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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
107,228
96,160
118,296
Nursery school, preschool
4,020
2,279
5,761
Kindergarten
7,912
4,721
11,103
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
54,821
46,449
63,193
High school grade (grades 9-12)
26,322
22,024
30,620
College or graduate school
14,153
10,993
17,313
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
335,543
319,429
351,657
Less than 9th grade
24,325
19,093
29,557
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
35,271
29,171
41,371
High school graduate (including equivalency)
127,210
113,558
140,862
Some college, no degree
75,655
68,162
83,148
Associate degree
15,938
12,405
19,471
Bachelor's degree
34,502
30,148
38,856
Graduate or professional degree
22,642
18,786
26,498
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
82.2
80.1
84.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
17.0
15.4
18.7
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
199,069
185,625
212,513
Never married
66,361
57,208
75,514
Now married, except separated
99,435
91,365
107,505
Separated
5,610
3,201
8,019
Widowed
6,896
4,660
9,132
Divorced
20,767
16,767
24,767
 
Females 15 years and over
198,332
188,998
207,666
Never married
41,939
35,963
47,915
Now married, except separated
99,058
92,258
105,858
Separated
5,516
2,982
8,050
Widowed
23,956
19,618
28,294
Divorced
27,863
22,717
33,009
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
4,351
2,432
6,270
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
892
151
1,633
Per 1,000 unmarried women
15
2
28
As a percent of all women with a birth
20.5
3.5
37.5
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
33
18
48
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
19
0
50
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
72
37
107
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
3
0
8
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
11,328
8,180
14,476
Responsible for grandchildren
3,647
1,962
5,332
less than 1 year
576
7
1,145
1 or 2 years
775
0
1,615
3 or 4 years
596
0
1,259
5 or more years
1,700
606
2,794
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
63.8
44.2
83.4
Percent who are married
56.6
33.7
79.5
Percent who are in labor force
52.3
34.8
69.8
Percent who are in poverty
28.9
8.3
49.5
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
377,759
359,518
396,000
Civilian veterans
49,291
42,940
55,642
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
112,198
100,740
123,656
With a disability
4,810
3,188
6,432
 
Population 21 to 64 years
302,064
284,284
319,844
With a disability
28,653
24,092
33,214
Percent employed
39.7
32.8
46.6
No disability
273,411
255,598
291,224
Percent employed
77.4
75.3
79.5
 
Population 65 years and over
60,712
55,392
66,032
With a disability
23,666
20,617
26,715
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
509,908
483,072
536,744
Same house
426,210
401,472
450,948
Different house in the U.S.
80,615
68,585
92,645
Same county
52,516
41,610
63,423
Different county
28,099
20,138
36,060
Same state
770
36
1,504
Different state
27,329
19,345
35,313
Abroad
3,083
1,304
4,862
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
514,537
487,446
541,628
Native
418,075
394,310
441,840
Born in United States
414,149
390,364
437,934
State of residence
121,331
104,097
138,565
Different state
292,818
274,277
311,359
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
3,926
2,159
5,693
Foreign born
96,462
83,204
109,720
Naturalized citizen
37,188
31,123
43,253
Not a citizen
59,274
47,491
71,057
Entered 1990 or later
44,196
33,189
55,203
Entered before 1990
52,266
44,430
60,102
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
96,462
83,204
109,720
Europe
8,619
5,557
11,681
Asia
18,096
13,281
22,911
Africa
361
0
783
Oceania
219
0
608
Latin America
66,648
54,245
79,051
Northern America
2,519
1,230
3,808
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
475,488
450,984
499,992
English only
352,490
331,482
373,498
Language other than English
122,998
108,336
137,660
Speak English less than "very well"
78,353
66,560
90,146
Spanish
97,036
82,902
111,170
Speak English less than "very well"
65,347
53,724
76,970
Other Indo-European languages
10,296
5,919
14,673
Speak English less than "very well"
5,489
2,012
8,966
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
15,152
10,735
19,569
Speak English less than "very well"
7,357
4,593
10,121
Other languages
514
37
991
Speak English less than "very well"
160
0
422
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
514,537
487,446
541,628
Arab
842
222
1,462
Czech
2,419
757
4,081
Danish
3,342
963
5,721
Dutch
5,881
3,564
8,198
English
52,470
43,065
61,875
French (except Basque)
30,961
21,195
40,727
French Canadian
2,407
1,287
3,527
German
50,107
41,821
58,393
Greek
1,057
0
2,303
Hungarian
2,560
1,202
3,918
Irish
63,876
53,870
73,882
Italian
31,489
23,411
39,567
Lithuanian
1,721
521
2,921
Norwegian
6,195
3,436
8,954
Polish
14,649
9,549
19,749
Portuguese
2,841
0
5,758
Russian
6,115
2,851
9,379
Scotch-Irish
7,761
3,351
12,171
Scottish
7,206
4,663
9,749
Slovak
322
0
706
Subsaharan African
1,077
181
1,973
Swedish
3,843
2,132
5,554
Swiss
1,030
279
1,781
Ukrainian
1,383
0
2,843
United States or American
12,610
9,076
16,144
Welsh
2,874
950
4,798
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
1,448
0
3,149
 

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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