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

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Mercer County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	84,876	79,443	90,309
Nursery school, preschool	7,343	5,152	9,534
Kindergarten	2,286	1,176	3,396
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	36,377	33,179	39,575
High school grade (grades 9-12)	15,549	13,234	17,864
College or graduate school	23,321	18,186	28,456

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	229,527	225,872	233,182
Less than 9th grade	10,694	7,290	14,098
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	28,356	21,885	34,827
High school graduate (including equivalency)	60,151	52,706	67,596
Some college, no degree	35,310	30,091	40,529
Associate degree	9,250	6,924	11,577
Bachelor's degree	47,192	41,006	53,378
Graduate or professional degree	38,574	32,726	44,422

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.0	80.4	85.6
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	37.4	34.8	40.0

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	126,565	125,186	127,944
Never married	38,104	33,606	42,602
Now married, except separated	74,946	69,844	80,048
Separated	3,886	1,408	6,364
Widowed	2,797	1,376	4,218
Divorced	6,832	4,400	9,264

Females 15 years and over	140,887	139,224	142,550
Never married	35,456	31,044	39,868
Now married, except separated	73,316	68,655	77,977
Separated	2,786	915	4,657
Widowed	13,917	11,521	16,313
Divorced	15,412	11,676	19,148

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	3,024	1,503	4,545
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	933	0	2,019
Per 1,000 unmarried women	24	0	52
As a percent of all women with a birth	30.9	2.0	59.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	34	18	51
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	84	0	173
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	56	23	89
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	8	0	18

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	8,027	5,184	10,870
Responsible for grandchildren	3,370	1,492	5,248
less than 1 year	1,089	12	2,166
1 or 2 years	0	0	531
3 or 4 years	0	0	531
5 or more years	2,281	641	3,921

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	83.5	69.6	97.4
Percent who are married	57.7	25.9	89.5
Percent who are in labor force	13.2	0.0	30.5
Percent who are in poverty	42.3	10.5	74.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	254,438	253,865	255,011
Civilian veterans	24,290	20,668	27,912

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	66,324	63,059	69,589
With a disability	3,677	2,192	5,162

Population 21 to 64 years	205,387	202,163	208,611
With a disability	21,661	16,893	26,430
Percent employed	49.2	38.1	60.3
No disability	183,726	178,274	189,178
Percent employed	76.4	73.3	79.5

Population 65 years and over	40,229	38,995	41,463
With a disability	16,089	12,667	19,511

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	329,654	328,438	330,870
Same house	292,032	283,531	300,533
Different house in the U.S.	35,288	26,630	43,946
Same county	14,507	10,275	18,739
Different county	20,781	12,851	28,711
Same state	13,610	6,645	20,575
Different state	7,171	3,295	11,047
Abroad	2,334	639	4,029

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	332,437	*****	*****
Native	289,579	282,849	296,309
Born in United States	278,849	272,391	285,307
State of residence	175,536	165,433	185,639
Different state	103,313	94,269	112,357
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	10,730	5,239	16,221
Foreign born	42,858	36,128	49,588
Naturalized citizen	19,481	15,047	23,915
Not a citizen	23,377	17,747	29,007
Entered 1990 or later	21,945	16,668	27,222
Entered before 1990	20,913	16,521	25,305

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	42,858	36,128	49,588
Europe	11,057	7,140	14,974
Asia	15,163	12,579	17,747
Africa	2,323	0	4,821
Oceania	0	0	531
Latin America	13,203	9,042	17,364
Northern America	1,112	96	2,128

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	312,281	310,441	314,121
English only	248,938	241,244	256,632
Language other than English	63,343	55,423	71,263
Speak English less than "very well"	27,463	21,082	33,844
Spanish	31,099	27,589	34,609
Speak English less than "very well"	17,090	11,714	22,466
Other Indo-European languages	21,336	14,871	27,801
Speak English less than "very well"	7,192	4,004	10,380
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	7,202	4,041	10,363
Speak English less than "very well"	3,181	1,006	5,356
Other languages	3,706	310	7,102
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0	531

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	332,437	*****	*****
Arab	0	0	531
Czech	900	0	1,887
Danish	893	40	1,746
Dutch	6,576	3,868	9,284
English	25,393	20,529	30,257
French (except Basque)	2,871	1,315	4,427
French Canadian	622	0	1,257
German	43,699	37,069	50,329
Greek	392	0	1,111
Hungarian	7,861	4,640	11,082
Irish	44,019	36,571	51,467
Italian	53,991	46,295	61,687
Lithuanian	1,907	447	3,367
Norwegian	2,790	878	4,702
Polish	36,904	30,307	43,501
Portuguese	159	0	440
Russian	11,180	8,093	14,267
Scotch-Irish	2,329	936	3,722
Scottish	2,439	880	3,998
Slovak	4,367	1,717	7,017
Subsaharan African	3,890	0	7,842
Swedish	2,536	615	4,457
Swiss	354	0	776
Ukrainian	1,729	477	2,981
United States or American	11,014	7,077	14,951
Welsh	1,826	466	3,186
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	1,242	0	3,080

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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