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

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Luzerne County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	69,314	64,971	73,657
Nursery school, preschool	4,199	2,026	6,372
Kindergarten	2,771	1,215	4,327
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	30,275	27,147	33,403
High school grade (grades 9-12)	16,484	14,672	18,296
College or graduate school	15,585	12,247	18,923

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	214,546	213,459	215,633
Less than 9th grade	8,136	5,587	10,685
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	25,002	20,478	29,526
High school graduate (including equivalency)	91,219	84,858	97,580
Some college, no degree	33,764	28,575	38,953
Associate degree	17,530	13,758	21,302
Bachelor's degree	23,943	19,407	28,479
Graduate or professional degree	14,952	11,916	17,988

Percent high school graduate or higher	84.6	82.5	86.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.1	15.1	21.1

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	118,287	117,132	119,442
Never married	40,437	35,282	45,592
Now married, except separated	64,041	59,000	69,082
Separated	2,892	1,174	4,610
Widowed	3,690	2,327	5,053
Divorced	7,227	4,934	9,521

Females 15 years and over	133,105	132,069	134,141
Never married	32,631	29,564	35,698
Now married, except separated	59,741	54,732	64,750
Separated	3,740	2,095	5,385
Widowed	20,965	18,351	23,579
Divorced	16,028	12,773	19,283

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	1,971	486	3,456
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	1,112	0	2,318
Per 1,000 unmarried women	30	0	63
As a percent of all women with a birth	56.4	21.9	90.9
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	27	6	48
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	0	0	2
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	53	0	106
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	16	1	31

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	4,421	1,608	7,234
Responsible for grandchildren	1,777	518	3,036
less than 1 year	363	0	965
1 or 2 years	269	0	632
3 or 4 years	720	0	1,651
5 or more years	425	0	910

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	65.2	38.0	92.4
Percent who are married	45.0	8.0	82.0
Percent who are in labor force	35.6	0.0	72.9
Percent who are in poverty	40.8	2.7	78.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	238,297	236,843	239,751
Civilian veterans	32,148	28,229	36,067

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	60,974	58,638	63,310
With a disability	7,121	4,295	9,947

Population 21 to 64 years	171,673	169,574	173,772
With a disability	29,639	23,879	35,399
Percent employed	40.9	33.5	48.3
No disability	142,034	136,107	147,961
Percent employed	81.9	79.1	84.7

Population 65 years and over	56,191	55,703	56,679
With a disability	24,532	21,298	27,766

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	300,975	299,619	302,331
Same house	269,464	260,237	278,691
Different house in the U.S.	31,511	22,665	40,357
Same county	26,980	18,291	35,669
Different county	4,531	1,812	7,250
Same state	3,926	1,312	6,540
Different state	605	0	1,260
Abroad	0	0	488

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	302,891	*****	*****
Native	300,170	298,591	301,749
Born in United States	298,121	295,994	300,248
State of residence	253,504	244,873	262,135
Different state	44,617	36,412	52,822
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	2,049	699	3,399
Foreign born	2,721	1,142	4,300
Naturalized citizen	1,764	546	2,982
Not a citizen	957	17	1,898
Entered 1990 or later	430	0	933
Entered before 1990	2,291	867	3,715

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	N	N	N
Europe	N	N	N
Asia	N	N	N
Africa	N	N	N
Oceania	N	N	N
Latin America	N	N	N
Northern America	N	N	N

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	288,935	288,509	289,361
English only	277,868	273,837	281,899
Language other than English	11,067	7,175	14,959
Speak English less than "very well"	1,049	254	1,844
Spanish	3,532	1,676	5,388
Speak English less than "very well"	269	0	632
Other Indo-European languages	7,014	3,905	10,123
Speak English less than "very well"	664	30	1,298
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	347	0	774
Speak English less than "very well"	116	0	340
Other languages	174	0	463
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0	488

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	302,891	*****	*****
Arab	4,235	1,902	6,568
Czech	226	0	609
Danish	0	0	488
Dutch	9,340	5,621	13,059
English	35,332	27,199	43,465
French (except Basque)	3,745	1,555	5,935
French Canadian	0	0	488
German	64,131	53,152	75,110
Greek	2,339	677	4,001
Hungarian	3,553	987	6,119
Irish	65,461	55,021	75,901
Italian	58,006	48,994	67,018
Lithuanian	11,542	7,858	15,226
Norwegian	3,105	0	6,963
Polish	71,041	61,002	81,080
Portuguese	0	0	488
Russian	9,121	5,935	12,307
Scotch-Irish	5,263	785	9,741
Scottish	2,888	1,162	4,614
Slovak	18,118	14,011	22,225
Subsaharan African	0	0	488
Swedish	2,864	97	5,631
Swiss	419	0	914
Ukrainian	5,153	2,780	7,526
United States or American	6,782	3,706	9,858
Welsh	18,712	14,458	22,966
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	0	0	488

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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