SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

3,014,460

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

204,086

6.8

Kindergarten

163,537

5.4

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

1,349,361

44.8

High school (grades 9-12)

645,083

21.4

College or graduate school

652,393

21.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

7,411,740

100.0

Less than 9th grade

331,801

4.5

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

930,284

12.6

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

2,674,551

36.1

Some college, no degree

1,471,964

19.9

Associate degree

439,608

5.9

Bachelor's degree

1,016,256

13.7

Graduate or professional degree

547,276

7.4

Percent high school graduate or higher

83.0

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

21.1

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

8,952,721

100.0

Never married

2,348,701

26.2

Now married, except separated

4,875,521

54.5

Separated

139,602

1.6

Widowed

637,192

7.1

Female

520,456

5.8

Divorced

951,705

10.6

Female

536,437

6.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

185,443

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

86,009

46.4

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

8,458,130

100.0

Civilian veterans

1,144,007

13.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

2,601,181

100.0

With a disability

205,844

7.9

Population 21 to 64 years

6,394,650

100.0

With a disability

1,120,611

17.5

Percent employed

56.0

(X)

No disability

5,274,039

82.5

Percent employed

79.4

(X)

Population 65 years and over

1,422,071

100.0

With a disability

583,034

41.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

10,599,968

100.0

Same house in 1995

6,095,656

57.5

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

4,383,727

41.4

Same county

2,792,785

26.3

Different county

1,590,942

15.0

Same state

1,002,292

9.5

Different state

588,650

5.6

Elsewhere in 1995

120,585

1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

11,353,140

100.0

Native

11,013,861

97.0

Born in United States

10,940,441

96.4

State of residence

8,485,725

74.7

Different state

2,454,716

21.6

Born outside United States

73,420

0.6

Foreign born

339,279

3.0

Entered 1990 to March 2000

143,035

1.3

Naturalized citizen

169,295

1.5

Not a citizen

169,984

1.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

339,267

100.0

Europe

131,683

38.8

Asia

120,213

35.4

Africa

22,034

6.5

Oceania

1,632

0.5

Latin America

47,124

13.9

Northern America

16,581

4.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

10,599,968

100.0

English only

9,951,475

93.9

Language other than English

648,493

6.1

Speak English less than 'very well

234,459

2.2

Spanish

213,147

2.0

Speak English less than "very well"

77,394

0.7

Other Indo-European languages

296,816

2.8

Speak English less than "very well"

99,316

0.9

Asian and Pacific Island languages

84,658

0.8

Speak English less than "very well"

40,574

0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

11,353,140

100.0

Total ancestries reported

11,699,513

103.1

Arab

54,650

0.5

Czech¹

86,892

0.8

Danish

18,103

0.2

Dutch

200,850

1.8

English

1,046,671

9.2

French (except Basque)¹

272,139

2.4

French Canadian¹

36,917

0.3

German

2,866,565

25.2

Greek

50,609

0.4

Hungarian

193,951

1.7

Irish¹

1,447,735

12.8

Italian

675,749

6.0

Lithuanian

23,970

0.2

Norwegian

41,537

0.4

Polish

433,016

3.8

Portuguese

6,002

0.1

Russian

73,863

0.7

Scotch-Irish

165,741

1.5

Scottish

197,437

1.7

Slovak

157,125

1.4

Subsaharan African

65,250

0.6

Swedish

72,369

0.6

Swiss

70,302

0.6

Ukrainian

47,228

0.4

United States or American

981,611

8.6

Welsh

132,041

1.2

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

11,375

0.1

Other ancestries

2,269,815

20.0