ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for Birmingham, AL MSA -- Table 2

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Birmingham, AL MSA

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	221,017	212,612	229,422
Nursery school, preschool	12,668	9,111	16,225
Kindergarten	14,728	11,289	18,167
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	100,763	95,775	105,751
High school grade (grades 9-12)	51,036	46,367	55,706
College or graduate school	41,822	35,732	47,912

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	596,264	593,023	599,505
Less than 9th grade	37,946	31,387	44,505
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	65,507	58,481	72,533
High school graduate (including equivalency)	171,686	159,149	184,223
Some college, no degree	142,084	130,039	154,129
Associate degree	37,352	31,529	43,175
Bachelor's degree	93,778	84,594	102,962
Graduate or professional degree	47,911	42,280	53,542

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.6	81.0	84.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	23.8	22.2	25.5

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	335,718	332,326	339,110
Never married	94,948	88,082	101,814
Now married, except separated	187,744	179,355	196,133
Separated	10,590	6,785	14,395
Widowed	8,465	5,850	11,080
Divorced	33,971	27,856	40,086

Females 15 years and over	378,063	376,017	380,109
Never married	89,458	83,388	95,528
Now married, except separated	185,071	177,321	192,821
Separated	9,233	6,313	12,154
Widowed	44,975	40,246	49,704
Divorced	49,326	42,439	56,213

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	15,561	11,144	19,978
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	4,687	1,981	7,393
Per 1,000 unmarried women	41	18	64
As a percent of all women with a birth	30.1	14.9	45.3
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	65	47	83
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	66	12	120
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	114	73	155
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	25	10	40

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	20,095	14,886	25,304
Responsible for grandchildren	11,438	7,749	15,127
less than 1 year	1,656	239	3,073
1 or 2 years	1,336	432	2,240
3 or 4 years	3,132	896	5,368
5 or more years	5,314	2,806	7,822

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	72.0	61.6	82.4
Percent who are married	61.6	43.3	79.9
Percent who are in labor force	54.9	38.1	71.7
Percent who are in poverty	12.5	3.1	21.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	673,799	670,657	676,941
Civilian veterans	84,041	77,347	90,735

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	199,703	194,915	204,491
With a disability	13,776	9,572	17,980

Population 21 to 64 years	533,524	528,790	538,258
With a disability	85,211	77,671	92,752
Percent employed	39.7	34.8	44.7
No disability	448,313	439,264	457,362
Percent employed	79.0	77.0	81.0

Population 65 years and over	110,389	109,194	111,584
With a disability	50,526	45,756	55,296

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	893,081	889,154	897,008
Same house	770,878	754,868	786,888
Different house in the U.S.	121,086	105,347	136,825
Same county	79,691	66,163	93,219
Different county	41,395	33,394	49,396
Same state	30,111	22,257	37,965
Different state	11,284	7,223	15,345
Abroad	1,117	356	1,878

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	907,804	*****	*****
Native	890,558	885,509	895,607
Born in United States	885,182	879,197	891,167
State of residence	695,106	679,462	710,750
Different state	190,076	173,857	206,296
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	5,376	3,180	7,572
Foreign born	17,246	12,197	22,295
Naturalized citizen	4,504	2,115	6,893
Not a citizen	12,742	8,348	17,136
Entered 1990 or later	12,127	7,421	16,833
Entered before 1990	5,119	2,776	7,462

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	17,246	12,197	22,295
Europe	1,838	617	3,059
Asia	8,584	4,995	12,173
Africa	559	0	1,462
Oceania	0	0	465
Latin America	5,382	2,400	8,364
Northern America	883	216	1,550

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	844,431	842,517	846,345
English only	820,828	814,830	826,826
Language other than English	23,603	17,630	29,576
Speak English less than "very well"	9,071	5,350	12,792
Spanish	10,911	6,910	14,912
Speak English less than "very well"	5,470	2,373	8,567
Other Indo-European languages	5,984	3,210	8,758
Speak English less than "very well"	783	247	1,319
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	5,294	2,157	8,431
Speak English less than "very well"	2,056	302	3,810
Other languages	1,414	68	2,760
Speak English less than "very well"	762	0	1,950

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	907,804	*****	*****
Arab	2,114	558	3,670
Czech	1,075	308	1,842
Danish	1,751	231	3,271
Dutch	15,931	11,798	20,064
English	134,473	119,225	149,721
French (except Basque)	17,902	12,388	23,416
French Canadian	3,139	867	5,411
German	68,684	59,131	78,238
Greek	5,507	2,243	8,771
Hungarian	159	0	433
Irish	101,414	88,798	114,030
Italian	21,310	14,296	28,324
Lithuanian	0	0	465
Norwegian	1,398	291	2,505
Polish	2,707	1,602	3,813
Portuguese	295	0	785
Russian	958	0	2,073
Scotch-Irish	26,215	19,288	33,142
Scottish	24,583	17,546	31,620
Slovak	805	0	1,861
Subsaharan African	4,789	2,230	7,348
Swedish	5,018	291	9,745
Swiss	1,506	222	2,790
Ukrainian	1,432	3	2,861
United States or American	114,886	100,873	128,899
Welsh	5,570	2,051	9,089
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	391	0	853

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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