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Note: The 2002 American Community Survey universe is limited to the household
population
and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. |
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TABLE 2. SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
|
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Estimate |
Lower
Bound |
Upper
Bound |
|
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
|
|
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
|
1,572,417
|
1,540,367
|
1,604,467
|
|
Nursery school, preschool
|
82,853
|
74,644
|
91,062
|
|
Kindergarten
|
78,934
|
68,252
|
89,616
|
|
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
|
689,692
|
675,769
|
703,615
|
|
High school grade (grades 9-12)
|
348,711
|
336,110
|
361,312
|
|
College or graduate school
|
372,227
|
346,485
|
397,969
|
|
|
|
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
|
|
Population 25 years and over
|
3,881,066
|
3,869,907
|
3,892,225
|
|
Less than 9th grade
|
142,953
|
127,918
|
157,988
|
|
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
|
278,167
|
255,065
|
301,269
|
|
High school graduate (including equivalency)
|
976,095
|
933,433
|
1,018,757
|
|
Some college, no degree
|
992,965
|
968,718
|
1,017,212
|
|
Associate degree
|
339,312
|
314,694
|
363,930
|
|
Bachelor's degree
|
759,087
|
727,356
|
790,818
|
|
Graduate or professional degree
|
392,487
|
369,798
|
415,176
|
|
|
|
Percent high school graduate or higher
|
89.1
|
88.3
|
89.9
|
|
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
|
29.7
|
28.5
|
30.9
|
|
|
|
MARITAL STATUS
|
|
Males 15 years and over
|
2,298,409
|
2,291,799
|
2,305,019
|
|
Never married
|
687,160
|
664,093
|
710,227
|
|
Now married, except separated
|
1,291,970
|
1,257,577
|
1,326,363
|
|
Separated
|
36,821
|
30,351
|
43,291
|
|
Widowed
|
45,517
|
39,955
|
51,079
|
|
Divorced
|
236,941
|
218,425
|
255,457
|
|
|
|
Females 15 years and over
|
2,381,950
|
2,374,670
|
2,389,230
|
|
Never married
|
573,834
|
557,009
|
590,659
|
|
Now married, except separated
|
1,258,805
|
1,227,973
|
1,289,637
|
|
Separated
|
39,606
|
32,971
|
46,241
|
|
Widowed
|
191,202
|
179,388
|
203,016
|
|
Divorced
|
318,503
|
303,666
|
333,340
|
|
|
|
FERTILITY
|
|
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
|
|
a birth in the past 12 months
|
88,485
|
79,436
|
97,534
|
|
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
|
23,129
|
17,450
|
28,808
|
|
Per 1,000 unmarried women
|
32
|
24
|
40
|
|
As a percent of all women with a birth
|
26.1
|
20.3
|
31.9
|
|
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
|
56
|
49
|
63
|
|
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
|
17
|
10
|
24
|
|
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
|
107
|
94
|
120
|
|
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
|
26
|
21
|
31
|
|
|
|
GRANDPARENTS
|
|
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
|
|
under 18 years in households
|
82,875
|
72,015
|
93,735
|
|
Responsible for grandchildren
|
34,148
|
27,249
|
41,047
|
|
less than 1 year
|
6,692
|
3,724
|
9,660
|
|
1 or 2 years
|
7,387
|
3,940
|
10,834
|
|
3 or 4 years
|
7,251
|
4,596
|
9,906
|
|
5 or more years
|
12,818
|
7,682
|
17,954
|
|
|
|
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
|
|
Percent who are female
|
58.8
|
51.5
|
66.1
|
|
Percent who are married
|
68.3
|
57.7
|
78.9
|
|
Percent who are in labor force
|
69.9
|
62.6
|
77.2
|
|
Percent who are in poverty
|
16.6
|
8.5
|
24.7
|
|
|
|
VETERAN STATUS
|
|
Civilian population 18 years and over
|
4,395,559
|
4,390,596
|
4,400,522
|
|
Civilian veterans
|
652,596
|
615,506
|
689,686
|
|
|
|
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
|
|
Population 5 to 20 years
|
1,333,078
|
1,321,691
|
1,344,465
|
|
With a disability
|
109,586
|
98,224
|
120,948
|
|
|
|
Population 21 to 64 years
|
3,530,318
|
3,518,558
|
3,542,078
|
|
With a disability
|
505,987
|
480,594
|
531,381
|
|
Percent employed
|
48.1
|
46.1
|
50.1
|
|
No disability
|
3,024,331
|
2,997,733
|
3,050,929
|
|
Percent employed
|
76.8
|
75.8
|
77.8
|
|
|
|
Population 65 years and over
|
642,036
|
638,337
|
645,735
|
|
With a disability
|
278,487
|
267,655
|
289,319
|
|
|
|
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
|
|
Population 1 year and over
|
5,857,037
|
5,848,848
|
5,865,226
|
|
Same house
|
4,764,702
|
4,714,235
|
4,815,169
|
|
Different house in the U.S.
