| 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 |
2,058,907 |
100.0 |
| enrolled in school |
569,541 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
2,028,156 |
98.5 |
| Nursery school, preschool |
39,566 |
6.9 |
|
Born in United States |
2,016,763 |
98.0 |
| Kindergarten |
33,593 |
5.9 |
|
State of residence |
1,541,296 |
74.9 |
| Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
259,993 |
45.6 |
|
Different state |
475,467 |
23.1 |
| High school (grades 9-12) |
123,489 |
21.7 |
|
Born outside United States |
11,393 |
0.6 |
| College or graduate school |
112,900 |
19.8 |
|
Foreign born |
30,751 |
1.5 |
| |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
14,656 |
0.7 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
13,264 |
0.6 |
| Population 25 years and over |
1,278,236 |
100.0 |
|
Not a citizen |
17,487 |
0.8 |
| Less than 9th grade |
107,449 |
8.4 |
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| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
212,029 |
16.6 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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|
| High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
371,323 |
29.0 |
|
Total (excluding born at sea) |
30,751 |
100.0 |
| Some college, no degree |
277,742 |
21.7 |
|
Europe |
6,336 |
20.6 |
| Associate degree |
77,339 |
6.1 |
|
Asia |
12,152 |
39.5 |
| Bachelor's degree |
151,183 |
11.8 |
|
Africa |
916 |
3.0 |
| Graduate or professional degree |
81,171 |
6.4 |
|
Oceania |
224 |
0.7 |
| |
|
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Latin America |
9,696 |
31.5 |
| Percent high school graduate or higher |
75.0 |
(X) |
|
Northern America |
1,427 |
4.6 |
| Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
18.2 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
1,912,789 |
100.0 |
| Population 15 years and over |
1,598,796 |
100.0 |
|
English only |
1,839,496 |
96.2 |
| Never married |
434,412 |
27.2 |
|
Language other than English |
73,293 |
3.8 |
| Now married, except separated |
831,458 |
52.0 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
27,368 |
1.4 |
| Separated |
43,129 |
2.7 |
|
Spanish |
36,782 |
1.9 |
| Widowed |
123,724 |
7.7 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
14,639 |
0.8 |
| Female |
102,658 |
6.4 |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
18,172 |
1.0 |
| Divorced |
166,073 |
10.4 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
4,418 |
0.2 |
| Female |
93,026 |
5.8 |
|
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
11,520 |
0.6 |
| |
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Speak English less than '"very well"' |
5,506 |
0.3 |
| 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 |
2,058,907 |
100.0 |
| under 18 years |
57,506 |
100.0 |
|
Total ancestries reported |
1,678,647 |
81.5 |
| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
32,944 |
57.3 |
|
Arab |
3,262 |
0.2 |
| |
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|
Czech¹ |
1,899 |
0.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS |
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|
Danish |
2,192 |
0.1 |
| Civilian population 18 years and over |
1,487,936 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
12,758 |
0.6 |
| Civilian veterans |
190,664 |
12.8 |
|
English |
132,898 |
6.5 |
| |
|
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|
French (except Basque)¹ |
58,232 |
2.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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|
|
French Canadian¹ |
8,972 |
0.4 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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|
German |
102,114 |
5.0 |
| Population 5 to 20 years |
505,955 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
2,151 |
0.1 |
| With a disability |
43,836 |
8.7 |
|
Hungarian |
1,487 |
0.1 |
| Population 21 to 64 years |
1,123,043 |
100.0 |
|
Irish¹ |
145,040 |
7.0 |
| With a disability |
272,449 |
24.3 |
|
Italian |
31,049 |
1.5 |
| Percent employed |
50.0 |
(X) |
|
Lithuanian |
444 |
0.0 |
| No disability |
850,594 |
75.7 |
|
Norwegian |
5,679 |
0.3 |
| Percent employed |
74.7 |
(X) |
|
Polish |
8,137 |
0.4 |
| Population 65 years and over |
235,166 |
100.0 |
|
Portuguese |
856 |
0.0 |
| With a disability |
120,449 |
51.2 |
|
Russian |
1,992 |
0.1 |
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Scotch-Irish |
43,584 |
2.1 |
| |
|
|
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Scottish |
27,909 |
1.4 |
| RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
449 |
0.0 |
| Population 5 years and over |
1,912,789 |
100.0 |
|
Subsaharan African |
14,624 |
0.7 |
| Same house in 1995 |
1,105,742 |
57.8 |
|
Swedish |
5,480 |
0.3 |
| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
788,349 |
41.2 |
|
Swiss |
1,251 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
438,678 |
22.9 |
|
Ukrainian |
638 |
0.0 |
| Different county |
349,671 |
18.3 |
|
United States or American |
290,720 |
14.1 |
| Same state |
186,203 |
9.7 |
|
Welsh |
5,737 |
0.3 |
| Different state |
163,468 |
8.5 |
|
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
1,499 |
0.1 |
| Elsewhere in 1995 |
18,698 |
1.0 |
|
Other ancestries |
767,594 |
37.3 |
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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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