ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for Boston--Worcester--Lawrence, MA--NH--ME--CT CMSA -- Table 2

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Boston--Worcester--Lawrence, MA--NH--ME--CT CMSA

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,448,663	1,429,553	1,467,773
Nursery school, preschool	96,010	88,856	103,164
Kindergarten	75,296	69,386	81,206
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	614,102	603,856	624,349
High school grade (grades 9-12)	298,486	289,145	307,827
College or graduate school	364,769	350,077	379,461

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	3,907,298	3,893,692	3,920,904
Less than 9th grade	175,101	161,116	189,086
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	287,221	270,865	303,577
High school graduate (including equivalency)	1,059,086	1,030,925	1,087,247
Some college, no degree	664,509	643,262	685,756
Associate degree	288,689	273,139	304,239
Bachelor's degree	844,811	824,524	865,098
Graduate or professional degree	587,881	564,509	611,253

Percent high school graduate or higher	88.2	87.7	88.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	36.7	35.9	37.5

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	2,184,551	2,174,948	2,194,154
Never married	721,296	704,022	738,570
Now married, except separated	1,211,528	1,191,787	1,231,269
Separated	36,556	29,969	43,143
Widowed	52,378	47,123	57,633
Divorced	162,793	150,918	174,668

Females 15 years and over	2,386,569	2,376,095	2,397,043
Never married	654,517	638,609	670,425
Now married, except separated	1,197,644	1,175,456	1,219,832
Separated	64,495	57,133	71,857
Widowed	225,356	214,327	236,385
Divorced	244,557	230,560	258,554

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	74,004	66,308	81,700
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	15,829	11,468	20,190
Per 1,000 unmarried women	21	14	28
As a percent of all women with a birth	21.4	16.8	26.0
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	48	43	53
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	17	4	30
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	82	72	92
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	27	22	32

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	98,752	88,312	109,192
Responsible for grandchildren	30,405	24,028	36,782
less than 1 year	7,155	4,452	9,858
1 or 2 years	7,625	4,690	10,560
3 or 4 years	6,111	3,468	8,754
5 or more years	9,514	6,608	12,420

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	65.6	60.5	70.7
Percent who are married	64.0	54.9	73.1
Percent who are in labor force	55.5	45.4	65.6
Percent who are in poverty	11.7	5.6	17.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	4,351,325	4,337,815	4,364,835
Civilian veterans	478,818	461,552	496,084

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	1,141,082	1,128,146	1,154,018
With a disability	70,646	62,751	78,541

Population 21 to 64 years	3,499,999	3,483,869	3,516,129
With a disability	397,046	377,309	416,783
Percent employed	48.3	46.0	50.6
No disability	3,102,953	3,076,297	3,129,609
Percent employed	82.5	81.8	83.2

Population 65 years and over	682,489	674,559	690,419
With a disability	244,033	233,785	254,281

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	5,615,676	5,596,574	5,634,778
Same house	4,929,959	4,894,088	4,965,830
Different house in the U.S.	638,266	608,228	668,304
Same county	366,719	338,885	394,553
Different county	271,547	249,628	293,466
Same state	144,243	127,217	161,269
Different state	127,304	112,051	142,557
Abroad	47,451	36,883	58,019

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	5,673,548	5,654,142	5,692,954
Native	4,956,094	4,922,502	4,989,686
Born in United States	4,830,788	4,798,603	4,862,973
State of residence	3,510,735	3,476,072	3,545,398
Different state	1,320,053	1,288,541	1,351,565
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	125,306	111,882	138,730
Foreign born	717,454	688,619	746,289
Naturalized citizen	329,546	312,700	346,393
Not a citizen	387,908	362,414	413,402
Entered 1990 or later	315,808	292,096	339,520
Entered before 1990	401,646	382,265	421,027

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	717,454	688,619	746,289
Europe	194,425	178,344	210,506
Asia	214,913	205,089	224,737
Africa	47,789	36,480	59,098
Oceania	2,384	1,176	3,592
Latin America	221,850	197,864	245,836
Northern America	36,093	29,302	42,884

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	5,327,153	5,310,457	5,343,849
English only	4,372,560	4,339,575	4,405,545
Language other than English	954,593	923,477	985,709
Speak English less than "very well"	399,685	373,773	425,597
Spanish	306,781	295,485	318,077
Speak English less than "very well"	131,283	117,431	145,135
Other Indo-European languages	439,907	408,107	471,707
Speak English less than "very well"	155,170	136,466	173,874
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	174,109	163,379	184,839
Speak English less than "very well"	102,839	92,721	112,957
Other languages	33,796	24,472	43,120
Speak English less than "very well"	10,393	6,841	13,945

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	5,673,548	5,654,142	5,692,954
Arab	58,166	47,669	68,663
Czech	13,092	9,264	16,920
Danish	15,288	11,554	19,022
Dutch	37,338	31,570	43,106
English	755,681	724,216	787,147
French (except Basque)	530,602	505,943	555,261
French Canadian	276,171	259,791	292,551
German	396,427	375,894	416,960
Greek	82,224	71,387	93,061
Hungarian	23,540	18,644	28,436
Irish	1,463,836	1,426,947	1,500,725
Italian	803,633	770,813	836,453
Lithuanian	52,066	44,455	59,677
Norwegian	39,791	31,841	47,741
Polish	249,420	229,872	268,968
Portuguese	220,115	199,508	240,722
Russian	101,042	88,796	113,288
Scotch-Irish	125,555	114,855	136,255
Scottish	187,430	173,497	201,363
Slovak	9,599	4,920	14,278
Subsaharan African	72,693	51,824	93,562
Swedish	132,063	119,924	144,202
Swiss	8,676	5,977	11,375
Ukrainian	29,111	19,470	38,752
United States or American	199,638	182,697	216,579
Welsh	24,856	19,990	29,722
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	78,211	62,079	94,343

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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