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2001 Supplementary Survey Profile
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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
134,721
130,495
138,947
Nursery school, preschool
6,030
5,141
6,919
Kindergarten
7,454
6,368
8,540
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
54,340
51,797
56,883
High school grade (grades 9-12)
22,841
21,231
24,451
College or graduate school
44,056
41,383
46,729
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
290,415
286,094
294,736
Less than 9th grade
21,268
19,415
23,121
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
31,026
28,865
33,188
High school graduate (including equivalency)
74,750
71,265
78,235
Some college, no degree
71,868
69,027
74,709
Associate degree
22,600
20,915
24,285
Bachelor's degree
41,633
39,382
43,884
Graduate or professional degree
27,270
25,161
29,379
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
82.0
81.0
83.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
23.7
22.9
24.5
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
175,936
172,884
178,989
Never married
65,263
62,993
67,533
Now married, except separated
81,063
78,532
83,594
Separated
2,258
1,725
2,791
Widowed
4,158
3,462
4,854
Divorced
23,194
21,676
24,712
 
Females 15 years and over
190,545
187,737
193,353
Never married
57,756
55,472
60,040
Now married, except separated
79,120
76,343
81,897
Separated
4,982
4,066
5,898
Widowed
18,770
17,470
20,070
Divorced
29,917
27,762
32,072
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
7,865
6,708
9,022
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
2,680
1,870
3,490
Per 1,000 unmarried women
37
25
49
As a percent of all women with a birth
34.1
26.0
42.2
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
62
52
72
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
51
28
74
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
102
86
119
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
20
13
27
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
9,789
8,324
11,254
Responsible for grandchildren
4,719
3,694
5,744
less than 1 year
1,419
853
1,985
1 or 2 years
1,423
822
2,024
3 or 4 years
659
377
941
5 or more years
1,218
797
1,639
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
64.4
57.8
71.0
Percent who are married
66.4
57.2
75.6
Percent who are in labor force
52.9
43.5
62.3
Percent who are in poverty
28.4
18.5
38.3
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
345,894
341,028
350,760
Civilian veterans
48,399
45,919
50,879
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
107,362
103,933
110,791
With a disability
7,860
6,510
9,210
 
Population 21 to 64 years
265,931
261,676
270,186
With a disability
41,409
38,822
43,996
Percent employed
43.2
40.6
45.8
No disability
224,522
220,382
228,662
Percent employed
77.9
76.9
78.9
 
Population 65 years and over
56,690
54,995
58,385
With a disability
27,107
25,657
28,557
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
465,077
458,234
471,920
Same house
357,616
349,904
365,328
Different house in the U.S.
102,150
96,382
107,918
Same county
78,247
72,985
83,509
Different county
23,903
21,293
26,513
Same state
8,522
6,851
10,193
Different state
15,381
13,401
17,361
Abroad
5,311
3,885
6,737
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
472,854
466,020
479,688
Native
408,407
401,337
415,477
Born in United States
400,889
393,702
408,076
State of residence
190,410
184,988
195,832
Different state
210,479
205,047
215,911
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
7,518
6,320
8,716
Foreign born
64,447
60,492
68,402
Naturalized citizen
23,170
21,240
25,101
Not a citizen
41,277
37,924
44,630
Entered 1990 or later
26,749
23,761
29,737
Entered before 1990
37,698
34,997
40,399
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
64,447
60,492
68,402
Europe
5,678
4,812
6,544
Asia
10,094
8,972
11,216
Africa
1,279
673
1,885
Oceania
378
35
721
Latin America
45,468
41,911
49,025
Northern America
1,550
1,039
2,062
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
433,600
427,186
440,014
English only
292,046
286,383
297,709
Language other than English
141,554
136,266
146,842
Speak English less than "very well"
51,267
47,291
55,244
Spanish
121,455
116,266
126,644
Speak English less than "very well"
44,325
40,670
47,980
Other Indo-European languages
9,438
7,956
10,920
Speak English less than "very well"
2,331
1,572
3,090
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
7,699
6,689
8,709
Speak English less than "very well"
3,664
2,940
4,388
Other languages
2,962
2,012
3,912
Speak English less than "very well"
947
368
1,526
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
472,854
466,020
479,688
Arab
2,024
1,100
2,948
Czech
1,581
1,101
2,061
Danish
2,629
1,990
3,268
Dutch
7,558
6,405
8,711
English
45,733
42,933
48,533
French (except Basque)
14,422
12,701
16,143
French Canadian
3,144
2,435
3,854
German
72,620
69,020
76,220
Greek
1,300
848
1,752
Hungarian
2,786
2,078
3,494
Irish
50,681
47,079
54,283
Italian
18,300
16,267
20,333
Lithuanian
692
334
1,050
Norwegian
6,613
5,432
7,794
Polish
11,170
9,817
12,523
Portuguese
625
386
864
Russian
5,066
4,160
5,972
Scotch-Irish
7,481
6,361
8,601
Scottish
10,945
9,549
12,341
Slovak
646
324
968
Subsaharan African
2,703
1,619
3,787
Swedish
5,949
5,063
6,835
Swiss
1,749
906
2,592
Ukrainian
708
287
1,129
United States or American
15,124
13,626
16,622
Welsh
4,204
3,528
4,881
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
201
18
384
 

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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