ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for New Orleans, LA MSA -- Table 2

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile New Orleans, LA MSA

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	353,243	342,799	363,688
Nursery school, preschool	23,494	19,798	27,190
Kindergarten	22,197	18,084	26,310
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	163,954	157,494	170,414
High school grade (grades 9-12)	80,073	73,219	86,927
College or graduate school	63,525	55,292	71,759

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	823,352	819,577	827,127
Less than 9th grade	49,163	42,085	56,242
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	112,656	103,673	121,639
High school graduate (including equivalency)	269,056	257,039	281,073
Some college, no degree	172,525	160,343	184,707
Associate degree	32,672	27,534	37,810
Bachelor's degree	118,578	108,536	128,620
Graduate or professional degree	68,702	61,633	75,771

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.3	78.8	81.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	22.7	21.2	24.2

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	471,916	469,416	474,416
Never married	161,028	152,484	169,572
Now married, except separated	235,623	226,688	244,558
Separated	11,682	7,725	15,639
Widowed	15,106	12,143	18,069
Divorced	48,477	41,590	55,364

Females 15 years and over	536,662	534,557	538,767
Never married	160,577	151,172	169,982
Now married, except separated	227,834	218,571	237,097
Separated	13,374	9,759	16,989
Widowed	57,965	52,931	62,999
Divorced	76,912	69,919	83,905

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	18,869	15,232	22,506
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	7,625	5,137	10,113
Per 1,000 unmarried women	39	27	51
As a percent of all women with a birth	40.4	29.3	51.5
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	53	43	63
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	66	30	102
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	91	70	112
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	19	9	29

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	32,106	26,521	37,691
Responsible for grandchildren	13,339	9,849	16,829
less than 1 year	3,450	1,582	5,318
1 or 2 years	3,003	1,256	4,750
3 or 4 years	1,850	688	3,012
5 or more years	5,036	3,312	6,760

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	78.2	70.4	86.0
Percent who are married	47.8	35.9	59.7
Percent who are in labor force	70.2	58.5	81.9
Percent who are in poverty	25.1	15.2	35.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	944,450	942,648	946,252
Civilian veterans	112,304	105,161	119,447

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	315,157	309,658	320,656
With a disability	28,405	22,186	34,624

Population 21 to 64 years	749,338	742,880	755,796
With a disability	128,470	117,849	139,091
Percent employed	41.8	38.0	45.6
No disability	620,868	609,843	631,893
Percent employed	77.6	76.0	79.3

Population 65 years and over	143,936	141,121	146,751
With a disability	71,346	66,046	76,646

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	1,289,186	1,285,629	1,292,743
Same house	1,115,212	1,095,526	1,134,898
Different house in the U.S.	171,683	151,766	191,600
Same county	115,752	97,978	133,526
Different county	55,931	45,087	66,775
Same state	35,358	25,623	45,093
Different state	20,573	14,999	26,147
Abroad	2,291	806	3,776

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	1,305,694	*****	*****
Native	1,236,533	1,229,573	1,243,493
Born in United States	1,229,309	1,222,052	1,236,566
State of residence	1,016,438	1,001,344	1,031,532
Different state	212,871	198,280	227,462
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	7,224	4,911	9,537
Foreign born	69,161	62,201	76,121
Naturalized citizen	35,609	29,948	41,270
Not a citizen	33,552	26,375	40,730
Entered 1990 or later	23,486	17,130	29,842
Entered before 1990	45,675	40,555	50,795

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	69,161	62,201	76,121
Europe	9,165	5,990	12,340
Asia	25,531	22,035	29,027
Africa	238	0	641
Oceania	185	0	499
Latin America	32,884	26,898	38,870
Northern America	1,158	199	2,117

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	1,210,773	1,209,446	1,212,100
English only	1,104,999	1,094,277	1,115,721
Language other than English	105,774	95,245	116,303
Speak English less than "very well"	30,381	24,250	36,512
Spanish	46,738	41,552	51,924
Speak English less than "very well"	13,757	9,602	17,912
Other Indo-European languages	32,739	24,463	41,015
Speak English less than "very well"	7,550	3,861	11,239
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	23,167	19,011	27,323
Speak English less than "very well"	7,904	5,389	10,419
Other languages	3,130	932	5,328
Speak English less than "very well"	1,170	0	2,401

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	1,305,694	*****	*****
Arab	8,910	4,666	13,154
Czech	878	198	1,558
Danish	2,752	1,076	4,428
Dutch	8,320	5,421	11,219
English	78,849	69,421	88,277
French (except Basque)	226,560	209,511	243,609
French Canadian	15,182	10,649	19,715
German	172,040	156,718	187,362
Greek	4,138	1,493	6,783
Hungarian	421	0	957
Irish	115,213	103,376	127,050
Italian	120,801	109,236	132,366
Lithuanian	813	11	1,615
Norwegian	3,285	1,595	4,975
Polish	6,531	3,620	9,442
Portuguese	1,251	0	2,823
Russian	4,019	2,204	5,834
Scotch-Irish	12,803	8,808	16,798
Scottish	12,577	8,602	16,552
Slovak	490	0	1,066
Subsaharan African	9,717	5,348	14,086
Swedish	5,406	2,312	8,500
Swiss	781	0	1,568
Ukrainian	1,335	0	2,848
United States or American	66,845	55,463	78,227
Welsh	2,430	973	3,887
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	7,795	992	14,598

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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