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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
|
826,936
|
800,350
|
853,522
|
|
Nursery school, preschool
|
68,469
|
60,186
|
76,752
|
|
Kindergarten
|
39,614
|
33,280
|
45,948
|
|
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
|
341,012
|
328,452
|
353,572
|
|
High school grade (grades 9-12)
|
164,649
|
155,947
|
173,351
|
|
College or graduate school
|
213,192
|
198,726
|
227,658
|
|
|
|
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
|
|
Population 25 years and over
|
2,308,130
|
2,283,652
|
2,332,608
|
|
Less than 9th grade
|
90,254
|
77,452
|
103,056
|
|
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
|
162,026
|
149,290
|
174,762
|
|
High school graduate (including equivalency)
|
597,655
|
569,232
|
626,078
|
|
Some college, no degree
|
336,686
|
319,721
|
353,651
|
|
Associate degree
|
160,130
|
145,293
|
174,967
|
|
Bachelor's degree
|
547,993
|
525,728
|
570,258
|
|
Graduate or professional degree
|
413,386
|
393,396
|
433,376
|
|
|
|
Percent high school graduate or higher
|
89.1
|
88.4
|
89.8
|
|
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
|
41.7
|
40.5
|
42.9
|
|
|
|
MARITAL STATUS
|
|
Males 15 years and over
|
1,262,249
|
1,243,766
|
1,280,732
|
|
Never married
|
421,025
|
403,626
|
438,424
|
|
Now married, except separated
|
705,713
|
684,751
|
726,675
|
|
Separated
|
18,022
|
12,697
|
23,347
|
|
Widowed
|
32,078
|
26,785
|
37,371
|
|
Divorced
|
85,411
|
74,976
|
95,846
|
|
|
|
Females 15 years and over
|
1,408,384
|
1,391,698
|
1,425,070
|
|
Never married
|
414,904
|
397,376
|
432,432
|
|
Now married, except separated
|
689,088
|
668,148
|
710,028
|
|
Separated
|
32,057
|
25,848
|
38,266
|
|
Widowed
|
142,497
|
131,503
|
153,491
|
|
Divorced
|
129,838
|
118,892
|
140,784
|
|
|
|
FERTILITY
|
|
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
|
|
a birth in the past 12 months
|
48,251
|
41,783
|
54,719
|
|
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
|
8,511
|
5,081
|
11,941
|
|
Per 1,000 unmarried women
|
19
|
11
|
27
|
|
As a percent of all women with a birth
|
17.6
|
11.0
|
24.2
|
|
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
|
54
|
47
|
61
|
|
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
|
18
|
0
|
36
|
|
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
|
100
|
84
|
117
|
|
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
|
25
|
18
|
32
|
|
|
|
GRANDPARENTS
|
|
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
|
|
under 18 years in households
|
50,921
|
41,976
|
59,866
|
|
Responsible for grandchildren
|
12,346
|
7,764
|
16,928
|
|
less than 1 year
|
853
|
0
|
1,855
|
|
1 or 2 years
|
3,076
|
0
|
6,315
|
|
3 or 4 years
|
2,312
|
910
|
3,715
|
|
5 or more years
|
6,105
|
3,356
|
8,854
|
|
|
|
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
|
|
Percent who are female
|
79.4
|
68.3
|
90.5
|
|
Percent who are married
|
43.3
|
25.2
|
61.5
|
|
Percent who are in labor force
|
56.3
|
41.0
|
71.6
|
|
Percent who are in poverty
|
20.5
|
2.8
|
38.2
|
|
|
|
VETERAN STATUS
|
|
Civilian population 18 years and over
|
2,552,078
|
2,523,993
|
2,580,163
|
|
Civilian veterans
|
234,606
|
223,901
|
245,311
|
|
|
|
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
|
|
Population 5 to 20 years
|
629,819
|
611,748
|
647,890
|
|
With a disability
|
39,424
|
31,869
|
46,979
|
|
|
|
Population 21 to 64 years
|
2,042,382
|
2,015,941
|
2,068,823
|
|
With a disability
|
211,614
|
197,568
|
225,660
|
|
Percent employed
|
46.8
|
43.3
|
50.3
|
|
No disability
|
1,830,768
|
1,805,952
|
1,855,584
|
|
Percent employed
|
79.1
|
77.9
|
80.3
|
|
|
|
Population 65 years and over
|
417,933
|
406,700
|
429,166
|
|
With a disability
|
160,333
|
150,298
|
170,368
|
|
|
|
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
|
|
Population 1 year and over
|
3,264,020
|
3,222,668
|
3,305,372
|
|
Same house
|
2,874,843
|
2,830,448
|
2,919,238
|
|
Different house in the U.S.
