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

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Middlesex County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	170,972	165,377	176,567
Nursery school, preschool	14,938	11,480	18,396
Kindergarten	10,778	8,280	13,276
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	71,458	67,635	75,281
High school grade (grades 9-12)	36,826	33,993	39,659
College or graduate school	36,972	31,887	42,057

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	515,867	512,085	519,649
Less than 9th grade	30,990	25,649	36,331
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	49,322	41,778	56,866
High school graduate (including equivalency)	148,028	137,074	158,982
Some college, no degree	85,578	77,976	93,180
Associate degree	25,621	22,192	29,050
Bachelor's degree	107,369	97,065	117,673
Graduate or professional degree	68,959	61,285	76,633

Percent high school graduate or higher	84.4	82.6	86.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	34.2	32.1	36.3

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	289,281	287,555	291,007
Never married	91,833	86,155	97,511
Now married, except separated	170,963	163,625	178,301
Separated	2,635	785	4,485
Widowed	9,047	6,323	11,771
Divorced	14,803	11,508	18,098

Females 15 years and over	309,857	308,026	311,689
Never married	75,411	69,118	81,704
Now married, except separated	172,687	165,052	180,322
Separated	4,657	3,028	6,286
Widowed	32,662	29,270	36,054
Divorced	24,440	19,962	28,918

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	10,965	7,330	14,600
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	1,781	250	3,312
Per 1,000 unmarried women	20	2	38
As a percent of all women with a birth	16.2	4.3	28.1
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	54	36	72
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	31	0	81
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	92	59	125
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	26	8	44

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	19,566	13,679	25,453
Responsible for grandchildren	5,803	2,023	9,583
less than 1 year	534	0	1,410
1 or 2 years	1,394	0	2,813
3 or 4 years	888	20	1,756
5 or more years	2,987	0	6,360

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	70.3	50.2	90.4
Percent who are married	58.6	24.6	92.6
Percent who are in labor force	77.4	57.1	97.7
Percent who are in poverty	4.6	0.0	13.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	573,000	572,304	573,696
Civilian veterans	48,769	44,571	52,967

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	142,490	138,962	146,018
With a disability	9,741	6,726	12,756

Population 21 to 64 years	458,528	454,499	462,557
With a disability	48,163	40,495	55,831
Percent employed	52.0	45.6	58.4
No disability	410,365	401,297	419,433
Percent employed	77.5	75.7	79.3

Population 65 years and over	90,431	88,307	92,555
With a disability	32,426	28,039	36,813

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	728,630	726,596	730,664
Same house	658,271	647,158	669,384
Different house in the U.S.	59,042	49,875	68,209
Same county	32,755	25,224	40,286
Different county	26,287	20,255	32,319
Same state	14,921	9,984	19,858
Different state	11,366	7,149	15,583
Abroad	11,317	6,806	15,828

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	736,370	*****	*****
Native	551,674	538,596	564,752
Born in United States	538,691	525,973	551,409
State of residence	374,634	359,827	389,441
Different state	164,057	150,052	178,062
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	12,983	9,513	16,453
Foreign born	184,696	171,618	197,774
Naturalized citizen	82,927	73,644	92,210
Not a citizen	101,769	88,785	114,753
Entered 1990 or later	93,231	81,767	104,695
Entered before 1990	91,465	83,349	99,581

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	184,696	171,618	197,774
Europe	25,874	19,573	32,175
Asia	87,350	81,956	92,744
Africa	8,022	4,372	11,672
Oceania	858	0	2,008
Latin America	61,555	51,823	71,287
Northern America	1,037	2	2,072

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	691,449	691,096	691,802
English only	463,645	452,453	474,837
Language other than English	227,804	216,645	238,963
Speak English less than "very well"	87,503	76,705	98,301
Spanish	89,743	84,027	95,459
Speak English less than "very well"	41,695	33,518	49,872
Other Indo-European languages	87,407	76,083	98,731
Speak English less than "very well"	27,899	20,731	35,067
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	44,055	37,453	50,657
Speak English less than "very well"	15,786	11,273	20,299
Other languages	6,599	3,126	10,072
Speak English less than "very well"	2,123	240	4,006

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	736,370	*****	*****
Arab	10,483	4,954	16,012
Czech	5,228	2,449	8,007
Danish	2,108	574	3,643
Dutch	4,853	2,396	7,310
English	27,585	22,247	32,923
French (except Basque)	10,271	6,842	13,700
French Canadian	2,017	471	3,563
German	67,945	59,060	76,830
Greek	4,071	1,791	6,351
Hungarian	23,242	18,211	28,273
Irish	94,364	82,504	106,224
Italian	114,822	103,784	125,861
Lithuanian	5,628	2,589	8,667
Norwegian	5,520	2,807	8,233
Polish	66,406	57,905	74,907
Portuguese	9,026	4,276	13,776
Russian	21,683	15,271	28,095
Scotch-Irish	4,940	2,957	6,923
Scottish	6,753	4,252	9,254
Slovak	8,411	4,989	11,833
Subsaharan African	2,534	381	4,687
Swedish	4,506	1,815	7,197
Swiss	403	0	872
Ukrainian	9,970	5,893	14,047
United States or American	38,945	30,174	47,716
Welsh	6,807	2,067	11,547
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	7,484	4,235	10,733

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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