,342
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
11,938
8,681
15,195
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
1,864
551
3,177
Per 1,000 unmarried women
18
5
31
As a percent of all women with a birth
15.6
5.0
26.2
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
57
41
74
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
12
0
27
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
101
68
134
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
36
18
54
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
12,402
8,348
16,456
Responsible for grandchildren
3,424
1,439
5,409
less than 1 year
417
0
884
1 or 2 years
2,017
299
3,735
3 or 4 years
370
0
801
5 or more years
620
132
1,108
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
93.8
82.3
100.0
Percent who are married
33.8
12.7
54.9
Percent who are in labor force
75.0
52.4
97.6
Percent who are in poverty
11.5
0.0
26.7
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
605,839
605,220
606,458
Civilian veterans
68,383
61,920
74,846
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
169,041
165,418
172,664
With a disability
8,546
5,498
11,594
 
Population 21 to 64 years
470,929
466,286
475,572
With a disability
58,008
50,265
65,751
Percent employed
48.3
42.9
53.7
No disability
412,921
403,678
422,164
Percent employed
80.2
78.1
82.3
 
Population 65 years and over
110,397
107,986
112,808
With a disability
42,736
38,791
46,681
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
791,668
789,040
794,296
Same house
669,604
652,449
686,759
Different house in the U.S.
115,376
99,284
131,468
Same county
83,183
68,807
97,559
Different county
32,193
24,197
40,189
Same state
15,849
9,506
22,192
Different state
16,344
10,993
21,695
Abroad
6,688
2,367
11,009
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
800,699
*****
*****
Native
725,203
715,808
734,598
Born in United States
692,922
682,657
703,187
State of residence
531,419
517,090
545,748
Different state
161,503
149,399
173,607
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
32,281
25,894
38,668
Foreign born
75,496
66,101
84,891
Naturalized citizen
39,639
33,291
45,987
Not a citizen
35,857
26,982
44,732
Entered 1990 or later
31,539
23,413
39,665
Entered before 1990
43,957
38,593
49,321
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
75,496
66,101
84,891
Europe
32,064
24,091
40,037
Asia
19,192
16,453
21,931
Africa
4,012
2,253
5,771
Oceania
444
0
969
Latin America
16,595
11,681
21,509
Northern America
3,189
900
5,478
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
750,855
750,167
751,543
English only
615,386
606,662
624,110
Language other than English
135,469
126,729
144,209
Speak English less than "very well"
45,666
39,813
51,519
Spanish
71,216
66,715
75,717
Speak English less than "very well"
22,503
18,267
26,739
Other Indo-European languages
46,907
39,411
54,403
Speak English less than "very well"
17,335
12,933
21,737
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
12,127
9,462
14,792
Speak English less than "very well"
5,232
3,318
7,146
Other languages
5,219
2,134
8,305
Speak English less than "very well"
596
22
1,170
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
800,699
*****
*****
Arab
3,059
931
5,188
Czech
2,094
1,018
3,170
Danish
2,046
937
3,155
Dutch
4,420
2,605
6,235
English
65,796
57,855
73,737
French (except Basque)
38,726
31,245
46,207
French Canadian
15,488
11,673
19,303
German
73,686
63,870
83,502
Greek
8,929
5,301
12,557
Hungarian
15,879
9,845
21,913
Irish
152,353
139,448
165,258
Italian
201,700
186,164
217,236
Lithuanian
13,114
7,915
18,313
Norwegian
1,725
595
2,855
Polish
69,756
58,208
81,304
Portuguese
17,924
12,227
23,621
Russian
18,864
14,991
22,737
Scotch-Irish
7,701
5,191
10,211
Scottish
13,968
9,584
18,352
Slovak
5,026
2,597
7,455
Subsaharan African
5,614
1,395
9,833
Swedish
13,659
9,478
17,840
Swiss
179
0
483
Ukrainian
4,161
2,141
6,181
United States or American
21,699
16,274
27,124
Welsh
2,815
1,182
4,449
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
8,710
3,559
13,861
 

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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