ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for Boston, MA--NH PMSA -- Table 2

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Boston, MA--NH PMSA

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	821,342	799,379	843,305
Nursery school, preschool	54,956	48,980	60,932
Kindergarten	40,514	35,647	45,382
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	330,893	318,228	343,558
High school grade (grades 9-12)	161,389	152,875	169,903
College or graduate school	233,590	219,821	247,359

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	2,331,681	2,312,716	2,350,646
Less than 9th grade	88,799	77,450	100,148
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	149,893	137,706	162,080
High school graduate (including equivalency)	601,159	575,462	626,856
Some college, no degree	362,438	344,945	379,931
Associate degree	148,882	138,315	159,449
Bachelor's degree	548,266	530,812	565,720
Graduate or professional degree	432,244	411,180	453,308

Percent high school graduate or higher	89.8	89.1	90.5
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	42.1	40.9	43.3

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	1,285,256	1,272,566	1,297,946
Never married	444,808	429,057	460,559
Now married, except separated	702,532	686,712	718,352
Separated	21,970	17,370	26,570
Widowed	33,246	28,839	37,653
Divorced	82,700	73,668	91,732

Females 15 years and over	1,426,433	1,412,550	1,440,316
Never married	431,548	415,914	447,182
Now married, except separated	695,184	678,788	711,580
Separated	35,303	28,840	41,766
Widowed	132,091	123,174	141,008
Divorced	132,307	121,841	142,773

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	43,798	38,280	49,316
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	8,102	5,498	10,706
Per 1,000 unmarried women	18	13	23
As a percent of all women with a birth	18.5	13.2	23.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	48	41	55
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	11	1	21
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	75	63	87
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	32	24	40

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	63,534	54,702	72,366
Responsible for grandchildren	20,795	15,532	26,059
less than 1 year	5,397	2,759	8,035
1 or 2 years	4,874	2,119	7,630
3 or 4 years	4,096	1,964	6,228
5 or more years	6,428	4,062	8,794

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	70.3	63.0	77.6
Percent who are married	57.4	44.5	70.3
Percent who are in labor force	54.9	42.7	67.1
Percent who are in poverty	12.8	4.2	21.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	2,590,675	2,570,834	2,610,516
Civilian veterans	265,564	251,032	280,096

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	613,164	596,690	629,638
With a disability	32,061	26,798	37,325

Population 21 to 64 years	2,078,321	2,059,201	2,097,441
With a disability	219,896	204,838	234,954
Percent employed	51.5	48.0	55.0
No disability	1,858,425	1,835,264	1,881,586
Percent employed	82.4	81.6	83.2

Population 65 years and over	423,001	414,629	431,373
With a disability	143,282	134,841	151,723

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	3,276,207	3,247,419	3,304,995
Same house	2,882,898	2,844,273	2,921,523
Different house in the U.S.	362,331	336,289	388,373
Same county	194,356	175,237	213,475
Different county	167,975	149,944	186,006
Same state	93,449	80,571	106,327
Different state	74,526	61,382	87,670
Abroad	30,978	23,416	38,540

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	3,311,493	3,282,074	3,340,913
Native	2,818,358	2,779,844	2,856,872
Born in United States	2,750,454	2,712,431	2,788,477
State of residence	2,093,128	2,060,486	2,125,770
Different state	657,326	632,008	682,644
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	67,904	57,413	78,395
Foreign born	493,135	466,976	519,294
Naturalized citizen	221,476	206,841	236,112
Not a citizen	271,659	249,546	293,772
Entered 1990 or later	226,792	206,896	246,688
Entered before 1990	266,343	248,752	283,934

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	493,135	466,976	519,294
Europe	121,211	107,691	134,731
Asia	152,244	142,568	161,920
Africa	35,738	25,148	46,328
Oceania	1,256	263	2,249
Latin America	163,808	142,767	184,849
Northern America	18,878	14,279	23,477

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	3,115,841	3,088,213	3,143,469
English only	2,529,227	2,488,625	2,569,829
Language other than English	586,614	554,005	619,223
Speak English less than "very well"	245,357	222,391	268,323
Spanish	178,407	165,306	191,508
Speak English less than "very well"	73,225	63,178	83,272
Other Indo-European languages	265,335	236,110	294,560
Speak English less than "very well"	94,841	77,432	112,250
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	121,051	110,707	131,395
Speak English less than "very well"	72,786	63,980	81,592
Other languages	21,821	13,117	30,525
Speak English less than "very well"	4,505	1,688	7,322

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	3,311,493	3,282,074	3,340,913
Arab	35,151	27,482	42,820
Czech	9,644	6,177	13,111
Danish	9,929	6,806	13,052
Dutch	20,900	15,605	26,195
English	408,224	383,441	433,007
French (except Basque)	166,244	149,662	182,827
French Canadian	96,456	84,545	108,367
German	222,714	208,805	236,624
Greek	41,735	33,789	49,681
Hungarian	16,381	12,010	20,752
Irish	888,843	858,023	919,663
Italian	526,092	498,199	553,985
Lithuanian	23,687	18,115	29,259
Norwegian	25,792	19,017	32,567
Polish	122,888	107,998	137,778
Portuguese	101,823	87,026	116,620
Russian	83,720	73,419	94,021
Scotch-Irish	70,461	60,615	80,307
Scottish	92,670	81,922	103,418
Slovak	4,456	1,022	7,890
Subsaharan African	47,859	30,844	64,874
Swedish	62,063	54,483	69,643
Swiss	6,197	3,857	8,537
Ukrainian	22,052	12,697	31,408
United States or American	115,411	101,668	129,154
Welsh	14,101	10,093	18,109
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	60,626	45,271	75,981

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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