|
366,436
|
336,078
|
396,794
|
|
Same county
|
227,032
|
200,764
|
253,300
|
|
Different county
|
139,404
|
122,320
|
156,488
|
|
Same state
|
86,415
|
72,633
|
100,197
|
|
Different state
|
52,989
|
42,879
|
63,099
|
|
Abroad
|
22,741
|
15,531
|
29,952
|
|
|
|
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
|
|
Total population
|
3,304,030
|
3,262,415
|
3,345,645
|
|
Native
|
2,787,742
|
2,748,493
|
2,826,991
|
|
Born in United States
|
2,730,036
|
2,691,693
|
2,768,379
|
|
State of residence
|
2,094,080
|
2,057,983
|
2,130,177
|
|
Different state
|
635,956
|
611,218
|
660,694
|
|
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
|
|
born abroad to American parent(s)
|
57,706
|
46,214
|
69,198
|
|
Foreign born
|
516,288
|
485,969
|
546,607
|
|
Naturalized citizen
|
229,449
|
209,855
|
249,043
|
|
Not a citizen
|
286,839
|
260,787
|
312,891
|
|
Entered 1990 or later
|
242,571
|
217,442
|
267,701
|
|
Entered before 1990
|
273,717
|
253,806
|
293,628
|
|
|
|
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
|
|
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
|
516,288
|
485,969
|
546,607
|
|
Europe
|
148,048
|
130,466
|
165,630
|
|
Asia
|
146,672
|
136,427
|
156,917
|
|
Africa
|
20,879
|
13,103
|
28,655
|
|
Oceania
|
1,187
|
227
|
2,147
|
|
Latin America
|
181,097
|
159,357
|
202,837
|
|
Northern America
|
18,405
|
12,868
|
23,942
|
|
|
|
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
|
|
Population 5 years and over
|
3,092,734
|
3,055,218
|
3,130,250
|
|
English only
|
2,502,259
|
2,458,833
|
2,545,685
|
|
Language other than English
|
590,475
|
551,528
|
629,422
|
|
Speak English less than "very well"
|
273,422
|
249,101
|
297,743
|
|
Spanish
|
174,415
|
154,630
|
194,200
|
|
Speak English less than "very well"
|
86,616
|
72,972
|
100,260
|
|
Other Indo-European languages
|
284,623
|
253,521
|
315,726
|
|
Speak English less than "very well"
|
118,477
|
100,183
|
136,771
|
|
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
|
116,039
|
102,044
|
130,034
|
|
Speak English less than "very well"
|
63,506
|
53,893
|
73,119
|
|
Other languages
|
15,398
|
10,187
|
20,609
|
|
Speak English less than "very well"
|
4,823
|
1,249
|
8,397
|
|
|
|
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
|
|
Total Population
|
3,304,030
|
3,262,415
|
3,345,645
|
|
Arab
|
28,604
|
21,946
|
35,262
|
|
Czech
|
8,050
|
4,494
|
11,606
|
|
Danish
|
9,621
|
6,037
|
13,205
|
|
Dutch
|
17,989
|
13,367
|
22,611
|
|
English
|
370,049
|
347,216
|
392,882
|
|
French (except Basque)
|
195,978
|
178,585
|
213,371
|
|
French Canadian
|
97,384
|
86,042
|
108,726
|
|
German
|
229,191
|
211,998
|
246,384
|
|
Greek
|
49,041
|
36,740
|
61,342
|
|
Hungarian
|
10,295
|
6,776
|
13,814
|
|
Irish
|
874,898
|
834,871
|
914,925
|
|
Italian
|
533,313
|
501,970
|
564,656
|
|
Lithuanian
|
32,007
|
25,678
|
38,336
|
|
Norwegian
|
31,563
|
24,560
|
38,566
|
|
Polish
|
113,855
|
99,370
|
128,340
|
|
Portuguese
|
105,823
|
91,648
|
119,998
|
|
Russian
|
90,534
|
77,392
|
103,676
|
|
Scotch-Irish
|
65,004
|
54,583
|
75,425
|
|
Scottish
|
92,650
|
80,453
|
104,847
|
|
Slovak
|
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