2000 Census

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

1,463,038

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

85,045

5.8

Kindergarten

81,072

5.5

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

639,162

43.7

High school (grades 9-12)

329,222

22.5

College or graduate school

328,537

22.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

3,475,878

100.0

Less than 9th grade

186,125

5.4

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

332,292

9.6

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

1,201,813

34.6

Some college, no degree

715,664

20.6

Associate degree

260,711

7.5

Bachelor's degree

530,268

15.3

Graduate or professional degree

249,005

7.2

Percent high school graduate or higher

85.1

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

22.4

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

4,239,561

100.0

Never married

1,153,197

27.2

Now married, except separated

2,383,565

56.2

Separated

49,955

1.2

Widowed

269,611

6.4

Female

220,044

5.2

Divorced

383,233

9.0

Female

209,478

4.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years

55,983

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

23,687

42.3

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

3,993,440

100.0

Civilian veterans

514,213

12.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

1,258,268

100.0

With a disability

98,981

7.9

Population 21 to 64 years

3,018,794

100.0

With a disability

449,699

14.9

Percent employed

61.7

(X)

No disability

2,569,095

85.1

Percent employed

83.1

(X)

Population 65 years and over

662,813

100.0

With a disability

242,237

36.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

5,022,073

100.0

Same house in 1995

2,836,232

56.5

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

2,121,312

42.2

Same county

1,233,211

24.6

Different county

888,101

17.7

Same state

549,993

11.0

Different state

338,108

6.7

Elsewhere in 1995

64,529

1.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

5,363,675

100.0

Native

5,169,924

96.4

Born in United States

5,137,296

95.8

State of residence

3,939,488

73.4

Different state

1,197,808

22.3

Born outside United States

32,628

0.6

Foreign born

193,751

3.6

Entered 1990 to March 2000

90,728

1.7

Naturalized citizen

76,223

1.4

Not a citizen

117,528

2.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

193,744

100.0

Europe

52,213

26.9

Asia

62,762

32.4

Africa

4,812

2.5

Oceania

1,046

0.5

Latin America

65,683

33.9

Northern America

7,228

3.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

5,022,073

100.0

English only

4,653,361

92.7

Language other than English

368,712

7.3

Speak English less than "very well"

148,910

3.0

Spanish

168,778

3.4

Speak English less than "very well"

76,697

1.5

Other Indo-European languages

124,719

2.5

Speak English less than "very well"

36,736

0.7

Asian and Pacific Island languages

61,447

1.2

Speak English less than "very well"

31,942

0.6

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

5,363,675

100.0

Total ancestries reported

6,477,169

120.8

Arab

8,935

0.2

Czech¹

110,801

2.1

Danish

72,160

1.3

Dutch

149,777

2.8

English

347,854

6.5

French (except Basque)¹

206,139

3.8

French Canadian¹

64,302

1.2

German

2,289,585

42.7

Greek

15,449

0.3

Hungarian

23,945

0.4

Irish¹

583,062

10.9

Italian

172,567

3.2

Lithuanian

13,379

0.2

Norwegian

454,831

8.5

Polish

497,726

9.3

Portuguese

2,250

0.0

Russian

32,823

0.6

Scotch-Irish

39,368

0.7

Scottish

55,679

1.0

Slovak

14,513

0.3

Subsaharan African

13,640

0.3

Swedish

149,977

2.8

Swiss

59,090

1.1

Ukrainian

8,032

0.1

United States or American

189,283

3.5

Welsh

28,184

0.5

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

3,147

0.1

Other ancestries

870,671

16.2