Subject	Number	Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,475,484	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	96,052	6.5
Kindergarten	75,440	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	641,844	43.5
High school (grades 9-12)	307,671	20.9
College or graduate school	354,477	24.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	3,495,595	100.0
Less than 9th grade	178,169	5.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	386,917	11.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	933,836	26.7
Some college, no degree	711,127	20.3
Associate degree	186,186	5.3
Bachelor's degree	629,304	18.0
Graduate or professional degree	470,056	13.4
Percent high school graduate or higher	83.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	31.4	(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	4,159,636	100.0
Never married	1,195,902	28.8
Now married, except separated	2,197,858	52.8
Separated	128,941	3.1
Widowed	270,452	6.5
Female	220,370	5.3
Divorced	366,483	8.8
Female	220,275	5.3
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	125,697	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	50,974	40.6
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	3,910,942	100.0
Civilian veterans	524,230	13.4
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	1,193,904	100.0
With a disability	96,501	8.1
Population 21 to 64 years	3,076,165	100.0
With a disability	529,949	17.2
Percent employed	61.7	(X)
No disability	2,546,216	82.8
Percent employed	80.3	(X)
Population 65 years and over	572,977	100.0
With a disability	227,895	39.8
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	4,945,043	100.0
Same house in 1995	2,752,061	55.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	2,045,675	41.4
Same county	1,085,423	21.9
Different county	960,252	19.4
Same state	465,100	9.4
Different state	495,152	10.0
Elsewhere in 1995	147,307	3.0
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	5,296,486	100.0
Native	4,778,171	90.2
Born in United States	4,718,233	89.1
State of residence	2,610,963	49.3
Different state	2,107,270	39.8
Born outside United States	59,938	1.1
Foreign born	518,315	9.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	228,429	4.3
Naturalized citizen	234,711	4.4
Not a citizen	283,604	5.4
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	518,315	100.0
Europe	86,840	16.8
Asia	181,504	35.0
Africa	62,688	12.1
Oceania	1,957	0.4
Latin America	176,026	34.0
Northern America	9,300	1.8
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	4,945,043	100.0
English only	4,322,329	87.4
Language other than English	622,714	12.6
Speak English less than "very well"	246,287	5.0
Spanish	230,829	4.7
Speak English less than "very well"	108,578	2.2
Other Indo-European languages	198,932	4.0
Speak English less than "very well"	58,632	1.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	135,899	2.7
Speak English less than "very well"	65,973	1.3
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	5,296,486	100.0
Total ancestries reported	5,437,506	102.7
Arab	20,401	0.4
Czech1	27,492	0.5
Danish	11,652	0.2
Dutch	55,393	1.0
English	476,294	9.0
French (except Basque)1	95,885	1.8
French Canadian1	22,206	0.4
German	833,718	15.7
Greek	31,149	0.6
Hungarian	22,941	0.4
Irish1	623,335	11.8
Italian	267,573	5.1
Lithuanian	17,866	0.3
Norwegian	27,131	0.5
Polish	184,364	3.5
Portuguese	8,396	0.2
Russian	75,818	1.4
Scotch-Irish	68,972	1.3
Scottish	90,298	1.7
Slovak	12,203	0.2
Subsaharan African	98,560	1.9
Swedish	33,026	0.6
Swiss	12,212	0.2
Ukrainian	20,014	0.4
United States or American	305,558	5.8
Welsh	39,601	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	55,244	1.0
Other ancestries	1,900,204	35.9

X) Not applicable. 1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19