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

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Wake County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	172,679	164,741	180,617
Nursery school, preschool	14,595	11,797	17,393
Kindergarten	8,851	6,426	11,277
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	74,042	69,458	78,626
High school grade (grades 9-12)	32,208	29,294	35,122
College or graduate school	42,983	36,944	49,022

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	409,882	407,655	412,110
Less than 9th grade	16,007	11,658	20,356
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	24,179	19,516	28,842
High school graduate (including equivalency)	69,226	61,728	76,724
Some college, no degree	80,266	72,184	88,348
Associate degree	32,475	27,268	37,682
Bachelor's degree	128,703	120,382	137,024
Graduate or professional degree	59,026	52,647	65,405

Percent high school graduate or higher	90.2	88.7	91.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	45.8	43.5	48.1

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	243,438	241,420	245,456
Never married	74,396	68,915	79,877
Now married, except separated	145,239	139,424	151,054
Separated	6,697	3,706	9,688
Widowed	3,132	1,566	4,698
Divorced	13,974	11,019	16,929

Females 15 years and over	247,321	246,130	248,512
Never married	59,028	54,614	63,442
Now married, except separated	143,594	137,788	149,400
Separated	5,842	3,570	8,114
Widowed	15,165	12,447	17,883
Divorced	23,692	19,268	28,116

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	9,821	7,562	12,080
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	2,046	871	3,221
Per 1,000 unmarried women	28	13	43
As a percent of all women with a birth	20.8	9.1	32.5
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	55	42	68
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	53	7	99
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	88	63	113
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	25	12	38

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	9,243	5,517	12,969
Responsible for grandchildren	4,736	1,853	7,619
less than 1 year	1,041	0	2,229
1 or 2 years	973	303	1,643
3 or 4 years	612	0	1,587
5 or more years	2,110	0	4,448

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	60.5	45.5	75.5
Percent who are married	87.9	73.2	100.0
Percent who are in labor force	74.0	53.7	94.3
Percent who are in poverty	0.0	0.0	13.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	465,440	464,321	466,559
Civilian veterans	49,245	44,259	54,231

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	137,947	133,297	142,597
With a disability	8,241	5,405	11,077

Population 21 to 64 years	400,206	396,312	404,100
With a disability	35,651	29,695	41,608
Percent employed	54.8	47.2	62.4
No disability	364,555	357,795	371,315
Percent employed	83.4	81.8	85.1

Population 65 years and over	45,352	43,875	46,829
With a disability	17,328	14,855	19,801

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	627,894	625,650	630,138
Same house	486,625	469,203	504,047
Different house in the U.S.	128,269	111,132	145,406
Same county	80,802	65,865	95,739
Different county	47,467	37,650	57,285
Same state	21,028	14,540	27,516
Different state	26,439	18,161	34,717
Abroad	13,000	5,725	20,275

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	636,449	*****	*****
Native	562,799	553,257	572,341
Born in United States	554,141	544,309	563,973
State of residence	297,717	285,000	310,434
Different state	256,424	241,455	271,393
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	8,658	5,997	11,319
Foreign born	73,650	64,108	83,192
Naturalized citizen	18,332	13,194	23,470
Not a citizen	55,318	45,832	64,804
Entered 1990 or later	49,242	39,885	58,599
Entered before 1990	24,408	19,004	29,812

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	73,650	64,108	83,192
Europe	12,165	5,831	18,499
Asia	22,852	20,440	25,264
Africa	9,601	4,649	14,553
Oceania	596	0	1,499
Latin America	25,349	20,960	29,738
Northern America	3,087	114	6,060

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	584,315	581,121	587,509
English only	511,548	500,613	522,483
Language other than English	72,767	61,768	83,766
Speak English less than "very well"	34,491	25,660	43,322
Spanish	29,334	22,556	36,112
Speak English less than "very well"	18,273	12,189	24,357
Other Indo-European languages	26,186	18,063	34,309
Speak English less than "very well"	8,923	2,762	15,084
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	13,504	10,412	16,596
Speak English less than "very well"	5,619	3,174	8,064
Other languages	3,743	1,040	6,446
Speak English less than "very well"	1,676	0	3,773

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	636,449	*****	*****
Arab	2,830	896	4,764
Czech	1,831	181	3,481
Danish	1,822	363	3,281
Dutch	9,575	5,879	13,271
English	106,918	96,030	117,806
French (except Basque)	17,714	13,465	21,963
French Canadian	1,608	527	2,689
German	80,771	70,737	90,805
Greek	2,538	669	4,407
Hungarian	949	129	1,769
Irish	65,356	57,240	73,472
Italian	32,943	25,736	40,150
Lithuanian	1,706	0	3,861
Norwegian	7,315	3,970	10,660
Polish	15,282	11,908	18,656
Portuguese	174	0	473
Russian	6,647	3,809	9,485
Scotch-Irish	22,843	16,882	28,804
Scottish	17,455	13,323	21,587
Slovak	2,329	908	3,750
Subsaharan African	7,077	2,063	12,091
Swedish	6,362	3,801	8,923
Swiss	1,864	882	2,846
Ukrainian	4,803	0	10,882
United States or American	49,002	40,589	57,415
Welsh	6,478	3,049	9,907
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	1,128	92	2,164

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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