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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
110,377
99,350
121,404
Nursery school, preschool
4,169
1,616
6,722
Kindergarten
9,102
6,314
11,891
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
45,672
39,532
51,812
High school grade (grades 9-12)
24,075
19,292
28,858
College or graduate school
27,359
22,581
32,137
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
286,382
274,832
297,932
Less than 9th grade
16,795
12,109
21,481
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
40,304
31,774
48,835
High school graduate (including equivalency)
73,991
65,353
82,629
Some college, no degree
65,016
57,852
72,180
Associate degree
14,832
11,441
18,223
Bachelor's degree
48,043
42,214
53,872
Graduate or professional degree
27,401
22,822
31,980
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
80.1
76.8
83.4
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
26.3
23.7
28.9
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
162,101
154,168
170,034
Never married
60,353
53,713
66,993
Now married, except separated
76,667
70,088
83,246
Separated
3,487
1,852
5,122
Widowed
2,871
1,546
4,196
Divorced
18,723
14,585
22,861
 
Females 15 years and over
183,035
174,851
191,219
Never married
55,724
49,667
61,781
Now married, except separated
76,377
70,005
82,749
Separated
6,500
3,787
9,213
Widowed
19,979
16,575
23,383
Divorced
24,455
19,418
29,492
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
8,785
5,843
11,727
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
5,049
2,523
7,575
Per 1,000 unmarried women
76
36
116
As a percent of all women with a birth
57.5
42.7
72.4
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
74
49
99
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
17
0
45
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
148
99
198
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
20
5
35
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
9,106
5,014
13,198
Responsible for grandchildren
5,440
2,287
8,593
less than 1 year
572
0
1,303
1 or 2 years
790
0
1,623
3 or 4 years
2,804
0
5,794
5 or more years
1,274
112
2,436
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
62.2
46.0
78.4
Percent who are married
79.5
60.5
98.5
Percent who are in labor force
50.8
18.3
83.3
Percent who are in poverty
10.9
0.0
28.1
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
326,365
313,399
339,331
Civilian veterans
38,810
34,492
43,128
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
92,698
83,928
101,468
With a disability
8,568
5,935
11,201
 
Population 21 to 64 years
260,265
246,989
273,541
With a disability
40,595
33,899
47,291
Percent employed
37.3
30.2
44.4
No disability
219,670
207,569
231,771
Percent employed
81.8
79.0
84.6
 
Population 65 years and over
51,936
47,727
56,145
With a disability
25,661
21,833
29,489
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
425,130
405,853
444,407
Same house
363,066
342,425
383,708
Different house in the U.S.
59,895
49,182
70,608
Same county
36,853
27,940
45,766
Different county
23,042
17,419
28,665
Same state
7,972
4,623
11,322
Different state
15,070
10,369
19,771
Abroad
2,169
372
3,966
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
432,440
412,180
452,700
Native
408,717
388,729
428,705
Born in United States
406,857
386,645
427,070
State of residence
241,244
224,076
258,412
Different state
165,613
153,702
177,524
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
1,860
537
3,183
Foreign born
23,723
17,432
30,014
Naturalized citizen
9,659
5,648
13,670
Not a citizen
14,064
8,776
19,352
Entered 1990 or later
13,110
7,913
18,308
Entered before 1990
10,613
6,516
14,710
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
23,723
17,432
30,014
Europe
3,650
1,330
5,970
Asia
6,523
3,598
9,448
Africa
4,299
1,892
6,706
Oceania
221
0
592
Latin America
8,179
3,557
12,801
Northern America
851
0
1,711
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
405,380
387,778
422,982
English only
372,248
354,329
390,167
Language other than English
33,132
26,022
40,242
Speak English less than "very well"
12,239
7,672
16,806
Spanish
18,213
13,152
23,274
Speak English less than "very well"
4,316
2,123
6,509
Other Indo-European languages
4,997
2,524
7,470
Speak English less than "very well"
2,608
882
4,334
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
5,975
2,959
8,991
Speak English less than "very well"
4,717
1,711
7,723
Other languages
3,947
1,564
6,330
Speak English less than "very well"
598
0
1,540
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
432,440
412,180
452,700
Arab
1,783
150
3,417
Czech
1,001
263
1,739
Danish
597
23
1,171
Dutch
5,549
2,896
8,202
English
42,810
37,023
48,597
French (except Basque)
18,525
13,526
23,525
French Canadian
1,670
0
3,658
German
78,114
69,229
86,999
Greek
821
0
1,862
Hungarian
1,523
117
2,929
Irish
53,642
46,166
61,118
Italian
11,651
8,229
15,073
Lithuanian
139
0
380
Norwegian
4,886
2,462
7,310
Polish
5,755
3,282
8,228
Portuguese
1,774
0
3,813
Russian
1,741
484
2,998
Scotch-Irish
9,078
6,719
11,438
Scottish
5,791
3,174
8,408
Slovak
373
0
814
Subsaharan African
7,180
3,421
10,939
Swedish
4,747
2,770
6,724
Swiss
1,407
257
2,557
Ukrainian
0
0
505
United States or American
26,766
19,194
34,338
Welsh
2,085
1,072
3,098
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
1,040
0
2,129
 

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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