Updated June 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Table of contents
|
Number |
Percent |
|
| SCHOOL ENROLLMENT | ||
|---|---|---|
| Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 185,760 | 100.0 |
| Nursery school, preschool | 10,804 | 5.8 |
| Kindergarten | 10,078 | 5.4 |
| Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 91,027 | 49.0 |
| High school (grades 9-12) | 41,548 | 22.4 |
| College or graduate school | 32,303 | 17.4 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | ||
| Population 25 years and over | 379,556 | 100.0 |
| Less than 9th grade | 15,663 | 4.1 |
| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 28,619 | 7.5 |
| High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 105,812 | 27.9 |
| Some college, no degree | 108,442 | 28.6 |
| Associate degree | 27,213 | 7.2 |
| Bachelor's degree | 61,196 | 16.1 |
| Graduate or professional degree | 32,611 | 8.6 |
| Percent high school graduate or higher | 88.3 | (X) |
| Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 24.7 | (X) |
| MARITAL STATUS | ||
| Population 15 years and over | 468,861 | 100.0 |
| Never married | 133,271 | 28.4 |
| Now married, except separated | 255,682 | 54.5 |
| Separated | 9,268 | 2.0 |
| Widowed | 15,990 | 3.4 |
|
Female
|
12,568 | 2.7 |
| Divorced | 54,650 | 11.7 |
|
Female
|
28,306 | 6.0 |
| GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS | ||
| Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years | 10,423 | 100.0 |
| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren | 5,419 | 52.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||
| Civilian population 18 years and over | 419,320 | 100.0 |
| Civilian veterans | 71,552 | 17.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION | ||
| Population 5 to 20 years | 165,698 | 100.0 |
| With a disability | 11,406 | 6.9 |
| Population 21 to 64 years | 357,706 | 100.0 |
| With a disability | 55,965 | 15.6 |
|
Percent employed
|
55.3 | (X) |
| No disability | 301,741 | 84.4 |
|
Percent employed
|
75.7 | (X) |
| Population 65 years and over | 34,301 | 100.0 |
| With a disability | 15,849 | 46.2 |
| RESIDENCE IN 1995 | ||
| Population 5 years and over | 579,740 | 100.0 |
| Same house in 1995 | 267,958 | 46.2 |
| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 | 299,218 | 51.6 |
|
Same county
|
160,335 | 27.7 |
|
Different county
|
138,883 | 24.0 |
|
Same state
|
43,321 | 7.5 |
|
Different state
|
95,562 | 16.5 |
| Elsewhere in 1995 | 12,564 | 2.2 |
| NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH | ||
| Total population | 626,932 | 100.0 |
| Native | 589,762 | 94.1 |
|
Born in United States
|
579,549 | 92.4 |
|
State of residence
|
238,613 | 38.1 |
|
Different state
|
340,936 | 54.4 |
|
Born outside United States
|
10,213 | 1.6 |
| Foreign born | 37,170 | 5.9 |
|
Entered 1990 to March 2000
|
14,753 | 2.4 |
|
Naturalized citizen
|
20,011 | 3.2 |
|
Not a citizen
|
17,159 | 2.7 |
| REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN | ||
| Total (excluding born at sea) | 37,170 | 100.0 |
| Europe | 7,425 | 20.0 |
| Asia | 18,826 | 50.6 |
| Africa | 369 | 1.0 |
| Oceania | 997 | 2.7 |
| Latin America | 6,658 | 17.9 |
| Northern America | 2,895 | 7.8 |
| LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME | ||
| Population 5 years and over | 579,740 | 100.0 |
| English only | 496,982 | 85.7 |
| Language other than English | 82,758 | 14.3 |
|
Speak English less than 'very well
|
30,842 | 5.3 |
|
Spanish
|
16,674 | 2.9 |
|
Speak English less than "very well"
|
5,801 | 1.0 |
|
Other Indo-European languages
|
12,851 | 2.2 |
|
Speak English less than "very well"
|
3,667 | 0.6 |
|
Asian and Pacific Island languages
|
22,186 | 3.8 |
|
Speak English less than "very well"
|
11,659 | 2.0 |
| ANCESTRY (single or multiple) | ||
| Total population | 626,932 | 100.0 |
|
Total ancestries reported |
683,232 | 109.0 |
| Arab | 836 | 0.1 |
| Czech1 | 3,701 | 0.6 |
| Danish | 5,743 | 0.9 |
| Dutch | 11,866 | 1.9 |
| English | 60,360 | 9.6 |
| French (except Basque)1 | 20,221 | 3.2 |
| French Canadian1 | 6,684 | 1.1 |
| German | 104,147 | 16.6 |
| Greek | 1,576 | 0.3 |
| Hungarian | 2,238 | 0.4 |
| Irish1 | 67,906 | 10.8 |
| Italian | 17,944 | 2.9 |
| Lithuanian | 962 | 0.2 |
| Norwegian | 26,439 | 4.2 |
| Polish | 13,268 | 2.1 |
| Portuguese | 2,128 | 0.3 |
| Russian | 7,517 | 1.2 |
| Scotch-Irish | 11,811 | 1.9 |
| Scottish | 15,763 | 2.5 |
| Slovak | 827 | 0.1 |
| Subsaharan African | 1,742 | 0.3 |
| Swedish | 16,685 | 2.7 |
| Swiss | 2,534 | 0.4 |
| Ukrainian | 1,580 | 0.3 |
| United States or American | 35,646 | 5.7 |
| Welsh | 5,382 | 0.9 |
| West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) | 1,217 | 0.2 |
| Other ancestries | 236,509 | 37.7 |
| (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. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19 |
