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2001 Supplementary Survey Profile
Boise City, ID MSA
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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
120,219
115,033
125,405
Nursery school, preschool
7,332
5,766
8,898
Kindergarten
6,681
4,713
8,649
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
56,345
53,540
59,150
High school grade (grades 9-12)
29,384
26,751
32,017
College or graduate school
20,477
16,867
24,087
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
271,730
268,999
274,461
Less than 9th grade
13,234
9,741
16,727
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
25,175
20,974
29,376
High school graduate (including equivalency)
67,900
62,142
73,659
Some college, no degree
76,965
69,854
84,077
Associate degree
18,581
14,936
22,226
Bachelor's degree
47,420
42,188
52,652
Graduate or professional degree
22,455
18,307
26,603
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
85.9
83.9
87.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
25.7
23.4
28.0
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
163,801
162,367
165,235
Never married
42,539
39,107
45,971
Now married, except separated
101,500
96,793
106,207
Separated
382
27
737
Widowed
2,320
1,030
3,610
Divorced
17,060
14,100
20,020
 
Females 15 years and over
171,006
169,066
172,946
Never married
37,171
33,805
40,537
Now married, except separated
97,028
92,187
101,869
Separated
2,390
842
3,938
Widowed
15,368
13,141
17,596
Divorced
19,049
15,647
22,451
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
7,095
5,216
8,974
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
914
294
1,534
Per 1,000 unmarried women
19
6
32
As a percent of all women with a birth
12.9
4.8
21.0
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
60
45
75
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
32
2
62
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
113
78
148
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
19
3
36
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
8,348
5,871
10,825
Responsible for grandchildren
1,819
580
3,058
less than 1 year
594
0
1,371
1 or 2 years
570
0
1,202
3 or 4 years
505
0
1,040
5 or more years
150
0
388
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
57.6
39.8
75.4
Percent who are married
80.8
56.5
100.0
Percent who are in labor force
75.3
54.0
96.6
Percent who are in poverty
16.8
0.0
35.3
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
313,517
312,370
314,664
Civilian veterans
40,111
36,113
44,109
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
111,570
108,658
114,482
With a disability
9,753
6,828
12,678
 
Population 21 to 64 years
252,196
248,997
255,395
With a disability
33,275
28,035
38,515
Percent employed
54.0
46.6
61.4
No disability
218,921
213,448
224,394
Percent employed
79.1
76.6
81.6
 
Population 65 years and over
41,489
40,382
42,596
With a disability
19,632
16,418
22,846
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
436,014
434,658
437,370
Same house
362,535
352,272
372,798
Different house in the U.S.
70,407
60,408
80,406
Same county
39,458
31,784
47,132
Different county
30,949
23,128
38,770
Same state
13,808
8,812
18,804
Different state
17,141
11,186
23,096
Abroad
3,072
1,343
4,801
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
442,099
*****
*****
Native
412,474
407,108
417,840
Born in United States
409,998
404,423
415,573
State of residence
198,081
188,272
207,890
Different state
211,917
201,200
222,634
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
2,476
885
4,067
Foreign born
29,625
24,259
34,991
Naturalized citizen
8,676
5,950
11,402
Not a citizen
20,949
15,587
26,312
Entered 1990 or later
12,749
8,690
16,808
Entered before 1990
16,876
12,647
21,105
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
29,625
24,259
34,991
Europe
6,726
3,365
10,087
Asia
5,666
4,475
6,857
Africa
1,648
262
3,034
Oceania
1,456
0
2,984
Latin America
12,788
9,206
16,370
Northern America
1,341
306
2,376
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
405,704
404,648
406,760
English only
361,766
355,338
368,194
Language other than English
43,938
37,678
50,198
Speak English less than "very well"
19,355
14,956
23,754
Spanish
27,255
23,557
30,953
Speak English less than "very well"
12,384
8,863
15,905
Other Indo-European languages
9,477
4,803
14,151
Speak English less than "very well"
2,993
559
5,427
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
5,184
3,466
6,902
Speak English less than "very well"
2,860
1,759
3,961
Other languages
2,022
517
3,527
Speak English less than "very well"
1,118
0
2,369
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
442,099
*****
*****
Arab
2,405
0
5,294
Czech
1,892
749
3,035
Danish
9,270
5,581
12,959
Dutch
9,837
6,803
12,871
English
68,210
59,029
77,391
French (except Basque)
11,489
8,654
14,324
French Canadian
2,039
823
3,255
German
109,784
97,294
122,275
Greek
447
0
1,150
Hungarian
1,371
411
2,331
Irish
54,118
45,520
62,716
Italian
11,889
8,043
15,735
Lithuanian
752
0
1,528
Norwegian
18,172
13,111
23,233
Polish
8,976
4,534
13,418
Portuguese
1,453
356
2,550
Russian
3,615
959
6,272
Scotch-Irish
8,661
5,577
11,745
Scottish
11,656
9,033
14,280
Slovak
215
0
581
Subsaharan African
1,304
0
2,763
Swedish
17,076
11,989
22,163
Swiss
2,415
1,042
3,788
Ukrainian
4,440
468
8,412
United States or American
29,807
23,257
36,358
Welsh
7,297
4,083
10,511
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0
0
465
 

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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