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

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Chester County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	110,703	104,440	116,966
Nursery school, preschool	8,662	6,768	10,556
Kindergarten	7,692	5,077	10,307
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	47,164	43,354	50,974
High school grade (grades 9-12)	22,523	19,758	25,288
College or graduate school	24,662	19,865	29,459

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	286,372	283,753	288,991
Less than 9th grade	7,873	4,999	10,747
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	19,042	15,341	22,743
High school graduate (including equivalency)	74,227	67,787	80,667
Some college, no degree	41,136	36,113	46,159
Associate degree	17,375	13,055	21,695
Bachelor's degree	76,510	70,247	82,773
Graduate or professional degree	50,209	44,299	56,119

Percent high school graduate or higher	90.6	89.1	92.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	44.2	41.7	46.7

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	162,801	160,064	165,538
Never married	39,655	35,434	43,876
Now married, except separated	103,240	98,292	108,188
Separated	3,293	1,503	5,083
Widowed	4,106	2,232	5,980
Divorced	12,507	9,202	15,812

Females 15 years and over	171,808	169,071	174,545
Never married	36,396	32,761	40,031
Now married, except separated	100,657	95,720	105,594
Separated	3,020	1,660	4,380
Widowed	15,737	12,993	18,481
Divorced	15,998	12,528	19,468

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	5,031	3,429	6,633
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	1,137	246	2,028
Per 1,000 unmarried women	26	6	46
As a percent of all women with a birth	22.6	6.6	38.6
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	45	30	60
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	64	0	133
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	66	35	97
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	28	12	45

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	6,876	3,781	9,971
Responsible for grandchildren	2,653	430	4,876
less than 1 year	1,078	0	2,817
1 or 2 years	878	160	1,596
3 or 4 years	238	0	649
5 or more years	459	0	1,230

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	54.2	41.2	67.2
Percent who are married	91.9	74.9	100.0
Percent who are in labor force	55.2	25.7	84.7
Percent who are in poverty	0.0	0.0	18.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	318,758	318,329	319,187
Civilian veterans	36,366	31,635	41,097

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	90,212	87,658	92,766
With a disability	5,888	3,664	8,112

Population 21 to 64 years	261,295	259,567	263,023
With a disability	28,912	23,262	34,562
Percent employed	49.9	42.1	57.7
No disability	232,383	226,227	238,539
Percent employed	78.9	76.6	81.2

Population 65 years and over	47,688	46,800	48,576
With a disability	15,047	12,579	17,515

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	425,801	424,555	427,047
Same house	371,188	360,272	382,104
Different house in the U.S.	52,071	41,316	62,826
Same county	30,724	21,999	39,449
Different county	21,347	15,730	26,964
Same state	7,770	4,488	11,052
Different state	13,577	8,589	18,565
Abroad	2,542	593	4,491

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	428,601	*****	*****
Native	396,690	389,871	403,509
Born in United States	392,425	386,241	398,609
State of residence	276,650	265,499	287,801
Different state	115,775	105,126	126,424
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	4,265	1,450	7,080
Foreign born	31,911	25,092	38,730
Naturalized citizen	17,609	11,445	23,773
Not a citizen	14,302	9,360	19,244
Entered 1990 or later	18,972	11,303	26,641
Entered before 1990	12,939	9,200	16,678

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	31,911	25,092	38,730
Europe	10,236	6,469	14,003
Asia	9,049	6,711	11,387
Africa	1,778	422	3,134
Oceania	197	0	534
Latin America	6,860	2,674	11,046
Northern America	3,791	0	7,867

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	399,450	397,414	401,486
English only	366,739	361,322	372,156
Language other than English	32,711	27,421	38,001
Speak English less than "very well"	11,942	8,517	15,367
Spanish	11,249	8,315	14,183
Speak English less than "very well"	7,284	4,337	10,231
Other Indo-European languages	15,877	11,610	20,144
Speak English less than "very well"	4,415	2,476	6,354
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	4,486	1,480	7,492
Speak English less than "very well"	243	0	700
Other languages	1,099	134	2,064
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0	488

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	428,601	*****	*****
Arab	1,142	0	2,578
Czech	1,239	262	2,216
Danish	1,529	0	3,126
Dutch	9,721	6,200	13,242
English	81,743	72,128	91,358
French (except Basque)	13,205	9,059	17,351
French Canadian	693	0	1,500
German	97,303	88,172	106,434
Greek	1,124	213	2,035
Hungarian	1,825	465	3,185
Irish	101,994	91,073	112,915
Italian	56,731	47,296	66,166
Lithuanian	3,374	1,620	5,128
Norwegian	879	0	1,760
Polish	24,453	17,982	30,924
Portuguese	457	0	1,218
Russian	5,703	2,809	8,597
Scotch-Irish	10,661	7,460	13,862
Scottish	12,517	7,333	17,701
Slovak	6,185	3,461	8,909
Subsaharan African	2,369	472	4,267
Swedish	3,662	1,525	5,799
Swiss	2,152	812	3,492
Ukrainian	6,553	3,793	9,313
United States or American	22,264	16,900	27,628
Welsh	8,601	5,471	11,731
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	1,184	31	2,337

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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