| 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 |
458,336 |
100.0 |
| enrolled in school |
132,420 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
432,407 |
94.3 |
| Nursery school, preschool |
7,782 |
5.9 |
|
Born in United States |
428,050 |
93.4 |
| Kindergarten |
6,678 |
5.0 |
|
State of residence |
359,993 |
78.5 |
| Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
56,401 |
42.6 |
|
Different state |
68,057 |
14.8 |
| High school (grades 9-12) |
26,371 |
19.9 |
|
Born outside United States |
4,357 |
1.0 |
| College or graduate school |
35,188 |
26.6 |
|
Foreign born |
25,929 |
5.7 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
11,230 |
2.5 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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|
Naturalized citizen |
13,498 |
2.9 |
| Population 25 years and over |
296,914 |
100.0 |
|
Not a citizen |
12,431 |
2.7 |
| Less than 9th grade |
11,430 |
3.8 |
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| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
31,128 |
10.5 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
86,409 |
29.1 |
|
Total (excluding born at sea) |
25,929 |
100.0 |
| Some college, no degree |
53,488 |
18.0 |
|
Europe |
10,622 |
41.0 |
| Associate degree |
29,858 |
10.1 |
|
Asia |
9,753 |
37.6 |
| Bachelor's degree |
49,125 |
16.5 |
|
Africa |
883 |
3.4 |
| Graduate or professional degree |
35,476 |
11.9 |
|
Oceania |
93 |
0.4 |
| |
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|
Latin America |
2,635 |
10.2 |
| Percent high school graduate or higher |
85.7 |
(X) |
|
Northern America |
1,943 |
7.5 |
| Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
28.5 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL STATUS |
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|
Population 5 years and over |
428,522 |
100.0 |
| Population 15 years and over |
359,812 |
100.0 |
|
English only |
390,561 |
91.1 |
| Never married |
109,467 |
30.4 |
|
Language other than English |
37,961 |
8.7 |
| Now married, except separated |
183,273 |
50.9 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
14,620 |
3.4 |
| Separated |
9,686 |
2.7 |
|
Spanish |
10,398 |
2.4 |
| Widowed |
26,419 |
7.3 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
3,874 |
0.9 |
| Female |
21,581 |
6.0 |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
18,480 |
4.3 |
| Divorced |
30,967 |
8.6 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
6,115 |
1.4 |
| Female |
18,433 |
5.1 |
|
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
6,634 |
1.5 |
| |
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Speak English less than '"very well"' |
3,994 |
0.9 |
| 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 |
458,336 |
100.0 |
| under 18 years |
6,702 |
100.0 |
|
Total ancestries reported |
551,431 |
120.3 |
| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
2,829 |
42.2 |
|
Arab |
3,544 |
0.8 |
| |
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|
Czech¹ |
1,716 |
0.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS |
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|
Danish |
955 |
0.2 |
| Civilian population 18 years and over |
339,887 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
10,257 |
2.2 |
| Civilian veterans |
42,403 |
12.5 |
|
English |
59,647 |
13.0 |
| |
|
|
|
French (except Basque)¹ |
24,464 |
5.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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|
|
French Canadian¹ |
9,934 |
2.2 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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|
German |
82,470 |
18.0 |
| Population 5 to 20 years |
108,407 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
2,366 |
0.5 |
| With a disability |
9,481 |
8.7 |
|
Hungarian |
2,162 |
0.5 |
| Population 21 to 64 years |
255,101 |
100.0 |
|
Irish¹ |
96,046 |
21.0 |
| With a disability |
43,079 |
16.9 |
|
Italian |
80,310 |
17.5 |
| Percent employed |
55.9 |
(X) |
|
Lithuanian |
1,109 |
0.2 |
| No disability |
212,022 |
83.1 |
|
Norwegian |
1,739 |
0.4 |
| Percent employed |
79.7 |
(X) |
|
Polish |
33,297 |
7.3 |
| Population 65 years and over |
60,472 |
100.0 |
|
Portuguese |
725 |
0.2 |
| With a disability |
22,169 |
36.7 |
|
Russian |
4,942 |
1.1 |
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Scotch-Irish |
6,247 |
1.4 |
| |
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Scottish |
8,968 |
2.0 |
| RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
1,304 |
0.3 |
| Population 5 years and over |
428,522 |
100.0 |
|
Subsaharan African |
2,637 |
0.6 |
| Same house in 1995 |
247,327 |
57.7 |
|
Swedish |
3,617 |
0.8 |
| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
173,398 |
40.5 |
|
Swiss |
1,632 |
0.4 |
| Same county |
120,134 |
28.0 |
|
Ukrainian |
6,230 |
1.4 |
| Different county |
53,264 |
12.4 |
|
United States or American |
15,359 |
3.4 |
| Same state |
29,967 |
7.0 |
|
Welsh |
4,243 |
0.9 |
| Different state |
23,297 |
5.4 |
|
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
1,462 |
0.3 |
| Elsewhere in 1995 |
7,797 |
1.8 |
|
Other ancestries |
84,049 |
18.3 |
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| Date: May 22, 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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