| 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 |
4,468,976 |
100.0 |
| enrolled in school |
1,271,299 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
4,353,091 |
97.4 |
| Nursery school, preschool |
89,597 |
7.0 |
|
Born in United States |
4,327,681 |
96.8 |
| Kindergarten |
69,264 |
5.4 |
|
State of residence |
3,546,980 |
79.4 |
| Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
571,548 |
45.0 |
|
Different state |
780,701 |
17.5 |
| High school (grades 9-12) |
282,890 |
22.3 |
|
Born outside United States |
25,410 |
0.6 |
| College or graduate school |
258,000 |
20.3 |
|
Foreign born |
115,885 |
2.6 |
| |
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|
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
42,849 |
1.0 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
56,102 |
1.3 |
| Population 25 years and over |
2,775,468 |
100.0 |
|
Not a citizen |
59,783 |
1.3 |
| Less than 9th grade |
257,710 |
9.3 |
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| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
441,342 |
15.9 |
|
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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|
| High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
899,354 |
32.4 |
|
Total (excluding born at sea) |
115,880 |
100.0 |
| Some college, no degree |
561,486 |
20.2 |
|
Europe |
18,062 |
15.6 |
| Associate degree |
95,798 |
3.5 |
|
Asia |
43,464 |
37.5 |
| Bachelor's degree |
339,711 |
12.2 |
|
Africa |
4,016 |
3.5 |
| Graduate or professional degree |
180,067 |
6.5 |
|
Oceania |
577 |
0.5 |
| |
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Latin America |
46,561 |
40.2 |
| Percent high school graduate or higher |
74.8 |
(X) |
|
Northern America |
3,200 |
2.8 |
| Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
18.7 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
4,153,367 |
100.0 |
| Population 15 years and over |
3,466,380 |
100.0 |
|
English only |
3,771,003 |
90.8 |
| Never married |
992,616 |
28.6 |
|
Language other than English |
382,364 |
9.2 |
| Now married, except separated |
1,774,491 |
51.2 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
116,907 |
2.8 |
| Separated |
90,106 |
2.6 |
|
Spanish |
105,189 |
2.5 |
| Widowed |
255,120 |
7.4 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
38,609 |
0.9 |
| Female |
208,297 |
6.0 |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
225,750 |
5.4 |
| Divorced |
354,047 |
10.2 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
53,948 |
1.3 |
| Female |
202,501 |
5.8 |
|
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
41,963 |
1.0 |
| |
|
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|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
21,755 |
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 |
4,468,976 |
100.0 |
| under 18 years |
122,240 |
100.0 |
|
Total ancestries reported |
4,135,701 |
92.5 |
| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
67,058 |
54.9 |
|
Arab |
13,553 |
0.3 |
| |
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|
|
Czech¹ |
5,346 |
0.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS |
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|
Danish |
4,221 |
0.1 |
| Civilian population 18 years and over |
3,232,426 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
25,108 |
0.6 |
| Civilian veterans |
392,486 |
12.1 |
|
English |
232,816 |
5.2 |
| |
|
|
|
French (except Basque)¹ |
545,558 |
12.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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|
|
French Canadian¹ |
179,739 |
4.0 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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|
|
German |
315,346 |
7.1 |
| Population 5 to 20 years |
1,110,715 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
5,929 |
0.1 |
| With a disability |
103,727 |
9.3 |
|
Hungarian |
4,625 |
0.1 |
| Population 21 to 64 years |
2,445,674 |
100.0 |
|
Irish¹ |
315,417 |
7.1 |
| With a disability |
540,838 |
22.1 |
|
Italian |
195,561 |
4.4 |
| Percent employed |
51.4 |
(X) |
|
Lithuanian |
1,577 |
0.0 |
| No disability |
1,904,836 |
77.9 |
|
Norwegian |
11,520 |
0.3 |
| Percent employed |
72.7 |
(X) |
|
Polish |
19,200 |
0.4 |
| Population 65 years and over |
489,574 |
100.0 |
|
Portuguese |
2,550 |
0.1 |
| With a disability |
235,482 |
48.1 |
|
Russian |
6,858 |
0.2 |
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Scotch-Irish |
52,905 |
1.2 |
| |
|
|
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Scottish |
38,097 |
0.9 |
| RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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|
Slovak |
1,069 |
0.0 |
| Population 5 years and over |
4,153,367 |
100.0 |
|
Subsaharan African |
31,945 |
0.7 |
| Same house in 1995 |
2,452,282 |
59.0 |
|
Swedish |
11,476 |
0.3 |
| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
1,659,059 |
39.9 |
|
Swiss |
3,289 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
1,017,457 |
24.5 |
|
Ukrainian |
1,702 |
0.0 |
| Different county |
641,602 |
15.4 |
|
United States or American |
449,714 |
10.1 |
| Same state |
388,082 |
9.3 |
|
Welsh |
9,993 |
0.2 |
| Different state |
253,520 |
6.1 |
|
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
5,689 |
0.1 |
| Elsewhere in 1995 |
42,026 |
1.0 |
|
Other ancestries |
1,644,898 |
36.8 |
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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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