Subject

Number

Percent

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Population 3 years and over

Total poplulation

478,868

100.0

enrolled in school

113,731

100.0

Native

388,212

81.1

Nursery school, preschool

6,769

6.0

Born in United States

381,398

79.6

Kindergarten

7,492

6.6

State of residence

94,197

19.7

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

55,678

49.0

Different state

287,201

60.0

High school (grades 9-12)

23,690

20.8

Born outside United States

6,814

1.4

College or graduate school

20,102

17.7

Foreign born

90,656

18.9

Entered 1990 to March 2000

42,302

8.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Naturalized citizen

30,945

6.5

Population 25 years and over

313,205

100.0

Not a citizen

59,711

12.5

Less than 9th grade

24,282

7.8

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

43,119

13.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

90,478

28.9

Total (excluding born at sea)

90,656

100.0

Some college, no degree

80,596

25.7

Europe

9,070

10.0

Associate degree

17,741

5.7

Asia

17,062

18.8

Bachelor's degree

36,660

11.7

Africa

916

1.0

Graduate or professional degree

20,329

6.5

Oceania

331

0.4

Latin America

60,336

66.6

Percent high school graduate or higher

78.5

(X)

Northern America

2,941

3.2

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

18.2

(X)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

MARITAL STATUS

Population 5 years and over

442,290

100.0

Population 15 years and over

372,080

100.0

English only

323,798

73.2

Never married

95,491

25.7

Language other than English

118,492

26.8

Now married, except separated

193,886

52.1

Speak English less than '"very well"'

60,295

13.6

Separated

9,947

2.7

Spanish

87,612

19.8

Widowed

20,928

5.6

Speak English less than '"very well"'

49,988

11.3

Female

16,144

4.3

Other Indo-European languages

12,234

2.8

Divorced

51,828

13.9

Speak English less than '"very well"'

3,093

0.7

Female

28,143

7.6

Asian and Pacific Island languages

16,479

3.7

Speak English less than '"very well"'

6,560

1.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household

ANCESTRY (single and multiple)

with one or more own grandchildren

Total population

478,868

100.0

under 18 years

12,303

100.0

Total ancestries reported

502,161

104.9

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

4,812

39.1

Arab

1,844

0.4

Czech¹

2,207

0.5

VETERAN STATUS

Danish

3,763

0.8

Civilian population 18 years and over

354,538

100.0

Dutch

6,663

1.4

Civilian veterans

54,533

15.4

English

40,378

8.4

French (except Basque)¹

13,261

2.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN

French Canadian¹

3,187

0.7

NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

German

58,288

12.2

Population 5 to 20 years

103,588

100.0

Greek

2,380

0.5

With a disability

8,921

8.6

Hungarian

2,985

0.6

Population 21 to 64 years

278,638

100.0

Irish¹

46,735

9.8

With a disability

66,447

23.8

Italian

32,124

6.7

Percent employed

60.3

(X)

Lithuanian

743

0.2

No disability

212,191

76.2

Norwegian

7,125

1.5

Percent employed

72.7

(X)

Polish

12,188

2.5

Population 65 years and over

53,663

100.0

Portuguese

1,411

0.3

With a disability

21,196

39.5

Russian

6,593

1.4

Scotch-Irish

5,616

1.2

Scottish

7,916

1.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Slovak

771

0.2

Population 5 years and over

442,290

100.0

Subsaharan African

3,034

0.6

Same house in 1995

157,176

35.5

Swedish

6,808

1.4

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

262,795

59.4

Swiss

1,237

0.3

Same county

143,609

32.5

Ukrainian

1,210

0.3

Different county

119,186

26.9

United States or American

21,393

4.5

Same state

4,038

0.9

Welsh

2,832

0.6

Different state

115,148

26.0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

1,058

0.2

Elsewhere in 1995

22,319

5.0

Other ancestries

208,411

43.5

Date: January 11, 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.