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2001 Supplementary Survey Profile
Broward 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
426,817
421,125
432,510
Nursery school, preschool
27,748
25,615
29,881
Kindergarten
24,798
22,557
27,039
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
188,586
185,482
191,690
High school grade (grades 9-12)
88,880
85,903
91,857
College or graduate school
96,805
92,015
101,595
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,121,897
1,121,519
1,122,275
Less than 9th grade
57,878
53,727
62,029
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
127,080
120,652
133,508
High school graduate (including equivalency)
321,817
313,648
329,986
Some college, no degree
241,917
234,642
249,192
Associate degree
84,985
81,815
88,155
Bachelor's degree
189,842
183,651
196,033
Graduate or professional degree
98,378
93,958
102,798
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
83.5
82.8
84.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
25.7
25.0
26.4
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
620,432
620,016
620,848
Never married
195,783
191,600
199,966
Now married, except separated
328,350
323,194
333,506
Separated
14,581
12,486
16,677
Widowed
19,339
17,508
21,171
Divorced
62,379
59,655
65,103
 
Females 15 years and over
686,476
686,068
686,884
Never married
160,759
156,670
164,848
Now married, except separated
323,044
318,112
327,976
Separated
21,814
19,611
24,017
Widowed
85,853
83,371
88,335
Divorced
95,006
91,033
98,979
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
24,812
22,434
27,190
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
6,105
4,729
7,481
Per 1,000 unmarried women
30
23
37
As a percent of all women with a birth
24.6
20.0
29.2
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
59
54
64
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
35
23
47
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
107
95
119
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
29
22
36
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
37,430
34,052
40,808
Responsible for grandchildren
14,168
12,102
16,234
less than 1 year
3,175
2,134
4,216
1 or 2 years
4,717
3,437
5,997
3 or 4 years
1,800
927
2,673
5 or more years
4,476
3,215
5,737
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
64.4
59.8
69.0
Percent who are married
70.9
65.3
76.5
Percent who are in labor force
63.0
55.9
70.1
Percent who are in poverty
19.7
13.6
25.8
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,240,757
1,240,109
1,241,405
Civilian veterans
129,661
125,660
133,662
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
349,295
347,442
351,148
With a disability
18,175
16,188
20,162
 
Population 21 to 64 years
939,481
937,574
941,388
With a disability
113,538
109,055
118,021
Percent employed
50.4
47.9
52.9
No disability
825,943
821,340
830,547
Percent employed
78.5
77.8
79.2
 
Population 65 years and over
248,952
248,828
249,076
With a disability
100,314
97,189
103,439
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,627,652
1,625,543
1,629,761
Same house
1,335,887
1,324,477
1,347,297
Different house in the U.S.
264,802
252,683
276,921
Same county
170,723
161,904
179,542
Different county
94,079
86,354
101,804
Same state
47,097
41,043
53,151
Different state
46,982
41,987
51,977
Abroad
26,963
23,003
30,923
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,648,636
*****
*****
Native
1,215,633
1,204,989
1,226,277
Born in United States
1,170,450
1,160,065
1,180,835
State of residence
479,682
469,274
490,090
Different state
690,768
680,492
701,044
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
45,183
40,782
49,584
Foreign born
433,003
422,359
443,647
Naturalized citizen
201,689
196,077
207,301
Not a citizen
231,314
221,810
240,818
Entered 1990 or later
189,107
179,205
199,009
Entered before 1990
243,896
237,349
250,443
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
433,003
422,359
443,647
Europe
56,629
52,798
60,460
Asia
36,639
33,788
39,490
Africa
6,755
5,044
8,466
Oceania
841
414
1,268
Latin America
312,024
302,639
321,409
Northern America
20,115
17,803
22,427
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,539,556
1,539,165
1,539,947
English only
1,089,170
1,079,570
1,098,770
Language other than English
450,386
440,816
459,956
Speak English less than "very well"
181,842
173,597
190,087
Spanish
271,746
266,852
276,640
Speak English less than "very well"
108,379
102,644
114,114
Other Indo-European languages
142,709
134,565
150,853
Speak English less than "very well"
59,896
54,842
64,950
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
22,136
19,541
24,731
Speak English less than "very well"
9,952
8,191
11,713
Other languages
13,795
11,675
15,915
Speak English less than "very well"
3,615
2,797
4,433
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,648,636
*****
*****
Arab
8,142
6,355
9,929
Czech
5,692
4,436
6,948
Danish
3,652
2,641
4,663
Dutch
15,043
12,667
17,419
English
115,528
108,832
122,224
French (except Basque)
38,895
35,717
42,073
French Canadian
13,364
11,222
15,506
German
157,083
151,207
162,959
Greek
9,873
7,868
11,878
Hungarian
15,291
13,318
17,264
Irish
154,487
147,318
161,656
Italian
166,533
158,397
174,669
Lithuanian
5,010
3,985
6,035
Norwegian
10,167
8,713
11,621
Polish
59,904
55,591
64,217
Portuguese
9,309
7,044
11,574
Russian
54,123
49,204
59,042
Scotch-Irish
15,933
13,753
18,113
Scottish
21,886
19,073
24,699
Slovak
2,594
1,551
3,637
Subsaharan African
11,600
9,326
13,874
Swedish
13,938
11,659
16,217
Swiss
2,560
1,943
3,177
Ukrainian
4,160
3,084
5,236
United States or American
100,382
92,634
108,130
Welsh
6,007
4,616
7,398
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
166,237
156,372
176,102
 

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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