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2001 Supplementary Survey Profile
Kane 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
120,312
114,974
125,650
Nursery school, preschool
9,940
7,100
12,780
Kindergarten
6,764
4,772
8,756
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
53,859
50,628
57,090
High school grade (grades 9-12)
28,118
24,371
31,865
College or graduate school
21,631
18,044
25,218
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
257,236
254,377
260,095
Less than 9th grade
23,731
17,954
29,508
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
25,914
21,292
30,536
High school graduate (including equivalency)
74,516
67,480
81,552
Some college, no degree
55,720
48,877
62,563
Associate degree
12,963
9,795
16,131
Bachelor's degree
45,779
39,925
51,633
Graduate or professional degree
18,613
15,160
22,066
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
80.7
78.6
82.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
25.0
22.4
27.6
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
158,274
156,180
160,368
Never married
46,535
41,989
51,081
Now married, except separated
94,462
88,872
100,052
Separated
3,646
1,407
5,885
Widowed
2,094
1,249
2,939
Divorced
11,537
8,555
14,519
 
Females 15 years and over
160,184
157,359
163,009
Never married
41,386
36,459
46,313
Now married, except separated
92,103
86,635
97,571
Separated
2,771
1,336
4,207
Widowed
11,291
9,220
13,362
Divorced
12,633
9,879
15,387
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
6,980
3,878
10,082
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
1,073
0
2,675
Per 1,000 unmarried women
22
0
55
As a percent of all women with a birth
15.4
0.0
35.4
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
59
33
85
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
9
0
26
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
126
63
189
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
22
6
39
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
7,069
3,825
10,313
Responsible for grandchildren
5,369
2,279
8,459
less than 1 year
509
0
1,138
1 or 2 years
1,213
0
2,810
3 or 4 years
280
0
763
5 or more years
3,367
593
6,141
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
35.1
21.4
48.8
Percent who are married
86.5
72.1
100.0
Percent who are in labor force
79.7
63.9
95.5
Percent who are in poverty
0.0
0.0
9.7
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
296,889
296,394
297,384
Civilian veterans
27,146
23,574
30,718
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
107,495
103,670
111,320
With a disability
5,355
3,104
7,606
 
Population 21 to 64 years
245,627
242,297
248,957
With a disability
31,892
26,533
37,251
Percent employed
54.4
47.0
61.8
No disability
213,735
207,282
220,188
Percent employed
81.5
78.9
84.1
 
Population 65 years and over
31,039
29,942
32,136
With a disability
11,533
9,117
13,949
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
413,589
411,668
415,510
Same house
356,360
344,539
368,181
Different house in the U.S.
54,412
43,299
65,525
Same county
30,656
21,190
40,122
Different county
23,756
16,971
30,541
Same state
17,190
11,049
23,331
Different state
6,566
3,180
9,952
Abroad
2,817
62
5,573
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
419,042
*****
*****
Native
353,817
346,017
361,617
Born in United States
345,722
338,109
353,335
State of residence
269,502
259,386
279,618
Different state
76,220
67,642
84,798
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
8,095
4,549
11,641
Foreign born
65,225
57,425
73,025
Naturalized citizen
15,140
11,667
18,613
Not a citizen
50,085
41,852
58,319
Entered 1990 or later
31,968
24,008
39,928
Entered before 1990
33,257
28,061
38,453
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
65,225
57,425
73,025
Europe
5,994
3,201
8,787
Asia
8,087
5,008
11,166
Africa
180
0
497
Oceania
0
0
488
Latin America
50,393
43,772
57,014
Northern America
571
7
1,135
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
384,644
382,507
386,781
English only
282,493
276,551
288,435
Language other than English
102,151
96,774
107,528
Speak English less than "very well"
53,742
44,296
63,188
Spanish
86,370
81,724
91,016
Speak English less than "very well"
48,651
39,462
57,840
Other Indo-European languages
10,166
6,409
13,923
Speak English less than "very well"
1,509
549
2,469
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
4,428
2,478
6,378
Speak English less than "very well"
2,395
966
3,824
Other languages
1,187
0
2,751
Speak English less than "very well"
1,187
0
2,751
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
419,042
*****
*****
Arab
500
0
1,261
Czech
5,688
3,494
7,883
Danish
4,217
1,641
6,793
Dutch
5,224
2,988
7,460
English
43,645
36,778
50,512
French (except Basque)
10,146
6,595
13,697
French Canadian
2,297
510
4,084
German
115,633
104,888
126,378
Greek
2,681
0
5,470
Hungarian
3,245
1,316
5,174
Irish
55,902
47,777
64,027
Italian
27,029
20,215
33,844
Lithuanian
1,647
611
2,683
Norwegian
8,228
5,329
11,127
Polish
36,287
27,643
44,931
Portuguese
181
0
513
Russian
920
85
1,755
Scotch-Irish
4,967
2,398
7,536
Scottish
6,444
3,715
9,173
Slovak
207
0
552
Subsaharan African
2,243
103
4,383
Swedish
16,450
11,587
21,313
Swiss
1,203
429
1,977
Ukrainian
924
0
2,234
United States or American
19,097
13,589
24,605
Welsh
2,990
637
5,343
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
190
0
533
 

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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