URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

Total population

16,986,510

Urban population

13,637,248

Rural population

3,349,262

Farm population

192,392

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

4,805,895

Preprimary school

302,396

Elementary or high school

3,304,452

Percent in private school

5.5

College

1,199,047

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Persons 25 years and over

10,310,605

Less than 9th grade

1,387,528

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

1,485,031

High school graduate

2,640,162

Some college, no degree

2,171,439

Associate degree

531,540

Bachelor's degree

1,428,031

Graduate or professional degree

666,874

Percent high school graduate or higher

72.1

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

20.3

RESIDENCE IN 1985

Persons 5 years and over

15,605,822

Lived in same house

7,673,795

Lived in different house in U.S.

7,563,936

Same state

6,399,830

Same county

4,420,598

Different county

1,979,232

Different state

1,164,106

Lived abroad

368,091

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

Persons 16 to 64 years

10,695,826

With a mobility or self-care limitation

482,531

With a mobility limitation

227,495

With a self-care limitation

363,796

With a work disability

812,848

In labor force

328,471

Prevented from working

407,819

Persons 65 years and over

1,615,616

With a mobility or self-care limitation

348,614

With a mobility limitation

276,742

With a self-care limitation

211,575

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

Women 15 to 24 years

373

Women 25 to 34 years

1,472

Women 35 to 44 years

2,120

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

1,726,617

65 years and over

405,860

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

16,986,510

Native population

15,462,074

Percent born in state of residence

71.1

Foreign-born population

1,524,436

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

717,697

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Persons 5 years and over

15,605,822

Speak a language other than English

3,970,304

Do not speak English "very well"

1,765,723

Speak Spanish

3,443,106

Do not speak English "very well"

1,575,652

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

207,033

Do not speak English "very well"

107,471

ANCESTRY

Total ancestries reported

19,129,354

Arab

44,787

Austrian

23,482

Belgian

10,807

Canadian

17,365

Czech

191,754

Danish

47,655

Dutch

324,375

English

2,024,001

Finnish

12,634

French (except Basque)

573,848

French Canadian

166,259

German

2,951,726

Greek

31,048

Hungarian

31,884

Irish

2,371,216

Italian

313,746

Lithuanian

14,034

Norwegian

94,096

Polish

237,557

Portuguese

13,304

Romanian

7,564

Russian

55,580

Scotch-Irish

495,886

Scottish

306,854

Slovak

48,463

Subsaharan African

35,420

Swedish

155,193

Swiss

32,304

Ukrainian

13,094

United States or American

940,656

Welsh

95,447

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

35,709

Yugoslavian

8,392

Other ancestries

7,403,214