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2001 Supplementary Survey Profile
Guilford 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
104,094
97,849
110,339
Nursery school, preschool
5,647
3,456
7,838
Kindergarten
5,723
3,682
7,764
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
47,528
44,240
50,816
High school grade (grades 9-12)
20,382
18,400
22,364
College or graduate school
24,814
20,262
29,366
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
269,973
267,209
272,737
Less than 9th grade
22,895
18,811
26,979
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
29,710
23,075
36,345
High school graduate (including equivalency)
74,664
67,909
81,419
Some college, no degree
48,917
43,304
54,530
Associate degree
14,293
10,769
17,817
Bachelor's degree
52,008
45,693
58,323
Graduate or professional degree
27,486
22,899
32,073
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
80.5
77.7
83.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
29.4
26.3
32.5
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
155,156
152,674
157,638
Never married
49,458
44,305
54,611
Now married, except separated
87,449
82,131
92,767
Separated
3,402
1,802
5,003
Widowed
3,679
2,083
5,275
Divorced
11,168
7,947
14,389
 
Females 15 years and over
166,081
163,743
168,419
Never married
44,720
40,552
48,888
Now married, except separated
81,842
76,565
87,119
Separated
6,859
4,554
9,164
Widowed
17,108
14,290
19,926
Divorced
15,552
12,014
19,090
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
2,859
1,719
3,999
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
795
0
1,699
Per 1,000 unmarried women
16
0
34
As a percent of all women with a birth
27.8
3.4
52.2
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
27
15
39
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
0
0
2
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
52
22
82
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
9
0
21
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
8,218
5,403
11,033
Responsible for grandchildren
4,402
2,354
6,450
less than 1 year
561
21
1,101
1 or 2 years
1,246
81
2,411
3 or 4 years
410
0
951
5 or more years
2,185
692
3,678
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
65.2
52.5
77.9
Percent who are married
63.2
41.6
84.8
Percent who are in labor force
43.6
27.3
59.9
Percent who are in poverty
27.7
6.9
48.5
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
305,886
304,809
306,963
Civilian veterans
35,887
31,477
40,297
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
86,378
83,207
89,549
With a disability
7,129
4,497
9,761
 
Population 21 to 64 years
246,176
243,150
249,202
With a disability
33,657
28,163
39,152
Percent employed
39.9
32.5
47.3
No disability
212,519
206,444
218,594
Percent employed
79.7
77.1
82.3
 
Population 65 years and over
47,242
46,153
48,331
With a disability
19,062
16,338
21,786
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
408,386
407,294
409,478
Same house
338,718
326,155
351,281
Different house in the U.S.
68,602
56,159
81,045
Same county
47,764
37,727
57,801
Different county
20,838
14,885
26,791
Same state
9,380
6,501
12,259
Different state
11,458
6,482
16,434
Abroad
1,066
0
2,132
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
411,405
*****
*****
Native
379,991
374,980
385,002
Born in United States
377,560
372,605
382,515
State of residence
240,751
228,888
252,615
Different state
136,809
124,287
149,331
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
2,431
289
4,573
Foreign born
31,414
26,403
36,425
Naturalized citizen
6,551
4,172
8,930
Not a citizen
24,863
19,661
30,065
Entered 1990 or later
24,001
18,167
29,835
Entered before 1990
7,413
4,461
10,365
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
31,414
26,403
36,425
Europe
3,028
1,243
4,813
Asia
11,604
9,530
13,678
Africa
3,201
300
6,102
Oceania
174
0
478
Latin America
13,407
9,987
16,827
Northern America
0
0
549
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
380,439
378,601
382,277
English only
346,083
341,008
351,158
Language other than English
34,356
28,928
39,785
Speak English less than "very well"
15,798
11,815
19,781
Spanish
14,879
11,579
18,179
Speak English less than "very well"
6,797
4,284
9,310
Other Indo-European languages
8,142
4,994
11,290
Speak English less than "very well"
2,367
831
3,903
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
7,792
5,784
9,800
Speak English less than "very well"
5,141
3,211
7,072
Other languages
3,543
540
6,546
Speak English less than "very well"
1,493
0
3,056
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
411,405
*****
*****
Arab
631
0
1,428
Czech
399
34
764
Danish
174
0
469
Dutch
9,168
4,553
13,783
English
47,510
38,905
56,115
French (except Basque)
6,972
4,075
9,869
French Canadian
931
86
1,776
German
47,941
41,207
54,675
Greek
2,914
1,023
4,805
Hungarian
2,131
0
5,088
Irish
29,362
24,095
34,629
Italian
10,169
6,458
13,880
Lithuanian
865
0
1,850
Norwegian
1,071
185
1,957
Polish
7,457
4,657
10,257
Portuguese
0
0
549
Russian
1,371
330
2,412
Scotch-Irish
11,304
8,263
14,345
Scottish
13,694
9,652
17,737
Slovak
2,022
0
4,411
Subsaharan African
4,182
889
7,475
Swedish
2,829
1,087
4,571
Swiss
0
0
549
Ukrainian
396
0
944
United States or American
46,227
37,365
55,089
Welsh
2,488
939
4,037
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
2,577
247
4,907
 

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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