| SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
|
|
|
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
|
|
| Population
3 years and over |
|
|
|
Total
poplulation |
794,293 |
100.0%
|
| enrolled
in school |
215,301 |
100.0%
|
|
Native |
755,357 |
95.1%
|
| Nursery school, preschool |
13,556 |
6.3%
|
|
Born in United
States |
748,318 |
94.2%
|
| Kindergarten |
10,834 |
5.0%
|
|
State
of residence |
628,637 |
79.1%
|
| Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
89,523 |
41.6%
|
|
Different
state |
119,681 |
15.1%
|
| High school (grades 9-12) |
42,286 |
19.6%
|
|
Born outside
United States |
7,039 |
0.9%
|
| College or graduate school |
59,102 |
27.5%
|
|
Foreign born |
38,936 |
4.9%
|
| |
|
|
|
Entered
1990 to March 2000 |
14,044 |
1.8%
|
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
|
|
|
Naturalized
citizen |
22,917 |
2.9%
|
| Population 25 years and
over |
530,197 |
100.0%
|
|
Not a citizen |
16,019 |
2.0%
|
| Less than 9th grade |
21,207 |
4.0%
|
|
|
|
|
| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
51,706 |
9.8%
|
|
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
|
|
| High school graduate (includes
equivalency) |
155,265 |
29.3%
|
|
Total (excluding born at
sea) |
38,936 |
100.0%
|
| Some college, no degree |
92,358 |
17.4%
|
|
Europe |
14,998 |
38.5%
|
| Associate degree |
52,886 |
10.0%
|
|
Asia |
13,147 |
33.8%
|
| Bachelor's degree |
87,006 |
16.4%
|
|
Africa |
1,784 |
4.6%
|
| Graduate or professional degree |
69,769 |
13.2%
|
|
Oceania |
183 |
0.5%
|
| |
|
|
|
Latin America |
6,298 |
16.2%
|
| Percent high school graduate or higher |
86.2% |
(X)
|
|
Northern America |
2,526 |
6.5%
|
| Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
29.6% |
(X)
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
|
|
| MARITAL STATUS |
|
|
|
Population
5 years and over |
746,408 |
100.0%
|
| Population
15 years and over |
637,017 |
100.0%
|
|
English only |
685,056 |
91.8%
|
| Never married |
182,313 |
28.6%
|
|
Language other than English |
61,352 |
8.2%
|
| Now married, except separated |
336,548 |
52.8%
|
|
Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
19,299 |
2.6%
|
| Separated |
17,353 |
2.7%
|
|
Spanish |
16,728 |
2.2%
|
| Widowed |
46,695 |
7.3%
|
|
Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
5,086 |
0.7%
|
| Female |
37,589 |
5.9%
|
|
Other Indo-European languages |
32,549 |
4.4%
|
| Divorced |
54,108 |
8.5%
|
|
Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
9,137 |
1.2%
|
| Female |
31,343 |
4.9%
|
|
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
8,580 |
1.1%
|
| |
|
|
|
Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
3,899 |
0.5%
|
| GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Grandparent
living in household |
|
|
|
ANCESTRY (single and multiple) |
|
|
| with
one or more own grandchildren |
|
|
|
Total
population |
794,293 |
100.0%
|
| under
18 years |
9,349 |
100.0% |
|
Total ancestries reported |
963,076 |
121.2% |
| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
3,502 |
37.5%
|
|
Arab |
3,565 |
0.4%
|
| |
|
|
|
Czech¹ |
4,498 |
0.6%
|
| VETERAN STATUS |
|
|
|
Danish |
3,209 |
0.4%
|
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
603,843 |
100.0%
|
|
Dutch |
30,764 |
3.9%
|
| Civilian veterans |
79,290 |
13.1%
|
|
English |
85,904 |
10.8%
|
| |
|
|
|
French (except Basque)¹ |
63,059 |
7.9%
|
| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
|
|
|
French Canadian¹ |
21,534 |
2.7%
|
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
|
|
|
German |
131,496 |
16.6%
|
| Population
5 to 20 years |
175,501 |
100.0%
|
|
Greek |
4,446 |
0.6%
|
| With a disability |
14,866 |
8.5%
|
|
Hungarian |
4,663 |
0.6%
|
| Population
21 to 64 years |
454,675 |
100.0%
|
|
Irish¹ |
185,994 |
23.4%
|
| With a disability |
74,993 |
16.5%
|
|
Italian |
135,701 |
17.1%
|
| Percent employed |
58.7% |
(X)
|
|
Lithuanian |
3,847 |
0.5%
|
| No disability |
379,682 |
83.5%
|
|
Norwegian |
4,997 |
0.6%
|
| Percent employed |
81.3% |
(X)
|
|
Polish |
57,470 |
7.2%
|
| Population
65 years and over |
103,964 |
100.0%
|
|
Portuguese |
1,190 |
0.1%
|
| With a disability |
37,624 |
36.2%
|
|
Russian |
11,893 |
1.5%
|
| |
|
|
|
Scotch-Irish |
10,389 |
1.3%
|
| |
|
|
|
Scottish |
16,800 |
2.1%
|
| RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
|
|
|
Slovak |
2,191 |
0.3%
|
| Population 5 years and
over |
746,408 |
100.0%
|
|
Subsaharan African |
3,453 |
0.4%
|
| Same house in 1995 |
441,449 |
59.1%
|
|
Swedish |
6,644 |
0.8%
|
| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
294,176 |
39.4%
|
|
Swiss |
1,797 |
0.2% |
| Same county |
164,102 |
22.0%
|
|
Ukrainian |
7,605 |
1.0% |
| Different county |
130,074 |
17.4%
|
|
United States or American |
30,724 |
3.9% |
| Same state |
92,806 |
12.4%
|
|
Welsh |
6,164 |
0.8% |
| Different state |
37,268 |
5.0%
|
|
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
3,526 |
0.4% |
| Elsewhere in 1995 |
10,783 |
1.4%
|
|
Other ancestries |
119,553 |
15.1% |
| |
| Date: September 10, 2003 |
| |
| -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. |
|
