ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for Tacoma, WA PMSA -- Table 2

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Tacoma, WA PMSA

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	190,239	183,492	196,986
Nursery school, preschool	11,286	8,453	14,119
Kindergarten	11,546	8,487	14,605
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	85,974	80,560	91,388
High school grade (grades 9-12)	46,726	41,723	51,729
College or graduate school	34,707	28,457	40,957

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	438,729	436,231	441,227
Less than 9th grade	9,046	6,266	11,826
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	40,978	34,357	47,599
High school graduate (including equivalency)	141,274	130,414	152,134
Some college, no degree	116,555	106,762	126,348
Associate degree	31,202	26,914	35,490
Bachelor's degree	71,101	63,730	78,472
Graduate or professional degree	28,573	23,760	33,386

Percent high school graduate or higher	88.6	87.0	90.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	22.7	20.7	24.7

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	258,059	254,479	261,640
Never married	73,946	66,547	81,345
Now married, except separated	137,920	130,236	145,604
Separated	5,932	3,408	8,457
Widowed	6,235	3,993	8,477
Divorced	34,026	29,348	38,704

Females 15 years and over	276,747	273,665	279,829
Never married	62,256	57,418	67,094
Now married, except separated	142,927	134,700	151,154
Separated	5,971	3,146	8,796
Widowed	22,747	19,454	26,040
Divorced	42,846	36,777	48,915

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	7,725	4,583	10,867
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	2,105	707	3,503
Per 1,000 unmarried women	22	7	37
As a percent of all women with a birth	27.2	13.2	41.2
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	41	25	58
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	0	0	2
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	91	53	129
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	10	0	20

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	9,426	6,519	12,333
Responsible for grandchildren	2,648	1,242	4,054
less than 1 year	0	0	465
1 or 2 years	230	0	608
3 or 4 years	1,060	34	2,086
5 or more years	1,358	378	2,338

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	65.7	50.7	80.7
Percent who are married	70.9	45.7	96.1
Percent who are in labor force	32.6	8.2	57.0
Percent who are in poverty	8.0	0.0	21.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	492,959	490,649	495,269
Civilian veterans	95,477	88,684	102,270

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	171,754	168,010	175,498
With a disability	11,349	7,914	14,784

Population 21 to 64 years	396,687	392,711	400,664
With a disability	56,689	50,572	62,806
Percent employed	45.1	39.2	51.0
No disability	339,998	333,071	346,925
Percent employed	77.3	75.3	79.3

Population 65 years and over	69,292	67,612	70,972
With a disability	31,646	28,417	34,875

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	691,512	689,116	693,908
Same house	559,931	542,847	577,015
Different house in the U.S.	124,157	107,659	140,655
Same county	74,678	60,665	88,691
Different county	49,479	39,114	59,844
Same state	23,485	15,469	31,501
Different state	25,994	19,043	32,945
Abroad	7,424	959	13,889

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	697,547	*****	*****
Native	639,514	630,416	648,612
Born in United States	625,160	615,813	634,507
State of residence	349,662	336,023	363,301
Different state	275,498	262,493	288,503
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	14,354	10,236	18,472
Foreign born	58,033	48,935	67,131
Naturalized citizen	30,540	24,617	36,464
Not a citizen	27,493	19,235	35,751
Entered 1990 or later	23,267	15,500	31,034
Entered before 1990	34,766	28,927	40,605

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	58,033	48,935	67,131
Europe	17,658	9,741	25,575
Asia	25,265	22,211	28,319
Africa	685	0	1,551
Oceania	231	0	622
Latin America	10,102	7,215	12,990
Northern America	4,092	2,483	5,701

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	645,896	644,936	646,856
English only	569,139	559,643	578,635
Language other than English	76,757	67,336	86,179
Speak English less than "very well"	27,388	19,881	34,896
Spanish	25,898	20,879	30,917
Speak English less than "very well"	6,589	3,810	9,368
Other Indo-European languages	20,736	13,598	27,874
Speak English less than "very well"	9,123	3,617	14,629
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	29,483	24,863	34,103
Speak English less than "very well"	11,191	7,413	14,970
Other languages	640	0	1,477
Speak English less than "very well"	485	0	1,282

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	697,547	*****	*****
Arab	752	118	1,386
Czech	2,631	1,400	3,862
Danish	5,272	3,076	7,468
Dutch	15,499	11,620	19,378
English	90,310	77,430	103,190
French (except Basque)	27,584	22,141	33,027
French Canadian	7,491	4,564	10,418
German	145,911	132,147	159,675
Greek	640	176	1,104
Hungarian	2,160	291	4,029
Irish	88,647	75,724	101,570
Italian	33,459	25,450	41,468
Lithuanian	1,342	448	2,236
Norwegian	57,549	46,487	68,611
Polish	10,080	7,265	12,895
Portuguese	1,297	201	2,393
Russian	10,033	3,897	16,169
Scotch-Irish	17,472	12,677	22,267
Scottish	18,959	14,291	23,627
Slovak	1,942	0	3,945
Subsaharan African	2,971	1,247	4,695
Swedish	27,873	21,187	34,559
Swiss	5,173	1,789	8,557
Ukrainian	3,272	685	5,859
United States or American	41,108	30,469	51,747
Welsh	5,285	2,911	7,659
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	1,036	0	2,237

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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