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2001 Supplementary Survey Profile
Memphis city, Shelby County pt.
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TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  Estimate Lower
Bound
Upper
Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
163,831
155,185
172,477
Nursery school, preschool
10,780
7,594
13,966
Kindergarten
11,602
8,107
15,097
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
80,699
75,069
86,329
High school grade (grades 9-12)
35,381
30,362
40,400
College or graduate school
25,369
20,511
30,227
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
381,526
371,397
391,655
Less than 9th grade
27,183
21,606
32,760
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
55,905
48,437
63,373
High school graduate (including equivalency)
117,721
106,955
128,487
Some college, no degree
86,987
76,815
97,159
Associate degree
16,302
12,872
19,732
Bachelor's degree
43,026
36,193
49,859
Graduate or professional degree
34,402
28,193
40,611
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
78.2
75.7
80.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
20.3
18.0
22.6
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
210,422
202,756
218,088
Never married
76,128
68,195
84,061
Now married, except separated
93,692
85,328
102,056
Separated
10,808
7,754
13,862
Widowed
7,153
4,652
9,654
Divorced
22,641
17,543
27,740
 
Females 15 years and over
255,995
249,347
262,643
Never married
86,169
79,285
93,053
Now married, except separated
87,194
79,233
95,155
Separated
18,482
13,649
23,315
Widowed
30,545
26,829
34,261
Divorced
33,605
28,238
38,972
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
12,851
9,137
16,565
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
4,257
2,455
6,059
Per 1,000 unmarried women
42
24
60
As a percent of all women with a birth
33.1
21.2
45.0
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
75
54
96
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
47
12
82
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
151
102
201
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
8
0
16
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
23,646
18,000
29,292
Responsible for grandchildren
15,981
11,275
20,687
less than 1 year
480
25
935
1 or 2 years
5,784
2,951
8,617
3 or 4 years
1,935
453
3,417
5 or more years
7,782
4,781
10,783
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
75.8
67.4
84.2
Percent who are married
54.2
39.4
69.1
Percent who are in labor force
59.6
45.1
74.1
Percent who are in poverty
29.4
14.9
43.9
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
439,942
428,608
451,276
Civilian veterans
49,907
43,817
55,997
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
146,628
139,649
153,608
With a disability
16,642
12,593
20,691
 
Population 21 to 64 years
353,102
341,847
364,357
With a disability
59,302
52,308
66,296
Percent employed
43.5
35.7
51.3
No disability
293,800
282,504
305,096
Percent employed
77.3
75.0
79.6
 
Population 65 years and over
63,693
60,449
66,937
With a disability
29,180
25,138
33,223
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
608,602
592,325
624,879
Same house
492,686
473,282
512,090
Different house in the U.S.
113,073
95,700
130,446
Same county
89,825
74,576
105,074
Different county
23,248
15,650
30,846
Same state
3,458
1,396
5,521
Different state
19,790
12,624
26,956
Abroad
2,843
337
5,349
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
617,932
601,868
633,996
Native
595,563
580,652
610,474
Born in United States
593,033
578,213
607,853
State of residence
394,237
377,371
411,103
Different state
198,796
185,287
212,305
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
2,530
510
4,550
Foreign born
22,369
17,180
27,558
Naturalized citizen
5,953
2,800
9,106
Not a citizen
16,416
12,167
20,665
Entered 1990 or later
10,532
6,181
14,883
Entered before 1990
11,837
6,816
16,858
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
22,369
17,180
27,558
Europe
2,114
530
3,698
Asia
9,057
5,526
12,588
Africa
1,216
12
2,421
Oceania
204
0
557
Latin America
9,574
6,274
12,874
Northern America
204
0
534
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
563,935
549,697
578,173
English only
529,075
516,367
541,783
Language other than English
34,860
28,037
41,683
Speak English less than "very well"
16,358
10,380
22,336
Spanish
19,542
14,546
24,538
Speak English less than "very well"
10,383
5,740
15,026
Other Indo-European languages
4,144
2,060
6,228
Speak English less than "very well"
858
0
1,848
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
6,279
3,033
9,525
Speak English less than "very well"
3,780
1,518
6,042
Other languages
4,895
1,791
7,999
Speak English less than "very well"
1,337
0
3,428
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
617,932
601,868
633,996
Arab
4,344
0
9,513
Czech
419
0
906
Danish
205
0
543
Dutch
4,228
2,124
6,332
English
34,038
27,534
40,542
French (except Basque)
6,416
3,690
9,142
French Canadian
874
112
1,636
German
30,815
23,270
38,360
Greek
385
0
842
Hungarian
998
224
1,772
Irish
32,762
25,375
40,149
Italian
8,684
4,189
13,179
Lithuanian
619
0
1,241
Norwegian
1,770
369
3,171
Polish
3,723
1,913
5,533
Portuguese
395
0
859
Russian
2,006
470
3,542
Scotch-Irish
6,990
4,916
9,064
Scottish
8,430
5,313
11,547
Slovak
0
0
512
Subsaharan African
6,501
3,615
9,387
Swedish
2,337
542
4,132
Swiss
435
0
928
Ukrainian
0
0
512
United States or American
26,063
20,519
31,607
Welsh
1,579
404
2,754
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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