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

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Berks County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	88,032	83,295	92,769
Nursery school, preschool	5,510	3,127	7,893
Kindergarten	6,546	4,500	8,592
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	41,830	39,342	44,318
High school grade (grades 9-12)	18,757	16,119	21,395
College or graduate school	15,389	11,356	19,422

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	247,421	244,581	250,261
Less than 9th grade	21,111	16,862	25,360
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	39,795	33,517	46,073
High school graduate (including equivalency)	91,885	84,099	99,671
Some college, no degree	35,584	29,571	41,597
Associate degree	13,338	10,119	16,557
Bachelor's degree	31,007	25,697	36,317
Graduate or professional degree	14,701	11,492	17,910

Percent high school graduate or higher	75.4	72.8	78.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.5	15.9	21.1

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	139,811	138,554	141,068
Never married	35,180	30,514	39,846
Now married, except separated	85,229	79,936	90,522
Separated	2,294	830	3,758
Widowed	2,822	1,390	4,254
Divorced	14,286	10,148	18,424

Females 15 years and over	150,588	149,492	151,684
Never married	35,474	31,243	39,705
Now married, except separated	79,858	75,213	84,503
Separated	2,666	1,188	4,144
Widowed	15,105	12,335	17,875
Divorced	17,485	14,193	20,777

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	5,420	3,127	7,714
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	1,086	0	2,216
Per 1,000 unmarried women	25	0	51
As a percent of all women with a birth	20.0	0.0	40.5
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	58	33	83
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	12	0	33
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	146	82	210
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	5	0	13

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	4,843	2,827	6,859
Responsible for grandchildren	483	0	1,075
less than 1 year	280	0	722
1 or 2 years	0	0	488
3 or 4 years	203	0	545
5 or more years	0	0	488

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	100.0	44.4	100.0
Percent who are married	0.0	0.0	55.6
Percent who are in labor force	100.0	44.4	100.0
Percent who are in poverty	0.0	0.0	55.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	276,171	275,348	276,994
Civilian veterans	37,295	33,257	41,333

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	77,840	74,900	80,780
With a disability	3,934	2,327	5,541

Population 21 to 64 years	214,417	211,404	217,430
With a disability	31,043	26,039	36,047
Percent employed	43.9	35.5	52.3
No disability	183,374	177,752	188,996
Percent employed	81.3	78.7	83.9

Population 65 years and over	51,467	50,378	52,556
With a disability	19,480	16,472	22,488

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	360,973	359,480	362,466
Same house	319,274	309,445	329,103
Different house in the U.S.	36,884	28,406	45,362
Same county	27,864	20,746	34,982
Different county	9,020	4,733	13,307
Same state	4,310	1,944	6,676
Different state	4,710	1,055	8,365
Abroad	4,815	0	11,606

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	365,259	*****	*****
Native	351,606	346,941	356,271
Born in United States	338,502	333,455	343,549
State of residence	287,666	278,919	296,413
Different state	50,836	41,974	59,698
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	13,104	6,253	19,955
Foreign born	13,653	8,988	18,318
Naturalized citizen	6,566	4,094	9,038
Not a citizen	7,087	2,804	11,370
Entered 1990 or later	4,366	1,205	7,527
Entered before 1990	9,287	5,934	12,640

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	13,653	8,988	18,318
Europe	2,931	1,190	4,672
Asia	3,310	2,084	4,536
Africa	286	0	763
Oceania	0	0	488
Latin America	6,690	2,623	10,757
Northern America	436	0	931

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	343,900	343,174	344,626
English only	300,150	295,776	304,524
Language other than English	43,750	39,277	48,223
Speak English less than "very well"	13,253	8,489	18,017
Spanish	27,817	24,642	30,992
Speak English less than "very well"	9,149	4,583	13,715
Other Indo-European languages	12,558	9,147	15,969
Speak English less than "very well"	2,897	1,145	4,649
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	2,897	1,488	4,306
Speak English less than "very well"	1,207	534	1,880
Other languages	478	0	1,037
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0	488

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	365,259	*****	*****
Arab	0	0	488
Czech	1,386	0	3,107
Danish	286	0	761
Dutch	10,547	7,303	13,791
English	20,851	15,530	26,172
French (except Basque)	6,337	3,577	9,097
French Canadian	1,236	296	2,177
German	163,164	151,794	174,534
Greek	2,164	699	3,629
Hungarian	2,040	992	3,088
Irish	41,235	34,320	48,150
Italian	32,857	27,092	38,622
Lithuanian	1,354	107	2,601
Norwegian	2,437	276	4,599
Polish	20,336	16,094	24,578
Portuguese	204	0	534
Russian	2,666	691	4,641
Scotch-Irish	3,264	1,404	5,124
Scottish	4,952	2,946	6,958
Slovak	3,409	1,502	5,316
Subsaharan African	645	0	1,498
Swedish	3,288	1,635	4,941
Swiss	6,969	3,877	10,061
Ukrainian	4,232	1,726	6,738
United States or American	22,591	16,328	28,854
Welsh	6,907	4,066	9,748
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	369	0	819

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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