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

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Essex County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	210,769	201,927	219,611
Nursery school, preschool	18,455	14,276	22,634
Kindergarten	10,178	7,045	13,311
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	89,941	86,171	93,711
High school grade (grades 9-12)	43,937	38,746	49,128
College or graduate school	48,258	39,723	56,793

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	511,242	510,516	511,968
Less than 9th grade	41,520	34,476	48,564
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	74,090	62,944	85,236
High school graduate (including equivalency)	152,294	138,023	166,565
Some college, no degree	83,387	74,401	92,373
Associate degree	17,698	13,446	21,950
Bachelor's degree	86,757	77,760	95,754
Graduate or professional degree	55,496	48,554	62,438

Percent high school graduate or higher	77.4	74.8	80.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	27.8	25.7	29.9

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	281,366	279,716	283,016
Never married	108,484	100,424	116,544
Now married, except separated	141,079	132,256	149,902
Separated	6,721	3,622	9,820
Widowed	9,485	6,647	12,323
Divorced	15,597	11,972	19,222

Females 15 years and over	327,875	326,454	329,296
Never married	109,731	101,097	118,365
Now married, except separated	135,267	125,426	145,108
Separated	18,888	14,545	23,231
Widowed	35,150	30,674	39,626
Divorced	28,839	23,582	34,096

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	18,095	13,856	22,334
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	7,485	4,041	10,929
Per 1,000 unmarried women	64	34	94
As a percent of all women with a birth	41.4	26.9	55.9
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	85	65	105
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	42	0	85
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	159	114	204
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	31	11	51

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	27,814	21,023	34,605
Responsible for grandchildren	10,520	6,019	15,021
less than 1 year	1,097	110	2,084
1 or 2 years	4,217	760	7,674
3 or 4 years	549	0	1,212
5 or more years	4,657	2,093	7,221

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	78.1	65.4	90.8
Percent who are married	58.5	34.1	82.9
Percent who are in labor force	43.6	25.3	61.9
Percent who are in poverty	39.9	17.1	62.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	579,529	578,886	580,173
Civilian veterans	34,922	29,959	39,885

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	161,106	157,120	165,092
With a disability	12,122	7,938	16,306

Population 21 to 64 years	469,482	465,185	473,779
With a disability	59,981	52,926	67,036
Percent employed	39.5	33.1	45.9
No disability	409,501	401,291	417,711
Percent employed	77.6	75.3	79.9

Population 65 years and over	86,458	85,354	87,562
With a disability	39,051	34,451	43,651

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	759,341	756,285	762,397
Same house	657,343	637,672	677,014
Different house in the U.S.	93,464	75,408	111,520
Same county	53,313	40,550	66,076
Different county	40,151	28,766	51,536
Same state	26,455	16,342	36,568
Different state	13,696	8,371	19,021
Abroad	8,534	490	16,578

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	770,343	*****	*****
Native	606,909	587,180	626,638
Born in United States	572,594	550,428	594,760
State of residence	409,138	387,604	430,672
Different state	163,456	150,208	176,704
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	34,315	23,743	44,887
Foreign born	163,434	143,705	183,163
Naturalized citizen	68,366	56,936	79,796
Not a citizen	95,068	78,398	111,738
Entered 1990 or later	79,915	64,596	95,234
Entered before 1990	83,519	71,565	95,473

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	163,434	143,705	183,163
Europe	31,460	22,189	40,731
Asia	23,902	21,458	26,346
Africa	22,791	13,723	31,859
Oceania	387	0	849
Latin America	83,790	66,939	100,641
Northern America	1,104	197	2,012

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	717,423	*****	*****
English only	505,507	486,547	524,467
Language other than English	211,916	192,956	230,876
Speak English less than "very well"	83,226	72,415	94,037
Spanish	108,418	100,227	116,609
Speak English less than "very well"	42,938	34,612	51,264
Other Indo-European languages	69,671	52,260	87,082
Speak English less than "very well"	28,366	20,228	36,504
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	18,824	14,928	22,720
Speak English less than "very well"	10,332	6,811	13,853
Other languages	15,003	7,905	22,101
Speak English less than "very well"	1,590	532	2,648

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	770,343	*****	*****
Arab	2,398	20	4,776
Czech	0	0	531
Danish	148	0	407
Dutch	8,246	4,522	11,970
English	18,183	13,243	23,123
French (except Basque)	3,247	1,592	4,902
French Canadian	1,191	24	2,358
German	39,893	31,298	48,488
Greek	640	0	1,432
Hungarian	1,864	818	2,910
Irish	53,336	44,705	61,967
Italian	105,055	94,617	115,493
Lithuanian	1,788	526	3,050
Norwegian	649	0	1,469
Polish	24,622	18,123	31,121
Portuguese	21,018	12,433	29,603
Russian	14,362	10,641	18,083
Scotch-Irish	3,891	2,127	5,655
Scottish	3,121	1,497	4,745
Slovak	1,207	111	2,303
Subsaharan African	26,406	15,815	36,997
Swedish	7,137	2,799	11,475
Swiss	2,027	423	3,631
Ukrainian	5,868	1,806	9,930
United States or American	19,361	13,678	25,044
Welsh	2,721	297	5,145
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	50,536	32,209	68,863

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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