Subject
Number
Percent
Subject
Number
Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Population 3 years and over
Total poplulation
362,563
100.0
enrolled in school
90,866
100.0
Native
146,824
40.5
Nursery school, preschool
5,139
5.7
Born in United States
137,419
37.9
Kindergarten
4,942
5.4
State of residence
96,406
26.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
36,788
40.5
Different state
41,013
11.3
High school (grades 9-12)
23,293
25.6
Born outside United States
9,405
2.6
College or graduate school
20,704
22.8
Foreign born
215,739
59.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000
80,911
22.3
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Naturalized citizen
89,727
24.7
Population 25 years and over
252,504
100.0
Not a citizen
126,012
34.8
Less than 9th grade
61,818
24.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
57,617
22.8
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
High school graduate (includes equivalency)
49,988
19.8
Total (excluding born at sea)
215,739
100.0
Some college, no degree
31,514
12.5
Europe
4,506
2.1
Associate degree
10,563
4.2
Asia
2,260
1.0
Bachelor's degree
21,681
8.6
Africa
449
0.2
Graduate or professional degree
19,323
7.7
Oceania
41
0.0
Latin America
207,970
96.4
Percent high school graduate or higher
52.7
(X)
Northern America
513
0.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
16.2
(X)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
MARITAL STATUS
Population 5 years and over
341,205
100.0
Population 15 years and over
297,081
100.0
English only
86,669
25.4
Never married
95,733
32.2
Language other than English
254,536
74.6
Now married, except separated
124,896
42.0
Speak English less than '"very well"'
160,790
47.1
Separated
13,941
4.7
Spanish
227,293
66.6
Widowed
24,532
8.3
Speak English less than '"very well"'
148,743
43.6
Female
20,150
6.8
Other Indo-European languages
25,220
7.4
Divorced
37,979
12.8
Speak English less than '"very well"'
11,203
3.3
Female
21,181
7.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages
1,112
0.3
Speak English less than '"very well"'
598
0.2
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household
ANCESTRY (single and multiple)
with one or more own grandchildren
Total population
362,563
100.0
under 18 years
12,857
100.0
Total ancestries reported
331,453
91.4
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren
4,810
37.4
Arab
1,864
0.5
Czech¹
267
0.1
VETERAN STATUS
Danish
242
0.1
Civilian population 18 years and over
283,639
100.0
Dutch
573
0.2
Civilian veterans
11,822
4.2
English
3,893
1.1
French (except Basque)¹
2,810
0.8
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN
French Canadian¹
247
0.1
NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
German
4,411
1.2
Population 5 to 20 years
70,371
100.0
Greek
628
0.2
With a disability
6,754
9.6
Hungarian
457
0.1
Population 21 to 64 years
202,221
100.0
Irish¹
3,633
1.0
With a disability
61,270
30.3
Italian
5,169
1.4
Percent employed
48.5
(X)
Lithuanian
233
0.1
No disability
140,951
69.7
Norwegian
380
0.1
Percent employed
61.5
(X)
Polish
1,492
0.4
Population 65 years and over
60,279
100.0
Portuguese
488
0.1
With a disability
29,758
49.4
Russian
1,888
0.5
Scotch-Irish
663
0.2
Scottish
1,019
0.3
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Slovak
53
0.0
Population 5 years and over
341,205
100.0
Subsaharan African
2,816
0.8
Same house in 1995
168,149
49.3
Swedish
389
0.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995
134,797
39.5
Swiss
170
0.0
Same county
117,110
34.3
Ukrainian
202
0.1
Different county
17,687
5.2
United States or American
11,317
3.1
Same state
4,755
1.4
Welsh
333
0.1
Different state
12,932
3.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)
22,904
6.3
Elsewhere in 1995
38,259
11.2
Other ancestries
262,912
72.5
Date: January 6, 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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