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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
|
| |
Estimate |
Lower
Bound |
Upper
Bound |
|
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
|
|
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
|
151,596
|
143,146
|
160,046
|
|
Nursery school, preschool
|
10,921
|
8,100
|
13,743
|
|
Kindergarten
|
8,033
|
5,553
|
10,513
|
|
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
|
57,123
|
52,617
|
61,629
|
|
High school grade (grades 9-12)
|
28,822
|
25,806
|
31,838
|
|
College or graduate school
|
46,697
|
39,399
|
53,995
|
|
|
|
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
|
|
Population 25 years and over
|
339,523
|
334,274
|
344,772
|
|
Less than 9th grade
|
9,036
|
6,784
|
11,288
|
|
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
|
29,754
|
25,010
|
34,498
|
|
High school graduate (including equivalency)
|
87,393
|
79,854
|
94,932
|
|
Some college, no degree
|
78,620
|
70,271
|
86,969
|
|
Associate degree
|
27,171
|
21,889
|
32,453
|
|
Bachelor's degree
|
70,605
|
63,188
|
78,022
|
|
Graduate or professional degree
|
36,944
|
31,298
|
42,590
|
|
|
|
Percent high school graduate or higher
|
88.6
|
87.1
|
90.1
|
|
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
|
31.7
|
28.9
|
34.5
|
|
|
|
MARITAL STATUS
|
|
Males 15 years and over
|
192,796
|
189,077
|
196,515
|
|
Never married
|
60,414
|
55,226
|
65,602
|
|
Now married, except separated
|
105,785
|
100,088
|
111,482
|
|
Separated
|
2,858
|
1,462
|
4,254
|
|
Widowed
|
4,096
|
2,032
|
6,160
|
|
Divorced
|
19,643
|
15,553
|
23,733
|
|
|
|
Females 15 years and over
|
220,671
|
216,523
|
224,819
|
|
Never married
|
58,681
|
51,916
|
65,446
|
|
Now married, except separated
|
106,876
|
100,005
|
113,747
|
|
Separated
|
7,426
|
5,456
|
9,396
|
|
Widowed
|
20,758
|
17,455
|
24,061
|
|
Divorced
|
26,930
|
22,279
|
31,581
|
|
|
|
FERTILITY
|
|
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
|
|
a birth in the past 12 months
|
9,432
|
6,259
|
12,605
|
|
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
|
1,221
|
147
|
2,295
|
|
Per 1,000 unmarried women
|
16
|
3
|
29
|
|
As a percent of all women with a birth
|
12.9
|
2.3
|
23.5
|
|
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
|
62
|
41
|
83
|
|
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
|
18
|
0
|
43
|
|
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
|
110
|
70
|
150
|
|
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
|
31
|
11
|
51
|
|
|
|
GRANDPARENTS
|
|
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
|
|
under 18 years in households
|
11,393
|
7,966
|
14,820
|
|
Responsible for grandchildren
|
6,820
|
4,248
|
9,392
|
|
less than 1 year
|
1,397
|
0
|
2,829
|
|
1 or 2 years
|
135
|
5
|
265
|
|
3 or 4 years
|
1,162
|
0
|
2,324
|
|
5 or more years
|
4,126
|
1,978
|
6,274
|
|
|
|
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
|
|
Percent who are female
|
65.6
|
54.5
|
76.7
|
|
Percent who are married
|
67.6
|
48.3
|
86.9
|
|
Percent who are in labor force
|
52.1
|
33.1
|
71.1
|
|
Percent who are in poverty
|
16.8
|
1.0
|
32.6
|
|
|
|
VETERAN STATUS
|
|
Civilian population 18 years and over
|
387,180
|
381,407
|
392,953
|
|
Civilian veterans
|
63,160
|
57,375
|
68,945
|
|
|
|
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
|
|
Population 5 to 20 years
|
109,959
|
105,100
|
114,818
|
|
With a disability
|
11,130
|
7,741
|
14,519
|
|
|
|
Population 21 to 64 years
|
321,693
|
315,423
|
327,963
|
|
With a disability
|
43,982
|
38,331
|
49,633
|
|
Percent employed
|
52.0
|
44.6
|
59.4
|
|
No disability
|
277,711
|
269,515
|
285,907
|
|
Percent employed
|
80.4
|
77.6
|
83.2
|
|
|
|
Population 65 years and over
|
47,588
|
45,271
|
49,905
|
|
With a disability
|
22,901
|
19,476
|
26,326
|
|
|
|
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
|
|
Population 1 year and over
|
512,643
|
504,454
|
520,832
|
|
Same house
|
421,404
|
404,109
|
438,699
|
|
Different house in the U.S.
