| 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 |
4,919,479 |
100.0 |
| enrolled in school |
1,362,507 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
4,659,016 |
94.7 |
| Nursery school, preschool |
90,516 |
6.6 |
|
Born in United States |
4,632,962 |
94.2 |
| Kindergarten |
71,974 |
5.3 |
|
State of residence |
3,451,522 |
70.2 |
| Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
595,721 |
43.7 |
|
Different state |
1,181,440 |
24.0 |
| High school (grades 9-12) |
308,038 |
22.6 |
|
Born outside United States |
26,054 |
0.5 |
| College or graduate school |
296,258 |
21.7 |
|
Foreign born |
260,463 |
5.3 |
| |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
141,968 |
2.9 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
97,308 |
2.0 |
| Population 25 years and over |
3,164,345 |
100.0 |
|
Not a citizen |
163,155 |
3.3 |
| Less than 9th grade |
158,858 |
5.0 |
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| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
222,487 |
7.0 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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|
| High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
912,672 |
28.8 |
|
Total (excluding born at sea) |
260,454 |
100.0 |
| Some college, no degree |
759,153 |
24.0 |
|
Europe |
43,652 |
16.8 |
| Associate degree |
243,093 |
7.7 |
|
Asia |
105,153 |
40.4 |
| Bachelor's degree |
605,210 |
19.1 |
|
Africa |
34,469 |
13.2 |
| Graduate or professional degree |
262,872 |
8.3 |
|
Oceania |
1,375 |
0.5 |
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Latin America |
62,556 |
24.0 |
| Percent high school graduate or higher |
87.9 |
(X) |
|
Northern America |
13,249 |
5.1 |
| Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
27.4 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
4,591,491 |
100.0 |
| Population 15 years and over |
3,857,755 |
100.0 |
|
English only |
4,201,503 |
91.5 |
| Never married |
1,083,369 |
28.1 |
|
Language other than English |
389,988 |
8.5 |
| Now married, except separated |
2,172,676 |
56.3 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
167,511 |
3.6 |
| Separated |
40,287 |
1.0 |
|
Spanish |
132,066 |
2.9 |
| Widowed |
224,775 |
5.8 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
61,817 |
1.3 |
| Female |
184,628 |
4.8 |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
110,644 |
2.4 |
| Divorced |
336,648 |
8.7 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
30,433 |
0.7 |
| Female |
185,992 |
4.8 |
|
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
103,520 |
2.3 |
| |
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Speak English less than '"very well"' |
57,969 |
1.3 |
| 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 |
4,919,479 |
100.0 |
| under 18 years |
45,217 |
100.0 |
|
Total ancestries reported |
6,181,742 |
125.7 |
| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
17,682 |
39.1 |
|
Arab |
13,923 |
0.3 |
| |
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Czech¹ |
101,702 |
2.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS |
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Danish |
88,924 |
1.8 |
| Civilian population 18 years and over |
3,630,355 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
99,944 |
2.0 |
| Civilian veterans |
464,968 |
12.8 |
|
English |
309,802 |
6.3 |
| |
|
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|
French (except Basque)¹ |
202,946 |
4.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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|
French Canadian¹ |
59,719 |
1.2 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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|
German |
1,806,650 |
36.7 |
| Population 5 to 20 years |
1,168,374 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
10,619 |
0.2 |
| With a disability |
82,719 |
7.1 |
|
Hungarian |
12,279 |
0.2 |
| Population 21 to 64 years |
2,803,699 |
100.0 |
|
Irish¹ |
552,952 |
11.2 |
| With a disability |
392,313 |
14.0 |
|
Italian |
111,270 |
2.3 |
| Percent employed |
65.0 |
(X) |
|
Lithuanian |
5,633 |
0.1 |
| No disability |
2,411,386 |
86.0 |
|
Norwegian |
850,742 |
17.3 |
| Percent employed |
84.3 |
(X) |
|
Polish |
240,405 |
4.9 |
| Population 65 years and over |
554,138 |
100.0 |
|
Portuguese |
2,487 |
0.1 |
| With a disability |
204,204 |
36.9 |
|
Russian |
35,513 |
0.7 |
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Scotch-Irish |
46,370 |
0.9 |
| |
|
|
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Scottish |
62,152 |
1.3 |
| RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
7,786 |
0.2 |
| Population 5 years and over |
4,591,491 |
100.0 |
|
Subsaharan African |
43,628 |
0.9 |
| Same house in 1995 |
2,617,599 |
57.0 |
|
Swedish |
486,507 |
9.9 |
| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
1,889,387 |
41.1 |
|
Swiss |
23,140 |
0.5 |
| Same county |
933,981 |
20.3 |
|
Ukrainian |
14,356 |
0.3 |
| Different county |
955,406 |
20.8 |
|
United States or American |
142,500 |
2.9 |
| Same state |
600,156 |
13.1 |
|
Welsh |
21,677 |
0.4 |
| Different state |
355,250 |
7.7 |
|
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
3,991 |
0.1 |
| Elsewhere in 1995 |
84,505 |
1.8 |
|
Other ancestries |
824,125 |
16.8 |
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| Date: March 3, 2003 |
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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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