| 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 |
18,976,457 |
100.0 |
| enrolled in school |
5,217,030 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
15,108,324 |
79.6 |
| Nursery school, preschool |
331,376 |
6.4 |
|
Born in United States |
14,589,263 |
76.9 |
| Kindergarten |
272,504 |
5.2 |
|
State of residence |
12,384,940 |
65.3 |
| Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
2,208,497 |
42.3 |
|
Different state |
2,204,323 |
11.6 |
| High school (grades 9-12) |
1,103,278 |
21.1 |
|
Born outside United States |
519,061 |
2.7 |
| College or graduate school |
1,301,375 |
24.9 |
|
Foreign born |
3,868,133 |
20.4 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
1,561,609 |
8.2 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
1,783,744 |
9.4 |
| Population 25 years and over |
12,542,536 |
100.0 |
|
Not a citizen |
2,084,389 |
11.0 |
| Less than 9th grade |
1,005,805 |
8.0 |
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| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
1,620,519 |
12.9 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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|
| High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
3,480,768 |
27.8 |
|
Total (excluding born at sea) |
3,868,094 |
100.0 |
| Some college, no degree |
2,103,404 |
16.8 |
|
Europe |
879,307 |
22.7 |
| Associate degree |
898,828 |
7.2 |
|
Asia |
916,597 |
23.7 |
| Bachelor's degree |
1,954,242 |
15.6 |
|
Africa |
116,936 |
3.0 |
| Graduate or professional degree |
1,478,970 |
11.8 |
|
Oceania |
7,680 |
0.2 |
| |
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Latin America |
1,891,612 |
48.9 |
| Percent high school graduate or higher |
79.1 |
(X) |
|
Northern America |
55,962 |
1.4 |
| Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
27.4 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
17,749,110 |
100.0 |
| Population 15 years and over |
15,055,876 |
100.0 |
|
English only |
12,786,189 |
72.0 |
| Never married |
4,777,896 |
31.7 |
|
Language other than English |
4,962,921 |
28.0 |
| Now married, except separated |
7,535,841 |
50.1 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
2,310,256 |
13.0 |
| Separated |
484,640 |
3.2 |
|
Spanish |
2,416,126 |
13.6 |
| Widowed |
1,084,409 |
7.2 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
1,182,068 |
6.7 |
| Female |
887,299 |
5.9 |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
1,654,540 |
9.3 |
| Divorced |
1,173,090 |
7.8 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
663,874 |
3.7 |
| Female |
709,220 |
4.7 |
|
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
671,019 |
3.8 |
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Speak English less than '"very well"' |
395,159 |
2.2 |
| 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 |
18,976,457 |
100.0 |
| under 18 years |
412,000 |
100.0 |
|
Total ancestries reported |
20,381,381 |
107.4 |
| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
143,014 |
34.7 |
|
Arab |
121,925 |
0.6 |
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|
Czech¹ |
76,820 |
0.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS |
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|
Danish |
38,587 |
0.2 |
| Civilian population 18 years and over |
14,278,716 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
272,904 |
1.4 |
| Civilian veterans |
1,361,164 |
9.5 |
|
English |
1,140,036 |
6.0 |
| |
|
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|
French (except Basque)¹ |
479,199 |
2.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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|
|
French Canadian¹ |
151,839 |
0.8 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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|
|
German |
2,122,620 |
11.2 |
| Population 5 to 20 years |
4,197,977 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
159,763 |
0.8 |
| With a disability |
370,856 |
8.8 |
|
Hungarian |
137,029 |
0.7 |
| Population 21 to 64 years |
10,932,732 |
100.0 |
|
Irish¹ |
2,454,469 |
12.9 |
| With a disability |
2,294,611 |
21.0 |
|
Italian |
2,737,146 |
14.4 |
| Percent employed |
54.1 |
(X) |
|
Lithuanian |
49,083 |
0.3 |
| No disability |
8,638,121 |
79.0 |
|
Norwegian |
90,524 |
0.5 |
| Percent employed |
74.1 |
(X) |
|
Polish |
986,141 |
5.2 |
| Population 65 years and over |
2,333,555 |
100.0 |
|
Portuguese |
43,839 |
0.2 |
| With a disability |
940,680 |
40.3 |
|
Russian |
460,261 |
2.4 |
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Scotch-Irish |
138,844 |
0.7 |
| |
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Scottish |
212,275 |
1.1 |
| RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
37,863 |
0.2 |
| Population 5 years and over |
17,749,110 |
100.0 |
|
Subsaharan African |
166,508 |
0.9 |
| Same house in 1995 |
10,961,493 |
61.8 |
|
Swedish |
133,788 |
0.7 |
| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
6,066,869 |
34.2 |
|
Swiss |
38,721 |
0.2 |
| Same county |
3,876,450 |
21.8 |
|
Ukrainian |
148,700 |
0.8 |
| Different county |
2,190,419 |
12.3 |
|
United States or American |
717,234 |
3.8 |
| Same state |
1,463,942 |
8.2 |
|
Welsh |
85,356 |
0.4 |
| Different state |
726,477 |
4.1 |
|
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
685,874 |
3.6 |
| Elsewhere in 1995 |
720,748 |
4.1 |
|
Other ancestries |
6,494,033 |
34.2 |
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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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