| 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 |
616,942 |
100.0 |
| enrolled in school |
162,824 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
604,459 |
98.0 |
| Nursery school, preschool |
10,701 |
6.6 |
|
Born in United States |
600,919 |
97.4 |
| Kindergarten |
9,613 |
5.9 |
|
State of residence |
434,723 |
70.5 |
| Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
78,555 |
48.2 |
|
Different state |
166,196 |
26.9 |
| High school (grades 9-12) |
36,039 |
22.1 |
|
Born outside United States |
3,540 |
0.6 |
| College or graduate school |
27,916 |
17.1 |
|
Foreign born |
12,483 |
2.0 |
| |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
6,084 |
1.0 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
5,178 |
0.8 |
| Population 25 years and over |
394,374 |
100.0 |
|
Not a citizen |
7,305 |
1.2 |
| Less than 9th grade |
26,801 |
6.8 |
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| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
63,738 |
16.2 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
126,210 |
32.0 |
|
Total (excluding born at sea) |
12,483 |
100.0 |
| Some college, no degree |
82,529 |
20.9 |
|
Europe |
3,283 |
26.3 |
| Associate degree |
21,120 |
5.4 |
|
Asia |
5,103 |
40.9 |
| Bachelor's degree |
48,016 |
12.2 |
|
Africa |
343 |
2.7 |
| Graduate or professional degree |
25,960 |
6.6 |
|
Oceania |
106 |
0.8 |
| |
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|
Latin America |
2,923 |
23.4 |
| Percent high school graduate or higher |
77.0 |
(X) |
|
Northern America |
725 |
5.8 |
| Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
18.8 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL STATUS |
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|
Population 5 years and over |
573,588 |
100.0 |
| Population 15 years and over |
479,141 |
100.0 |
|
English only |
549,901 |
95.9 |
| Never married |
117,120 |
24.4 |
|
Language other than English |
23,687 |
4.1 |
| Now married, except separated |
263,256 |
54.9 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
8,630 |
1.5 |
| Separated |
10,941 |
2.3 |
|
Spanish |
10,680 |
1.9 |
| Widowed |
36,869 |
7.7 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
3,870 |
0.7 |
| Female |
30,077 |
6.3 |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
7,773 |
1.4 |
| Divorced |
50,955 |
10.6 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
2,153 |
0.4 |
| Female |
28,814 |
6.0 |
|
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
4,492 |
0.8 |
| |
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Speak English less than '"very well"' |
2,362 |
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 |
616,942 |
100.0 |
| under 18 years |
16,110 |
100.0 |
|
Total ancestries reported |
508,887 |
82.5 |
| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
9,274 |
57.6 |
|
Arab |
1,416 |
0.2 |
| |
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|
Czech¹ |
1,687 |
0.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS |
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|
Danish |
998 |
0.2 |
| Civilian population 18 years and over |
449,971 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
5,324 |
0.9 |
| Civilian veterans |
63,903 |
14.2 |
|
English |
47,468 |
7.7 |
| |
|
|
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French (except Basque)¹ |
15,144 |
2.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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|
|
French Canadian¹ |
2,312 |
0.4 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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German |
41,011 |
6.6 |
| Population 5 to 20 years |
147,263 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
1,507 |
0.2 |
| With a disability |
13,893 |
9.4 |
|
Hungarian |
665 |
0.1 |
| Population 21 to 64 years |
341,467 |
100.0 |
|
Irish¹ |
47,370 |
7.7 |
| With a disability |
82,452 |
24.1 |
|
Italian |
9,295 |
1.5 |
| Percent employed |
52.8 |
(X) |
|
Lithuanian |
246 |
0.0 |
| No disability |
259,015 |
75.9 |
|
Norwegian |
2,697 |
0.4 |
| Percent employed |
71.7 |
(X) |
|
Polish |
3,704 |
0.6 |
| Population 65 years and over |
77,193 |
100.0 |
|
Portuguese |
311 |
0.1 |
| With a disability |
37,303 |
48.3 |
|
Russian |
864 |
0.1 |
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Scotch-Irish |
13,309 |
2.2 |
| |
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Scottish |
9,531 |
1.5 |
| RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
348 |
0.1 |
| Population 5 years and over |
573,588 |
100.0 |
|
Subsaharan African |
5,043 |
0.8 |
| Same house in 1995 |
335,307 |
58.5 |
|
Swedish |
2,721 |
0.4 |
| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
231,493 |
40.4 |
|
Swiss |
698 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
153,011 |
26.7 |
|
Ukrainian |
250 |
0.0 |
| Different county |
78,482 |
13.7 |
|
United States or American |
87,491 |
14.2 |
| Same state |
29,507 |
5.1 |
|
Welsh |
2,234 |
0.4 |
| Different state |
48,975 |
8.5 |
|
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
609 |
0.1 |
| Elsewhere in 1995 |
6,788 |
1.2 |
|
Other ancestries |
204,634 |
33.2 |
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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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