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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
73,394
66,593
80,195
Nursery school, preschool
4,984
2,955
7,014
Kindergarten
3,916
2,000
5,832
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
23,798
19,503
28,093
High school grade (grades 9-12)
12,679
10,120
15,238
College or graduate school
28,017
22,834
33,200
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
172,406
163,305
181,507
Less than 9th grade
5,403
1,869
8,937
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
10,298
7,414
13,182
High school graduate (including equivalency)
23,531
19,243
27,819
Some college, no degree
35,656
28,728
42,584
Associate degree
11,946
8,565
15,327
Bachelor's degree
58,386
52,274
64,498
Graduate or professional degree
27,186
22,865
31,507
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
90.9
88.6
93.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
49.6
45.8
53.4
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
108,451
101,828
115,074
Never married
42,616
36,610
48,622
Now married, except separated
54,223
48,844
59,602
Separated
3,599
1,249
5,949
Widowed
1,993
726
3,260
Divorced
6,020
3,654
8,386
 
Females 15 years and over
106,465
100,200
112,730
Never married
32,935
28,018
37,852
Now married, except separated
53,606
48,255
58,957
Separated
3,060
1,182
4,938
Widowed
6,810
5,005
8,615
Divorced
10,054
7,211
12,897
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
3,318
1,812
4,824
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
0
0
549
Per 1,000 unmarried women
0
0
2
As a percent of all women with a birth
0.0
0.0
18.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
42
22
62
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
38
0
99
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
55
20
90
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
28
7
49
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
N
N
N
Responsible for grandchildren
N
N
N
less than 1 year
0
0
549
1 or 2 years
173
0
460
3 or 4 years
612
0
1,587
5 or more years
0
0
549
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
N
N
N
Percent who are married
N
N
N
Percent who are in labor force
N
N
N
Percent who are in poverty
N
N
N
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
204,886
195,531
214,242
Civilian veterans
17,936
13,928
21,944
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
52,383
45,907
58,859
With a disability
3,458
1,851
5,065
 
Population 21 to 64 years
172,123
161,878
182,368
With a disability
14,873
11,194
18,553
Percent employed
54.5
42.1
66.9
No disability
157,250
147,302
167,198
Percent employed
84.1
81.3
86.9
 
Population 65 years and over
21,349
18,468
24,230
With a disability
8,751
6,873
10,629
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
261,900
248,123
275,678
Same house
191,146
175,057
207,235
Different house in the U.S.
64,472
52,137
76,807
Same county
43,859
33,047
54,671
Different county
20,613
13,916
27,310
Same state
8,142
4,986
11,298
Different state
12,471
6,858
18,084
Abroad
6,282
2,253
10,311
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
265,778
251,657
279,899
Native
230,323
216,265
244,381
Born in United States
227,720
213,563
241,877
State of residence
125,243
114,330
136,156
Different state
102,477
91,303
113,651
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
2,603
988
4,218
Foreign born
35,455
26,854
44,056
Naturalized citizen
9,173
5,833
12,513
Not a citizen
26,282
17,174
35,390
Entered 1990 or later
21,831
14,706
28,956
Entered before 1990
13,624
9,017
18,231
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
35,455
26,854
44,056
Europe
7,586
2,050
13,122
Asia
13,604
10,545
16,663
Africa
6,668
2,393
10,943
Oceania
0
0
549
Latin America
7,061
3,002
11,120
Northern America
536
25
1,048
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
246,089
233,196
258,982
English only
213,361
201,771
224,951
Language other than English
32,728
24,140
41,316
Speak English less than "very well"
15,306
8,602
22,010
Spanish
8,033
3,175
12,891
Speak English less than "very well"
5,124
1,167
9,081
Other Indo-European languages
13,125
6,848
19,402
Speak English less than "very well"
5,772
697
10,847
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
9,705
6,400
13,010
Speak English less than "very well"
4,015
1,882
6,148
Other languages
1,865
108
3,622
Speak English less than "very well"
395
0
898
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
265,778
251,657
279,899
Arab
1,582
0
3,173
Czech
175
0
465
Danish
167
0
446
Dutch
4,345
1,423
7,267
English
45,435
38,456
52,415
French (except Basque)
5,817
3,698
7,936
French Canadian
191
0
503
German
25,891
19,426
32,356
Greek
185
0
482
Hungarian
750
3
1,497
Irish
23,762
18,446
29,078
Italian
8,822
5,946
11,698
Lithuanian
176
0
461
Norwegian
2,955
582
5,328
Polish
4,650
2,310
6,990
Portuguese
174
0
473
Russian
2,746
820
4,672
Scotch-Irish
8,639
5,562
11,716
Scottish
9,488
5,926
13,050
Slovak
719
0
1,523
Subsaharan African
5,426
730
10,122
Swedish
1,681
371
2,991
Swiss
662
0
1,441
Ukrainian
4,243
0
10,299
United States or American
15,375
10,666
20,084
Welsh
1,347
448
2,246
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
820
0
1,803
 

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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