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

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Mecklenburg County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	180,041	172,809	187,273
Nursery school, preschool	16,642	13,128	20,157
Kindergarten	9,869	6,524	13,214
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	79,602	74,657	84,547
High school grade (grades 9-12)	38,267	34,155	42,379
College or graduate school	35,661	29,381	41,941

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	455,831	454,062	457,600
Less than 9th grade	15,473	11,855	19,091
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	37,745	31,270	44,220
High school graduate (including equivalency)	95,318	86,756	103,880
Some college, no degree	97,992	89,965	106,019
Associate degree	34,012	28,128	39,896
Bachelor's degree	129,562	120,654	138,470
Graduate or professional degree	45,729	40,281	51,177

Percent high school graduate or higher	88.3	87.0	89.6
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	38.5	36.4	40.6

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	266,088	263,296	268,880
Never married	86,250	79,931	92,570
Now married, except separated	141,714	134,573	148,855
Separated	7,699	4,541	10,857
Widowed	5,341	3,488	7,194
Divorced	25,084	20,433	29,735

Females 15 years and over	277,727	275,963	279,491
Never married	77,048	71,615	82,481
Now married, except separated	144,369	137,588	151,151
Separated	8,853	5,271	12,435
Widowed	18,505	15,717	21,294
Divorced	28,952	24,113	33,791

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	10,023	7,231	12,815
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	4,438	2,374	6,502
Per 1,000 unmarried women	49	26	72
As a percent of all women with a birth	44.3	30.6	58.0
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	50	37	63
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	0	0	2
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	91	63	119
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	22	10	34

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	12,967	8,632	17,302
Responsible for grandchildren	5,881	3,132	8,630
less than 1 year	1,515	449	2,581
1 or 2 years	0	0	549
3 or 4 years	3,706	1,516	5,896
5 or more years	660	5	1,315

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	64.4	47.6	81.2
Percent who are married	59.3	31.3	87.4
Percent who are in labor force	80.8	66.8	94.8
Percent who are in poverty	9.8	0.0	22.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	514,355	514,005	514,705
Civilian veterans	60,441	54,831	66,051

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	151,014	147,300	154,728
With a disability	9,006	5,876	12,136

Population 21 to 64 years	438,480	434,673	442,287
With a disability	42,581	35,445	49,717
Percent employed	53.1	46.5	59.7
No disability	395,899	388,436	403,362
Percent employed	80.9	78.9	82.9

Population 65 years and over	56,248	55,512	56,984
With a disability	20,685	17,273	24,097

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	690,734	687,738	693,730
Same house	563,667	548,669	578,666
Different house in the U.S.	117,454	101,779	133,129
Same county	68,789	54,581	82,997
Different county	48,665	39,892	57,438
Same state	14,792	9,860	19,724
Different state	33,873	25,803	41,943
Abroad	9,613	5,391	13,835

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	700,995	*****	*****
Native	622,139	615,511	628,767
Born in United States	614,664	607,780	621,548
State of residence	303,617	289,057	318,177
Different state	311,047	297,745	324,349
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	7,475	4,713	10,237
Foreign born	78,856	72,228	85,484
Naturalized citizen	21,709	16,289	27,129
Not a citizen	57,147	51,334	62,960
Entered 1990 or later	52,606	45,836	59,376
Entered before 1990	26,250	20,204	32,296

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	78,856	72,228	85,484
Europe	10,322	6,497	14,147
Asia	18,903	16,804	21,002
Africa	10,320	4,566	16,074
Oceania	203	0	531
Latin America	36,738	33,006	40,470
Northern America	2,370	619	4,121

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	645,948	645,036	646,860
English only	558,096	548,439	567,753
Language other than English	87,852	78,445	97,259
Speak English less than "very well"	42,171	35,531	48,811
Spanish	47,757	43,889	51,625
Speak English less than "very well"	27,366	21,746	32,986
Other Indo-European languages	22,180	16,780	27,580
Speak English less than "very well"	7,055	4,336	9,774
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	11,258	7,981	14,535
Speak English less than "very well"	5,681	3,140	8,222
Other languages	6,657	1,735	11,579
Speak English less than "very well"	2,069	0	4,612

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	700,995	*****	*****
Arab	1,954	0	3,926
Czech	1,695	403	2,987
Danish	2,309	661	3,957
Dutch	8,536	5,477	11,595
English	80,214	69,779	90,649
French (except Basque)	15,906	11,207	20,605
French Canadian	2,680	781	4,579
German	93,497	83,315	103,679
Greek	6,125	2,417	9,833
Hungarian	2,403	281	4,525
Irish	55,854	47,411	64,297
Italian	35,564	28,906	42,222
Lithuanian	496	21	971
Norwegian	4,218	2,358	6,078
Polish	16,159	11,638	20,680
Portuguese	665	33	1,297
Russian	4,094	1,355	6,833
Scotch-Irish	30,322	23,088	37,556
Scottish	24,387	18,833	29,941
Slovak	426	0	933
Subsaharan African	18,032	9,028	27,036
Swedish	5,567	2,686	8,448
Swiss	1,830	0	3,708
Ukrainian	2,618	135	5,101
United States or American	49,525	40,643	58,407
Welsh	7,052	2,950	11,154
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	2,414	662	4,166

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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