URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

Total population

2,573,216

Urban population

1,211,271

Rural population

1,361,945

Farm population

56,225

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

727,486

Preprimary school

43,906

Elementary or high school

525,658

Percent in private school

8.7

College

157,922

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Persons 25 years and over

1,538,997

Less than 9th grade

240,267

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

309,418

High school graduate

423,624

Some college, no degree

259,477

Associate degree

79,264

Bachelor's degree

149,109

Graduate or professional degree

77,838

Percent high school graduate or higher

64.3

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

14.7

RESIDENCE IN 1985

Persons 5 years and over

2,378,805

Lived in same house

1,407,551

Lived in different house in U.S.

958,992

Same state

765,844

Same county

564,550

Different county

201,294

Different state

193,148

Lived abroad

12,262

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

Persons 16 to 64 years

1,557,588

With a mobility or self-care limitation

109,232

With a mobility limitation

53,649

With a self-care limitation

82,186

With a work disability

171,042

In labor force

47,488

Prevented from working

110,274

Persons 65 years and over

306,794

With a mobility or self-care limitation

84,940

With a mobility limitation

67,965

With a self-care limitation

51,939

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

Women 15 to 24 years

412

Women 25 to 34 years

1,666

Women 35 to 44 years

2,305

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

237,977

65 years and over

67,167

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

2,573,216

Native population

2,552,833

Percent born in state of residence

77.9

Foreign-born population

20,383

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

8,206

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Persons 5 years and over

2,378,805

Speak a language other than English

66,516

Do not speak English "very well"

24,512

Speak Spanish

25,061

Do not speak English "very well"

8,890

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

9,773

Do not speak English "very well"

4,451

ANCESTRY

Total ancestries reported

2,550,898

Arab

4,084

Austrian

1,171

Belgian

604

Canadian

1,364

Czech

1,673

Danish

2,454

Dutch

31,860

English

253,741

Finnish

1,250

French (except Basque)

84,993

French Canadian

18,584

German

224,774

Greek

2,215

Hungarian

1,462

Irish

393,077

Italian

36,499

Lithuanian

569

Norwegian

4,052

Polish

10,645

Portuguese

1,306

Romanian

445

Russian

1,892

Scotch-Irish

88,052

Scottish

35,921

Slovak

2,319

Subsaharan African

3,785

Swedish

8,629

Swiss

2,237

Ukrainian

480

United States or American

328,276

Welsh

8,611

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

1,040

Yugoslavian

1,133

Other ancestries

991,701