ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for Mecklenburg County -- Table 2


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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.

TABLE 2. SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	187,261	178,402	196,120
Nursery school, preschool	20,855	16,113	25,597
Kindergarten	11,972	8,533	15,411
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	84,165	79,517	88,813
High school grade (grades 9-12)	35,370	30,826	39,914
College or graduate school	34,899	28,697	41,101

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	473,785	471,777	475,793
Less than 9th grade	16,139	11,578	20,700
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	32,936	27,400	38,472
High school graduate (including equivalency)	92,780	82,543	103,017
Some college, no degree	92,480	83,294	101,666
Associate degree	44,575	37,485	51,665
Bachelor's degree	129,985	120,181	139,789
Graduate or professional degree	64,890	57,665	72,115

Percent high school graduate or higher	89.6	88.3	90.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	41.1	38.8	43.4

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	273,108	270,976	275,240
Never married	87,562	80,142	94,982
Now married, except separated	154,039	147,150	160,928
Separated	7,608	3,826	11,390
Widowed	4,808	2,614	7,003
Divorced	19,091	14,582	23,600

Females 15 years and over	286,127	284,985	287,269
Never married	79,335	73,608	85,062
Now married, except separated	143,986	136,635	151,337
Separated	8,907	5,407	12,407
Widowed	20,303	17,198	23,408
Divorced	33,596	28,283	38,909

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	12,871	9,746	15,996
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	2,609	791	4,427
Per 1,000 unmarried women	27	7	47
As a percent of all women with a birth	20.3	6.8	33.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	63	48	78
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	24	0	60
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	97	71	123
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	41	20	62

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	11,256	7,558	14,954
Responsible for grandchildren	4,571	2,083	7,059
less than 1 year	2,281	519	4,043
1 or 2 years	0	0	581
3 or 4 years	508	0	1,343
5 or more years	1,782	302	3,262

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	45.7	29.2	62.2
Percent who are married	66.3	42.4	90.2
Percent who are in labor force	39.8	16.5	63.1
Percent who are in poverty	23.5	0.7	46.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	530,880	530,293	531,467
Civilian veterans	56,758	49,830	63,686

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	153,560	149,889	157,231
With a disability	7,026	3,914	10,138

Population 21 to 64 years	453,341	449,528	457,154
With a disability	33,351	27,611	39,091
Percent employed	53.4	44.2	62.6
No disability	419,990	413,068	426,912
Percent employed	80.0	78.2	81.8

Population 65 years and over	56,471	55,395	57,547
With a disability	26,378	23,151	29,605

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	710,112	707,352	712,872
Same house	562,257	542,876	581,638
Different house in the U.S.	142,058	122,560	161,556
Same county	94,509	78,410	110,608
Different county	47,549	37,979	57,119
Same state	14,283	7,747	20,819
Different state	33,266	24,907	41,625
Abroad	5,797	2,490	9,104

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	722,367	*****	*****
Native	645,262	636,240	654,284
Born in United States	635,008	625,257	644,760
State of residence	304,273	290,538	318,008
Different state	330,735	316,015	345,455
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	10,254	6,410	14,099
Foreign born	77,105	68,083	86,127
Naturalized citizen	18,714	14,218	23,210
Not a citizen	58,391	48,734	68,048
Entered 1990 or later	53,098	43,300	62,896
Entered before 1990	24,007	19,458	28,556

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	77,105	68,083	86,127
Europe	7,891	5,203	10,579
Asia	17,895	14,641	21,149
Africa	8,419	1,799	15,039
Oceania	0	0	581
Latin America	41,763	36,580	46,946
Northern America	1,137	61	2,213

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	663,902	663,650	664,154
English only	572,737	562,132	583,342
Language other than English	91,165	80,574	101,756
Speak English less than "very well"	52,152	43,014	61,290
Spanish	51,152	47,063	55,241
Speak English less than "very well"	35,782	29,568	41,996
Other Indo-European languages	22,269	13,849	30,689
Speak English less than "very well"	7,314	2,521	12,107
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	13,803	10,082	17,524
Speak English less than "very well"	7,605	4,694	10,516
Other languages	3,941	196	7,687
Speak English less than "very well"	1,451	0	3,203

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	722,367	*****	*****
Arab	2,675	959	4,391
Czech	3,022	580	5,464
Danish	506	0	1,085
Dutch	12,802	6,567	19,037
English	89,275	77,380	101,170
French (except Basque)	16,373	11,466	21,280
French Canadian	2,361	944	3,778
German	92,456	82,762	102,150
Greek	7,056	4,012	10,100
Hungarian	5,537	1,160	9,914
Irish	71,173	61,054	81,292
Italian	32,762	25,271	40,253
Lithuanian	1,155	0	2,597
Norwegian	2,353	980	3,726
Polish	25,193	19,197	31,189
Portuguese	943	64	1,822
Russian	5,175	2,271	8,079
Scotch-Irish	28,499	21,841	35,157
Scottish	23,718	18,125	29,312
Slovak	1,394	15	2,773
Subsaharan African	15,137	5,400	24,874
Swedish	4,090	1,797	6,384
Swiss	4,090	1,745	6,435
Ukrainian	1,243	0	2,533
United States or American	48,753	40,554	56,952
Welsh	5,505	2,040	8,970
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	1,131	9	2,253

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. 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 2002 American Community Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the 2002 American Community 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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