ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for Atlanta, GA MSA -- Table 2

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Atlanta, GA MSA

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,109,204	1,091,797	1,126,612
Nursery school, preschool	84,504	76,469	92,540
Kindergarten	66,656	58,266	75,046
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	512,189	501,098	523,280
High school grade (grades 9-12)	235,314	226,308	244,320
College or graduate school	210,541	197,217	223,865

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	2,669,359	2,663,680	2,675,038
Less than 9th grade	120,250	108,131	132,369
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	233,049	216,759	249,339
High school graduate (including equivalency)	734,433	712,562	756,304
Some college, no degree	545,709	524,977	566,441
Associate degree	151,659	141,878	161,440
Bachelor's degree	597,523	576,019	619,027
Graduate or professional degree	286,736	272,188	301,284

Percent high school graduate or higher	86.8	86.0	87.6
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	33.1	32.3	33.9

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	1,556,147	1,552,063	1,560,231
Never married	508,260	494,172	522,348
Now married, except separated	862,204	845,090	879,318
Separated	24,975	20,652	29,298
Widowed	27,155	22,489	31,821
Divorced	133,553	122,680	144,427

Females 15 years and over	1,650,132	1,645,562	1,654,703
Never married	449,747	436,768	462,726
Now married, except separated	854,747	835,239	874,255
Separated	35,369	28,731	42,007
Widowed	109,940	102,187	117,693
Divorced	200,329	188,418	212,240

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	69,481	61,889	77,073
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	17,482	13,182	21,782
Per 1,000 unmarried women	31	23	39
As a percent of all women with a birth	25.2	19.9	30.5
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	58	51	65
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	39	24	54
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	106	91	121
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	21	16	26

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	79,106	70,308	87,904
Responsible for grandchildren	32,979	27,324	38,634
less than 1 year	5,477	2,873	8,081
1 or 2 years	7,299	4,527	10,071
3 or 4 years	5,269	2,662	7,876
5 or more years	14,934	10,276	19,592

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	62.0	56.7	67.3
Percent who are married	68.8	61.0	76.6
Percent who are in labor force	57.1	48.7	65.5
Percent who are in poverty	11.5	5.9	17.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	3,028,026	3,025,724	3,030,328
Civilian veterans	328,083	314,733	341,433

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	964,956	955,327	974,585
With a disability	52,634	44,894	60,374

Population 21 to 64 years	2,583,466	2,572,505	2,594,427
With a disability	277,155	261,043	293,267
Percent employed	50.4	47.4	53.4
No disability	2,306,311	2,287,249	2,325,373
Percent employed	79.8	78.8	80.8

Population 65 years and over	301,016	297,836	304,196
With a disability	123,938	116,673	131,203

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	4,128,224	4,121,827	4,134,621
Same house	3,548,109	3,511,892	3,584,327
Different house in the U.S.	547,573	512,075	583,071
Same county	276,882	247,849	305,915
Different county	270,691	248,934	292,448
Same state	147,431	128,774	166,088
Different state	123,260	105,001	141,519
Abroad	32,542	22,696	42,388

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	4,187,003	*****	*****
Native	3,747,502	3,723,282	3,771,722
Born in United States	3,686,827	3,663,894	3,709,760
State of residence	2,023,107	1,985,339	2,060,876
Different state	1,663,720	1,627,618	1,699,822
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	60,675	50,024	71,326
Foreign born	439,501	415,281	463,721
Naturalized citizen	140,248	128,612	151,884
Not a citizen	299,253	276,132	322,374
Entered 1990 or later	276,912	252,154	301,670
Entered before 1990	162,589	149,701	175,477

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	439,501	415,281	463,721
Europe	53,217	44,772	61,662
Asia	125,623	117,381	133,865
Africa	35,756	25,094	46,418
Oceania	164	0	433
Latin America	215,772	198,856	232,688
Northern America	8,969	5,337	12,601

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	3,854,602	3,852,954	3,856,250
English only	3,353,174	3,332,859	3,373,489
Language other than English	501,428	481,031	521,825
Speak English less than "very well"	214,177	196,374	231,981
Spanish	259,714	249,910	269,518
Speak English less than "very well"	125,142	110,835	139,449
Other Indo-European languages	121,520	105,584	137,456
Speak English less than "very well"	36,261	26,625	45,897
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	91,532	83,838	99,226
Speak English less than "very well"	46,097	39,330	52,864
Other languages	28,662	18,767	38,557
Speak English less than "very well"	6,677	3,385	9,969

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	4,187,003	*****	*****
Arab	9,747	5,922	13,572
Czech	7,297	3,863	10,731
Danish	9,554	6,115	12,993
Dutch	40,644	33,165	48,123
English	547,445	513,942	580,948
French (except Basque)	92,874	81,141	104,607
French Canadian	17,785	12,515	23,055
German	418,199	393,446	442,952
Greek	7,974	4,661	11,287
Hungarian	11,863	8,342	15,384
Irish	404,541	379,563	429,519
Italian	132,841	116,905	148,777
Lithuanian	5,530	2,593	8,467
Norwegian	17,363	12,279	22,447
Polish	66,276	55,444	77,108
Portuguese	4,592	2,605	6,579
Russian	28,007	22,293	33,721
Scotch-Irish	90,713	80,935	100,491
Scottish	79,726	68,661	90,791
Slovak	2,381	1,036	3,726
Subsaharan African	59,655	43,515	75,795
Swedish	39,258	30,662	47,855
Swiss	6,277	2,782	9,772
Ukrainian	7,068	3,819	10,317
United States or American	416,980	383,122	450,838
Welsh	22,042	15,802	28,282
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	37,635	26,004	49,266

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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