|
1,056,872
|
1,006,550
|
1,107,194
|
|
Same county
|
669,858
|
630,849
|
708,867
|
|
Different county
|
387,014
|
350,650
|
423,378
|
|
Same state
|
212,815
|
181,912
|
243,718
|
|
Different state
|
174,199
|
154,501
|
193,897
|
|
Abroad
|
35,463
|
29,313
|
41,613
|
|
|
|
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
|
|
Total population
|
5,930,307
|
*****
|
*****
|
|
Native
|
5,298,201
|
5,265,856
|
5,330,546
|
|
Born in United States
|
5,209,935
|
5,170,152
|
5,249,718
|
|
State of residence
|
2,798,146
|
2,717,408
|
2,878,884
|
|
Different state
|
2,411,789
|
2,353,547
|
2,470,031
|
|
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
|
|
born abroad to American parent(s)
|
88,266
|
72,375
|
104,157
|
|
Foreign born
|
632,106
|
599,761
|
664,451
|
|
Naturalized citizen
|
259,237
|
243,425
|
275,049
|
|
Not a citizen
|
372,869
|
343,283
|
402,455
|
|
Entered 1990 or later
|
335,357
|
302,161
|
368,553
|
|
Entered before 1990
|
296,749
|
279,681
|
313,817
|
|
|
|
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
|
|
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
|
632,106
|
599,761
|
664,451
|
|
Europe
|
138,148
|
115,429
|
160,867
|
|
Asia
|
247,942
|
236,994
|
258,890
|
|
Africa
|
18,907
|
13,347
|
24,468
|
|
Oceania
|
10,445
|
6,708
|
14,182
|
|
Latin America
|
173,779
|
157,513
|
190,045
|
|
Northern America
|
42,885
|
34,711
|
51,059
|
|
|
|
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
|
|
Population 5 years and over
|
5,535,910
|
5,529,607
|
5,542,213
|
|
English only
|
4,746,653
|
4,706,363
|
4,786,943
|
|
Language other than English
|
789,257
|
750,530
|
827,984
|
|
Speak English less than "very well"
|
358,020
|
332,983
|
383,057
|
|
Spanish
|
327,789
|
304,415
|
351,163
|
|
Speak English less than "very well"
|
160,838
|
142,726
|
178,950
|
|
Other Indo-European languages
|
188,701
|
163,334
|
214,068
|
|
Speak English less than "very well"
|
67,749
|
49,914
|
85,584
|
|
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
|
247,640
|
234,514
|
260,766
|
|
Speak English less than "very well"
|
118,220
|
107,721
|
128,719
|
|
Other languages
|
25,127
|
18,557
|
31,697
|
|
Speak English less than "very well"
|
11,213
|
6,375
|
16,051
|
|
|
|
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
|
|
Total Population
|
5,930,307
|
*****
|
*****
|
|
Arab
|
16,791
|
10,707
|
22,875
|
|
Czech
|
25,973
|
20,162
|
31,784
|
|
Danish
|
77,530
|
66,518
|
88,542
|
|
Dutch
|
130,201
|
116,707
|
143,695
|
|
English
|
805,316
|
781,119
|
829,513
|
|
French (except Basque)
|
260,746
|
237,115
|
284,377
|
|
French Canadian
|
61,368
|
50,384
|
72,352
|
|
German
|
1,301,794
|
1,253,200
|
1,350,388
|
|
Greek
|
28,081
|
21,587
|
34,575
|
|
Hungarian
|
23,984
|
18,818
|
29,150
|
|
Irish
|
788,056
|
755,914
|
820,198
|
|
Italian
|
230,041
|
210,584
|
249,498
|
|
Lithuanian
|
12,093
|
8,465
|
15,721
|
|
Norwegian
|
370,342
|
346,739
|
393,945
|
|
Polish
|
99,464
|
89,181
|
109,747
|
|
Portuguese
|
25,394
|
16,895
|
33,893
|
|
Russian
|
70,552
|
55,356
|
85,749
|
|
Scotch-Irish
|
147,932
|
134,174
|
161,690
|
|
Scottish
|
196,339
|
179,123
|
213,555
|
|
Slovak
|
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