| 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 |
558,355 |
100.0 |
| enrolled in school |
147,351 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
546,179 |
97.8 |
| Nursery school, preschool |
9,695 |
6.6 |
|
Born in United States |
542,781 |
97.2 |
| Kindergarten |
8,758 |
5.9 |
|
State of residence |
389,397 |
69.7 |
| Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
70,824 |
48.1 |
|
Different state |
153,384 |
27.5 |
| High school (grades 9-12) |
32,216 |
21.9 |
|
Born outside United States |
3,398 |
0.6 |
| College or graduate school |
25,858 |
17.5 |
|
Foreign born |
12,176 |
2.2 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
5,954 |
1.1 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
5,013 |
0.9 |
| Population 25 years and over |
357,372 |
100.0 |
|
Not a citizen |
7,163 |
1.3 |
| Less than 9th grade |
22,132 |
6.2 |
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| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
56,461 |
15.8 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
113,154 |
31.7 |
|
Total (excluding born at sea) |
12,176 |
100.0 |
| Some college, no degree |
76,374 |
21.4 |
|
Europe |
3,194 |
26.2 |
| Associate degree |
19,511 |
5.5 |
|
Asia |
5,000 |
41.1 |
| Bachelor's degree |
45,351 |
12.7 |
|
Africa |
341 |
2.8 |
| Graduate or professional degree |
24,389 |
6.8 |
|
Oceania |
106 |
0.9 |
| |
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Latin America |
2,834 |
23.3 |
| Percent high school graduate or higher |
78.0 |
(X) |
|
Northern America |
701 |
5.8 |
| Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
19.5 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
519,204 |
100.0 |
| Population 15 years and over |
434,001 |
100.0 |
|
English only |
496,659 |
95.7 |
| Never married |
105,363 |
24.3 |
|
Language other than English |
22,545 |
4.3 |
| Now married, except separated |
239,667 |
55.2 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
8,202 |
1.6 |
| Separated |
9,658 |
2.2 |
|
Spanish |
9,923 |
1.9 |
| Widowed |
31,988 |
7.4 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
3,592 |
0.7 |
| Female |
26,165 |
6.0 |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
7,483 |
1.4 |
| Divorced |
47,325 |
10.9 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
2,039 |
0.4 |
| Female |
26,850 |
6.2 |
|
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
4,397 |
0.8 |
| |
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Speak English less than '"very well"' |
2,326 |
0.4 |
| 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 |
558,355 |
100.0 |
| under 18 years |
14,249 |
100.0 |
|
Total ancestries reported |
466,151 |
83.5 |
| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
8,139 |
57.1 |
|
Arab |
1,394 |
0.2 |
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Czech¹ |
1,683 |
0.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS |
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Danish |
994 |
0.2 |
| Civilian population 18 years and over |
407,655 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
5,011 |
0.9 |
| Civilian veterans |
59,597 |
14.6 |
|
English |
45,344 |
8.1 |
| |
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|
French (except Basque)¹ |
14,735 |
2.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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|
French Canadian¹ |
2,226 |
0.4 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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German |
39,900 |
7.1 |
| Population 5 to 20 years |
132,792 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
1,474 |
0.3 |
| With a disability |
12,589 |
9.5 |
|
Hungarian |
655 |
0.1 |
| Population 21 to 64 years |
310,024 |
100.0 |
|
Irish¹ |
45,400 |
8.1 |
| With a disability |
73,859 |
23.8 |
|
Italian |
9,085 |
1.6 |
| Percent employed |
54.0 |
(X) |
|
Lithuanian |
246 |
0.0 |
| No disability |
236,165 |
76.2 |
|
Norwegian |
2,670 |
0.5 |
| Percent employed |
72.3 |
(X) |
|
Polish |
3,599 |
0.6 |
| Population 65 years and over |
69,432 |
100.0 |
|
Portuguese |
311 |
0.1 |
| With a disability |
32,932 |
47.4 |
|
Russian |
858 |
0.2 |
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Scotch-Irish |
12,664 |
2.3 |
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Scottish |
9,105 |
1.6 |
| RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
340 |
0.1 |
| Population 5 years and over |
519,204 |
100.0 |
|
Subsaharan African |
4,329 |
0.8 |
| Same house in 1995 |
297,731 |
57.3 |
|
Swedish |
2,685 |
0.5 |
| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
214,940 |
41.4 |
|
Swiss |
690 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
142,198 |
27.4 |
|
Ukrainian |
250 |
0.0 |
| Different county |
72,742 |
14.0 |
|
United States or American |
78,865 |
14.1 |
| Same state |
26,223 |
5.1 |
|
Welsh |
2,167 |
0.4 |
| Different state |
46,519 |
9.0 |
|
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
602 |
0.1 |
| Elsewhere in 1995 |
6,533 |
1.3 |
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Other ancestries |
178,869 |
32.0 |
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| Date: September 6, 2005 |
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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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