|
90,656
|
75,672
|
105,640
|
|
Same county
|
57,169
|
44,169
|
70,169
|
|
Different county
|
33,487
|
23,740
|
43,234
|
|
Same state
|
21,902
|
14,949
|
28,855
|
|
Different state
|
11,585
|
5,244
|
17,926
|
|
Abroad
|
583
|
220
|
946
|
|
|
|
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
|
|
Total population
|
520,359
|
512,530
|
528,188
|
|
Native
|
498,480
|
488,539
|
508,421
|
|
Born in United States
|
490,484
|
479,837
|
501,131
|
|
State of residence
|
316,544
|
301,869
|
331,219
|
|
Different state
|
173,940
|
161,900
|
185,980
|
|
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
|
|
born abroad to American parent(s)
|
7,996
|
4,605
|
11,387
|
|
Foreign born
|
21,879
|
16,262
|
27,496
|
|
Naturalized citizen
|
7,501
|
4,180
|
10,822
|
|
Not a citizen
|
14,378
|
9,364
|
19,392
|
|
Entered 1990 or later
|
13,302
|
7,941
|
18,663
|
|
Entered before 1990
|
8,577
|
5,297
|
11,857
|
|
|
|
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
|
|
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
|
21,879
|
16,262
|
27,496
|
|
Europe
|
3,625
|
1,604
|
5,646
|
|
Asia
|
7,152
|
4,321
|
9,983
|
|
Africa
|
4,718
|
357
|
9,079
|
|
Oceania
|
0
|
0
|
507
|
|
Latin America
|
4,822
|
2,953
|
6,691
|
|
Northern America
|
1,562
|
196
|
2,928
|
|
|
|
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
|
|
Population 5 years and over
|
483,636
|
476,297
|
490,975
|
|
English only
|
451,369
|
441,405
|
461,333
|
|
Language other than English
|
32,267
|
25,576
|
38,958
|
|
Speak English less than "very well"
|
8,676
|
5,275
|
12,077
|
|
Spanish
|
15,332
|
11,785
|
18,880
|
|
Speak English less than "very well"
|
5,583
|
3,497
|
7,669
|
|
Other Indo-European languages
|
7,629
|
4,039
|
11,219
|
|
Speak English less than "very well"
|
1,152
|
131
|
2,173
|
|
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
|
4,711
|
1,688
|
7,734
|
|
Speak English less than "very well"
|
350
|
0
|
909
|
|
Other languages
|
4,595
|
1,279
|
7,912
|
|
Speak English less than "very well"
|
1,591
|
0
|
3,649
|
|
|
|
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
|
|
Total Population
|
520,359
|
512,530
|
528,188
|
|
Arab
|
3,724
|
695
|
6,753
|
|
Czech
|
0
|
0
|
507
|
|
Danish
|
584
|
0
|
1,265
|
|
Dutch
|
3,791
|
1,768
|
5,814
|
|
English
|
58,617
|
49,514
|
67,720
|
|
French (except Basque)
|
13,591
|
9,024
|
18,158
|
|
French Canadian
|
451
|
0
|
1,215
|
|
German
|
75,022
|
65,949
|
84,095
|
|
Greek
|
879
|
127
|
1,631
|
|
Hungarian
|
1,589
|
213
|
2,965
|
|
Irish
|
52,648
|
42,454
|
62,842
|
|
Italian
|
7,666
|
5,128
|
10,204
|
|
Lithuanian
|
0
|
0
|
507
|
|
Norwegian
|
2,132
|
109
|
4,155
|
|
Polish
|
5,855
|
3,055
|
8,655
|
|
Portuguese
|
157
|
0
|
433
|
|
Russian
|
2,895
|
597
|
5,193
|
|
Scotch-Irish
|
16,932
|
12,284
|
21,580
|
|
Scottish
|
14,115
|
9,909
|
18,321
|
|
Slovak
|
706
|
15
|
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