ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for Allentown--Bethlehem--Easton, PA MSA -- Table 2

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Allentown--Bethlehem--Easton, PA MSA

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	142,145	135,133	149,158
Nursery school, preschool	5,536	3,655	7,417
Kindergarten	8,289	5,893	10,685
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	68,212	63,678	72,746
High school grade (grades 9-12)	33,314	29,702	36,926
College or graduate school	26,794	22,730	30,858

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	432,596	426,207	438,985
Less than 9th grade	26,302	21,504	31,100
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	47,591	40,714	54,468
High school graduate (including equivalency)	177,609	165,742	189,476
Some college, no degree	61,508	54,243	68,773
Associate degree	27,314	22,390	32,238
Bachelor's degree	61,200	54,273	68,127
Graduate or professional degree	31,072	26,637	35,507

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.9	81.1	84.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	21.3	19.3	23.3

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	242,025	236,697	247,353
Never married	70,688	64,200	77,176
Now married, except separated	138,498	131,789	145,207
Separated	5,278	2,871	7,685
Widowed	8,450	5,954	10,946
Divorced	19,111	15,176	23,046

Females 15 years and over	264,517	259,739	269,295
Never married	57,680	52,319	63,041
Now married, except separated	141,969	134,820	149,118
Separated	6,554	4,048	9,060
Widowed	31,786	27,795	35,777
Divorced	26,528	21,969	31,087

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	9,145	6,498	11,792
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	3,658	1,787	5,529
Per 1,000 unmarried women	52	26	78
As a percent of all women with a birth	40.0	25.3	54.7
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	56	40	73
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	30	0	66
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	127	89	165
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	19	7	31

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	11,013	7,150	14,876
Responsible for grandchildren	2,720	547	4,893
less than 1 year	308	0	820
1 or 2 years	0	0	465
3 or 4 years	656	0	1,493
5 or more years	1,756	0	3,736

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	67.2	49.4	85.0
Percent who are married	75.9	40.4	100.0
Percent who are in labor force	63.3	39.0	87.6
Percent who are in poverty	0.0	0.0	16.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	480,984	473,706	488,262
Civilian veterans	67,648	62,048	73,248

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	130,889	125,520	136,258
With a disability	8,038	5,565	10,511

Population 21 to 64 years	364,969	357,150	372,788
With a disability	54,742	47,761	61,723
Percent employed	50.3	43.5	57.1
No disability	310,227	302,193	318,261
Percent employed	80.8	78.5	83.1

Population 65 years and over	92,773	90,021	95,525
With a disability	37,116	33,171	41,061

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	615,441	606,821	624,061
Same house	535,361	522,455	548,267
Different house in the U.S.	78,193	65,872	90,514
Same county	46,811	36,546	57,076
Different county	31,382	24,261	38,503
Same state	14,592	9,187	19,997
Different state	16,790	11,508	22,072
Abroad	1,887	608	3,166

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	623,902	614,538	633,266
Native	585,849	572,946	598,752
Born in United States	570,553	557,582	583,524
State of residence	435,395	419,461	451,329
Different state	135,158	122,415	147,901
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	15,296	10,270	20,322
Foreign born	38,053	29,750	46,356
Naturalized citizen	14,166	10,970	17,362
Not a citizen	23,887	16,018	31,756
Entered 1990 or later	18,753	11,769	25,737
Entered before 1990	19,300	14,624	23,976

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	38,053	29,750	46,356
Europe	8,419	5,332	11,506
Asia	13,032	7,493	18,571
Africa	206	0	554
Oceania	226	0	596
Latin America	14,876	9,423	20,329
Northern America	1,294	111	2,477

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	588,861	579,580	598,142
English only	519,301	506,002	532,600
Language other than English	69,560	60,520	78,600
Speak English less than "very well"	28,370	21,902	34,838
Spanish	36,300	31,482	41,118
Speak English less than "very well"	18,062	12,789	23,335
Other Indo-European languages	20,973	15,708	26,238
Speak English less than "very well"	3,204	1,704	4,704
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	6,620	4,624	8,617
Speak English less than "very well"	3,751	2,020	5,482
Other languages	5,667	263	11,071
Speak English less than "very well"	3,353	144	6,562

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	623,902	614,538	633,266
Arab	9,446	0	19,085
Czech	3,777	1,444	6,110
Danish	1,053	80	2,027
Dutch	38,990	28,265	49,715
English	45,764	38,771	52,757
French (except Basque)	14,995	9,210	20,780
French Canadian	2,219	373	4,065
German	196,128	182,453	209,803
Greek	2,750	1,128	4,372
Hungarian	12,445	8,681	16,209
Irish	89,440	77,190	101,690
Italian	58,978	49,423	68,533
Lithuanian	1,815	587	3,043
Norwegian	2,450	906	3,994
Polish	33,137	25,936	40,338
Portuguese	4,253	136	8,370
Russian	7,230	4,220	10,240
Scotch-Irish	7,285	4,515	10,055
Scottish	7,447	5,010	9,884
Slovak	27,990	22,583	33,397
Subsaharan African	840	0	1,972
Swedish	2,226	1,018	3,434
Swiss	3,322	1,454	5,190
Ukrainian	10,002	7,070	12,934
United States or American	37,629	29,033	46,226
Welsh	16,929	12,962	20,896
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	2,872	0	6,651

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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