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2001 Supplementary Survey Profile
Erie, PA 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
69,989
65,897
74,081
Nursery school, preschool
2,877
1,600
4,154
Kindergarten
3,472
1,688
5,256
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
30,794
28,395
33,193
High school grade (grades 9-12)
17,717
15,473
19,961
College or graduate school
15,129
11,888
18,370
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
172,569
170,125
175,013
Less than 9th grade
3,985
2,389
5,581
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
19,032
15,706
22,358
High school graduate (including equivalency)
72,087
66,609
77,565
Some college, no degree
29,148
24,670
33,626
Associate degree
11,495
9,079
13,911
Bachelor's degree
27,971
23,937
32,005
Graduate or professional degree
8,851
6,104
11,598
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
86.7
84.7
88.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
21.3
18.5
24.1
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
100,838
99,228
102,448
Never married
29,330
26,431
32,229
Now married, except separated
59,665
56,203
63,127
Separated
2,038
589
3,487
Widowed
2,572
1,546
3,598
Divorced
7,233
4,982
9,484
 
Females 15 years and over
110,443
109,484
111,402
Never married
26,206
22,975
29,437
Now married, except separated
59,639
55,951
63,327
Separated
1,686
693
2,679
Widowed
10,163
7,929
12,397
Divorced
12,749
10,442
15,056
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
4,456
2,854
6,058
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
1,741
568
2,914
Per 1,000 unmarried women
56
18
94
As a percent of all women with a birth
39.1
17.0
61.2
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
65
42
88
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
94
0
191
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
107
58
157
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
20
0
40
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
2,880
1,124
4,636
Responsible for grandchildren
1,351
184
2,518
less than 1 year
550
0
1,421
1 or 2 years
155
0
416
3 or 4 years
411
0
1,059
5 or more years
235
0
662
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
58.0
33.4
82.6
Percent who are married
71.1
28.4
100.0
Percent who are in labor force
88.3
71.6
100.0
Percent who are in poverty
0.0
0.0
30.0
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
199,241
198,848
199,634
Civilian veterans
27,735
24,291
31,179
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
59,817
57,525
62,109
With a disability
4,595
2,635
6,555
 
Population 21 to 64 years
152,245
149,922
154,568
With a disability
19,039
15,767
22,311
Percent employed
46.2
37.1
55.3
No disability
133,206
129,114
137,298
Percent employed
81.0
78.0
84.0
 
Population 65 years and over
36,247
35,221
37,273
With a disability
14,288
11,884
16,692
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
262,160
260,662
263,658
Same house
235,483
229,084
241,882
Different house in the U.S.
26,677
20,351
33,003
Same county
22,561
16,580
28,542
Different county
4,116
2,214
6,018
Same state
1,666
226
3,106
Different state
2,450
874
4,026
Abroad
0
0
465
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
265,683
*****
*****
Native
259,480
256,355
262,605
Born in United States
256,562
253,252
259,872
State of residence
224,327
218,423
230,231
Different state
32,235
26,749
37,721
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
2,918
1,479
4,357
Foreign born
6,203
3,078
9,328
Naturalized citizen
1,961
869
3,053
Not a citizen
4,242
1,297
7,187
Entered 1990 or later
3,741
905
6,577
Entered before 1990
2,462
1,175
3,749
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
N
N
N
Europe
N
N
N
Asia
N
N
N
Africa
N
N
N
Oceania
N
N
N
Latin America
N
N
N
Northern America
N
N
N
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
248,309
246,837
249,781
English only
236,431
231,651
241,211
Language other than English
11,878
7,741
16,015
Speak English less than "very well"
2,346
1,211
3,481
Spanish
4,420
2,496
6,344
Speak English less than "very well"
1,057
420
1,694
Other Indo-European languages
6,441
3,057
9,825
Speak English less than "very well"
1,289
250
2,329
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
631
0
1,291
Speak English less than "very well"
0
0
465
Other languages
386
0
1,028
Speak English less than "very well"
0
0
465
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
265,683
*****
*****
Arab
386
0
1,028
Czech
233
0
636
Danish
303
0
659
Dutch
6,238
3,804
8,672
English
30,721
24,431
37,011
French (except Basque)
7,966
4,801
11,131
French Canadian
1,238
0
2,614
German
89,799
79,374
100,224
Greek
1,117
0
2,434
Hungarian
1,463
468
2,458
Irish
39,819
33,394
46,244
Italian
28,939
22,342
35,536
Lithuanian
904
0
1,986
Norwegian
168
0
460
Polish
35,214
29,055
41,373
Portuguese
710
73
1,347
Russian
3,632
1,560
5,704
Scotch-Irish
5,018
3,007
7,029
Scottish
3,998
1,846
6,150
Slovak
5,440
2,256
8,625
Subsaharan African
522
0
1,161
Swedish
8,921
5,451
12,391
Swiss
358
0
767
Ukrainian
985
0
2,120
United States or American
10,456
6,560
14,352
Welsh
3,914
1,517
6,311
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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