URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

Total population

2,842,321

Urban population

2,002,999

Rural population

839,322

Farm population

68,729

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

724,233

Preprimary school

52,594

Elementary or high school

471,851

Percent in private school

6.9

College

199,788

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Persons 25 years and over

1,855,369

Less than 9th grade

114,724

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

228,885

High school graduate

536,687

Some college, no degree

464,420

Associate degree

128,482

Bachelor's degree

252,626

Graduate or professional degree

129,545

Percent high school graduate or higher

81.5

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

20.6

RESIDENCE IN 1985

Persons 5 years and over

2,640,482

Lived in same house

1,217,852

Lived in different house in U.S.

1,381,675

Same state

1,018,228

Same county

707,342

Different county

310,886

Different state

363,447

Lived abroad

40,955

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

Persons 16 to 64 years

1,781,044

With a mobility or self-care limitation

58,407

With a mobility limitation

32,158

With a self-care limitation

40,519

With a work disability

178,264

In labor force

87,533

Prevented from working

72,454

Persons 65 years and over

375,075

With a mobility or self-care limitation

63,428

With a mobility limitation

50,006

With a self-care limitation

36,138

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

Women 15 to 24 years

299

Women 25 to 34 years

1,405

Women 35 to 44 years

1,891

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

384,189

65 years and over

102,596

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

2,842,321

Native population

2,703,014

Percent born in state of residence

49.0

Foreign-born population

139,307

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

60,839

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Persons 5 years and over

2,640,482

Speak a language other than English

191,710

Do not speak English "very well"

78,162

Speak Spanish

83,087

Do not speak English "very well"

36,181

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

42,470

Do not speak English "very well"

22,470

ANCESTRY

Total ancestries reported

3,704,409

Arab

6,287

Austrian

9,582

Belgian

5,174

Canadian

10,654

Czech

21,719

Danish

47,806

Dutch

118,089

English

575,293

Finnish

22,977

French (except Basque)

161,259

French Canadian

30,222

German

879,273

Greek

8,535

Hungarian

10,776

Irish

467,955

Italian

83,781

Lithuanian

4,341

Norwegian

124,216

Polish

48,414

Portuguese

11,369

Romanian

4,439

Russian

28,686

Scotch-Irish

95,336

Scottish

110,314

Slovak

8,939

Subsaharan African

2,471

Swedish

124,620

Swiss

30,984

Ukrainian

6,220

United States or American

103,352

Welsh

40,781

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

1,565

Yugoslavian

5,777

Other ancestries

493,203