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

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Shelby County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	237,552	228,675	246,429
Nursery school, preschool	15,581	12,005	19,157
Kindergarten	17,709	13,812	21,606
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	111,660	106,268	117,052
High school grade (grades 9-12)	50,736	46,100	55,373
College or graduate school	41,866	36,253	47,479

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	549,265	547,765	550,765
Less than 9th grade	30,503	24,758	36,248
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	64,427	56,161	72,694
High school graduate (including equivalency)	160,058	147,792	172,324
Some college, no degree	125,184	113,931	136,437
Associate degree	27,525	23,021	32,030
Bachelor's degree	89,777	80,798	98,756
Graduate or professional degree	51,791	44,549	59,033

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.7	80.7	84.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	25.8	23.5	28.1

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	308,293	307,357	309,229
Never married	97,569	89,697	105,441
Now married, except separated	161,730	153,122	170,338
Separated	12,762	8,946	16,578
Widowed	8,882	6,247	11,517
Divorced	27,350	21,879	32,821

Females 15 years and over	356,289	355,449	357,129
Never married	103,780	97,258	110,302
Now married, except separated	152,273	143,528	161,018
Separated	21,141	15,793	26,489
Widowed	36,883	33,190	40,576
Divorced	42,212	36,701	47,723

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	15,256	11,167	19,345
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	4,477	2,657	6,297
Per 1,000 unmarried women	36	21	51
As a percent of all women with a birth	29.3	18.7	39.9
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	63	47	80
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	34	9	59
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	135	94	176
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	10	3	17

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	27,669	21,455	33,883
Responsible for grandchildren	18,511	13,317	23,705
less than 1 year	1,036	239	1,833
1 or 2 years	5,784	2,951	8,617
3 or 4 years	2,545	875	4,215
5 or more years	9,146	5,665	12,628

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	71.4	63.8	79.0
Percent who are married	59.6	46.1	73.1
Percent who are in labor force	64.3	50.9	77.7
Percent who are in poverty	25.4	12.7	38.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	624,081	622,834	625,328
Civilian veterans	76,389	69,240	83,538

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	213,775	210,607	216,943
With a disability	21,446	16,699	26,193

Population 21 to 64 years	505,522	501,780	509,264
With a disability	75,118	66,980	83,256
Percent employed	49.2	43.1	55.3
No disability	430,404	421,504	439,304
Percent employed	78.3	76.5	80.1

Population 65 years and over	84,677	83,291	86,063
With a disability	38,410	33,980	42,840

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	866,020	862,567	869,473
Same house	714,704	694,663	734,745
Different house in the U.S.	148,191	129,003	167,379
Same county	108,556	91,728	125,384
Different county	39,635	29,420	49,850
Same state	5,309	2,818	7,801
Different state	34,326	24,383	44,269
Abroad	3,125	574	5,676

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	877,015	*****	*****
Native	842,678	836,642	848,714
Born in United States	838,694	832,653	844,735
State of residence	533,052	515,988	550,116
Different state	305,642	289,111	322,173
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	3,984	1,578	6,390
Foreign born	34,337	28,301	40,373
Naturalized citizen	13,821	9,249	18,393
Not a citizen	20,516	16,043	24,989
Entered 1990 or later	15,493	10,579	20,407
Entered before 1990	18,844	13,318	24,370

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	34,337	28,301	40,373
Europe	3,877	1,648	6,106
Asia	15,701	11,815	19,587
Africa	1,216	12	2,421
Oceania	204	0	557
Latin America	13,135	9,838	16,432
Northern America	204	0	534

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	806,403	804,946	807,860
English only	751,819	744,511	759,127
Language other than English	54,584	47,296	61,872
Speak English less than "very well"	22,101	16,080	28,122
Spanish	27,598	23,447	31,749
Speak English less than "very well"	12,269	7,385	17,153
Other Indo-European languages	10,387	5,681	15,093
Speak English less than "very well"	2,494	882	4,106
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	11,704	8,985	14,423
Speak English less than "very well"	6,001	3,896	8,106
Other languages	4,895	1,791	7,999
Speak English less than "very well"	1,337	0	3,428

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	877,015	*****	*****
Arab	4,927	0	10,167
Czech	854	149	1,559
Danish	766	0	1,682
Dutch	8,534	5,204	11,864
English	69,014	58,071	79,957
French (except Basque)	13,172	8,976	17,368
French Canadian	1,926	418	3,434
German	65,593	56,351	74,835
Greek	663	10	1,316
Hungarian	1,195	365	2,025
Irish	69,835	59,892	79,778
Italian	21,303	13,878	28,728
Lithuanian	619	0	1,241
Norwegian	6,781	3,156	10,406
Polish	6,969	4,187	9,751
Portuguese	2,108	0	4,722
Russian	5,163	2,764	7,562
Scotch-Irish	12,269	9,547	14,992
Scottish	18,463	13,340	23,586
Slovak	1,435	0	3,659
Subsaharan African	6,501	3,615	9,387
Swedish	4,922	2,332	7,513
Swiss	910	0	1,854
Ukrainian	0	0	512
United States or American	52,685	42,384	62,986
Welsh	2,851	1,404	4,298
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	433	0	1,123

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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