| SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
|
|
|
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
|
|
| Population 3
years and over |
|
|
|
Total
poplulation |
4,354,044 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
1,227,385 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
4,228,702 |
97.1 |
| Nursery school, preschool |
85,583 |
7.0 |
|
Born in United
States |
4,202,826 |
96.5 |
| Kindergarten |
67,295 |
5.5 |
|
State of
residence |
3,315,240 |
76.1 |
| Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
553,669 |
45.1 |
|
Different
state |
887,586 |
20.4 |
| High school (grades 9-12) |
269,294 |
21.9 |
|
Born outside United
States |
25,876 |
0.6 |
| College or graduate school |
251,544 |
20.5 |
|
Foreign born |
125,342 |
2.9 |
| |
|
|
|
Entered 1990
to March 2000 |
48,317 |
1.1 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
|
|
|
Naturalized citizen |
59,943 |
1.4 |
| Population 25 years and
over |
2,717,967 |
100.0 |
|
Not a citizen |
65,399 |
1.5 |
| Less than 9th grade |
227,067 |
8.4 |
|
|
|
|
| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
417,859 |
15.4 |
|
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
|
|
| High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
856,057 |
31.5 |
|
Total (excluding born at
sea) |
125,337 |
100.0 |
| Some college, no degree |
573,214 |
21.1 |
|
Europe |
20,659 |
16.5 |
| Associate degree |
115,919 |
4.3 |
|
Asia |
48,106 |
38.4 |
| Bachelor's degree |
344,551 |
12.7 |
|
Africa |
4,110 |
3.3 |
| Graduate or professional degree |
183,300 |
6.7 |
|
Oceania |
644 |
0.5 |
| |
|
|
|
Latin America |
47,776 |
38.1 |
| Percent high school graduate or higher |
76.3 |
(X) |
|
Northern America |
4,042 |
3.2 |
| Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
19.4 |
(X) |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
|
|
| MARITAL STATUS |
|
|
|
Population
5 years and over |
4,047,886 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
3,380,046 |
100.0 |
|
English only |
3,690,427 |
91.2 |
| Never married |
952,688 |
28.2 |
|
Language other than English |
357,459 |
8.8 |
| Now married, except separated |
1,747,484 |
51.7 |
|
Speak English
less than '"very well"' |
113,233 |
2.8 |
| Separated |
82,322 |
2.4 |
|
Spanish |
107,478 |
2.7 |
| Widowed |
239,289 |
7.1 |
|
Speak English
less than '"very well"' |
39,523 |
1.0 |
| Female |
195,228 |
5.8 |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
193,523 |
4.8 |
| Divorced |
358,263 |
10.6 |
|
Speak English
less than '"very well"' |
46,161 |
1.1 |
| Female |
204,046 |
6.0 |
|
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
47,423 |
1.2 |
| |
|
|
|
Speak English
less than '"very well"' |
24,942 |
0.6 |
| GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Grandparent
living in household |
|
|
|
ANCESTRY (single and multiple) |
|
|
| with
one or more own grandchildren |
|
|
|
Total
population |
4,354,044 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
117,920 |
100.0 |
|
Total ancestries reported |
4,062,031 |
93.3 |
| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
63,386 |
53.8 |
|
Arab |
13,767 |
0.3 |
| |
|
|
|
Czech¹ |
6,289 |
0.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS |
|
|
|
Danish |
5,610 |
0.1 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
3,155,972 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
25,338 |
0.6 |
| Civilian veterans |
398,566 |
12.6 |
|
English |
251,071 |
5.8 |
| |
|
|
|
French (except Basque)¹ |
518,431 |
11.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
|
|
|
French Canadian¹ |
162,111 |
3.7 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
|
|
|
German |
339,040 |
7.8 |
| Population 5
to 20 years |
1,071,808 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
7,209 |
0.2 |
| With a disability |
101,410 |
9.5 |
|
Hungarian |
5,532 |
0.1 |
| Population 21
to 64 years |
2,423,007 |
100.0 |
|
Irish¹ |
319,055 |
7.3 |
| With a disability |
540,583 |
22.3 |
|
Italian |
203,187 |
4.7 |
| Percent employed |
52.3 |
(X) |
|
Lithuanian |
1,746 |
0.0 |
| No disability |
1,882,424 |
77.7 |
|
Norwegian |
14,330 |
0.3 |
| Percent employed |
73.2 |
(X) |
|
Polish |
22,322 |
0.5 |
| Population 65
years and over |
468,689 |
100.0 |
|
Portuguese |
2,848 |
0.1 |
| With a disability |
226,086 |
48.2 |
|
Russian |
7,503 |
0.2 |
| |
|
|
|
Scotch-Irish |
61,029 |
1.4 |
| |
|
|
|
Scottish |
44,829 |
1.0 |
| RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
|
|
|
Slovak |
1,403 |
0.0 |
| Population 5 years and
over |
4,047,886 |
100.0 |
|
Subsaharan African |
32,469 |
0.7 |
| Same house in 1995 |
2,361,578 |
58.3 |
|
Swedish |
13,898 |
0.3 |
| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
1,640,820 |
40.5 |
|
Swiss |
3,623 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
994,038 |
24.6 |
|
Ukrainian |
2,059 |
0.0 |
| Different county |
646,782 |
16.0 |
|
United States or American |
449,638 |
10.3 |
| Same state |
358,156 |
8.8 |
|
Welsh |
11,724 |
0.3 |
| Different state |
288,626 |
7.1 |
|
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
6,132 |
0.1 |
| Elsewhere in 1995 |
45,488 |
1.1 |
|
Other ancestries |
1,529,838 |
35.1 |
| |
| Date: September 7, 2005 |
| |
| -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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