| SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population 3 years and over |
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Total poplulation |
875,583 |
100.0 |
| enrolled in school |
235,516 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
834,324 |
95.3 |
| Nursery school, preschool |
14,593 |
6.2 |
|
Born in United States |
825,669 |
94.3 |
| Kindergarten |
11,965 |
5.1 |
|
State of residence |
697,554 |
79.7 |
| Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
98,861 |
42.0 |
|
Different state |
128,115 |
14.6 |
| High school (grades 9-12) |
47,185 |
20.0 |
|
Born outside United States |
8,655 |
1.0 |
| College or graduate school |
62,912 |
26.7 |
|
Foreign born |
41,259 |
4.7 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
14,559 |
1.7 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
24,585 |
2.8 |
| Population 25 years and over |
584,792 |
100.0 |
|
Not a citizen |
16,674 |
1.9 |
| Less than 9th grade |
24,488 |
4.2 |
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| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
59,647 |
10.2 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
176,420 |
30.2 |
|
Total (excluding born at sea) |
41,259 |
100.0 |
| Some college, no degree |
101,005 |
17.3 |
|
Europe |
16,294 |
39.5 |
| Associate degree |
58,265 |
10.0 |
|
Asia |
13,484 |
32.7 |
| Bachelor's degree |
91,562 |
15.7 |
|
Africa |
1,812 |
4.4 |
| Graduate or professional degree |
73,405 |
12.6 |
|
Oceania |
191 |
0.5 |
| |
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Latin America |
6,854 |
16.6 |
| Percent high school graduate or higher |
85.6 |
(X) |
|
Northern America |
2,624 |
6.4 |
| Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
28.2 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL STATUS |
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|
Population 5 years and over |
823,015 |
100.0 |
| Population 15 years and over |
702,277 |
100.0 |
|
English only |
755,171 |
91.8 |
| Never married |
198,718 |
28.3 |
|
Language other than English |
67,844 |
8.2 |
| Now married, except separated |
371,355 |
52.9 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
21,547 |
2.6 |
| Separated |
19,339 |
2.8 |
|
Spanish |
20,151 |
2.4 |
| Widowed |
53,097 |
7.6 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
6,379 |
0.8 |
| Female |
42,766 |
6.1 |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
35,327 |
4.3 |
| Divorced |
59,768 |
8.5 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
9,975 |
1.2 |
| Female |
34,425 |
4.9 |
|
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
8,810 |
1.1 |
| |
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Speak English less than '"very well"' |
3,993 |
0.5 |
| GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent living in household |
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|
ANCESTRY (single and multiple) |
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| with one or more own grandchildren |
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Total population |
875,583 |
100.0 |
| under 18 years |
10,366 |
100.0 |
|
Total ancestries reported |
1,052,938 |
120.3 |
| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
3,962 |
38.2 |
|
Arab |
3,655 |
0.4 |
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Czech¹ |
4,903 |
0.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS |
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|
Danish |
3,426 |
0.4 |
| Civilian population 18 years and over |
665,337 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
35,758 |
4.1 |
| Civilian veterans |
88,282 |
13.3 |
|
English |
93,643 |
10.7 |
| |
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|
French (except Basque)¹ |
66,755 |
7.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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|
|
French Canadian¹ |
22,717 |
2.6 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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|
German |
147,848 |
16.9 |
| Population 5 to 20 years |
194,118 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
4,676 |
0.5 |
| With a disability |
16,686 |
8.6 |
|
Hungarian |
5,011 |
0.6 |
| Population 21 to 64 years |
497,975 |
100.0 |
|
Irish¹ |
198,086 |
22.6 |
| With a disability |
83,129 |
16.7 |
|
Italian |
148,073 |
16.9 |
| Percent employed |
58.2 |
(X) |
|
Lithuanian |
4,843 |
0.6 |
| No disability |
414,846 |
83.3 |
|
Norwegian |
5,588 |
0.6 |
| Percent employed |
81.0 |
(X) |
|
Polish |
65,831 |
7.5 |
| Population 65 years and over |
117,171 |
100.0 |
|
Portuguese |
1,347 |
0.2 |
| With a disability |
42,725 |
36.5 |
|
Russian |
12,358 |
1.4 |
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Scotch-Irish |
11,152 |
1.3 |
| |
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Scottish |
18,227 |
2.1 |
| RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
2,465 |
0.3 |
| Population 5 years and over |
823,015 |
100.0 |
|
Subsaharan African |
3,550 |
0.4 |
| Same house in 1995 |
490,597 |
59.6 |
|
Swedish |
7,279 |
0.8 |
| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
321,263 |
39.0 |
|
Swiss |
2,039 |
0.2 |
| Same county |
180,962 |
22.0 |
|
Ukrainian |
8,124 |
0.9 |
| Different county |
140,301 |
17.0 |
|
United States or American |
36,515 |
4.2 |
| Same state |
101,049 |
12.3 |
|
Welsh |
6,663 |
0.8 |
| Different state |
39,252 |
4.8 |
|
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
3,627 |
0.4 |
| Elsewhere in 1995 |
11,155 |
1.4 |
|
Other ancestries |
128,779 |
14.7 |
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| Date: September 10, 2003 |
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| -Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. |
| ¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. |
| Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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