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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Franklin County
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 1,068,978 100.0
      enrolled in school 307,823 100.0   Native 1,004,491 94.0
Nursery school, preschool 20,382 6.6       Born in United States 997,091 93.3
Kindergarten 15,269 5.0           State of residence 727,162 68.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 122,561 39.8           Different state 269,929 25.3
High school (grades 9-12) 53,812 17.5       Born outside United States 7,400 0.7
College or graduate school 95,799 31.1   Foreign born 64,487 6.0
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 38,745 3.6
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 20,851 2.0
  Population 25 years and over 676,318 100.0       Not a citizen 43,636 4.1
Less than 9th grade 22,855 3.4        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 73,567 10.9   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 183,287 27.1     Total (excluding born at sea) 64,487 100.0
Some college, no degree 143,897 21.3   Europe 11,718 18.2
Associate degree 37,532 5.5   Asia 29,023 45.0
Bachelor's degree 143,053 21.2   Africa 10,822 16.8
Graduate or professional degree 72,127 10.7   Oceania 337 0.5
        Latin America 10,541 16.3
Percent high school graduate or higher 85.7 (X)   Northern America 2,046 3.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 31.8 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 992,062 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 841,266 100.0   English only 902,864 91.0
Never married 278,291 33.1   Language other than English 89,198 9.0
Now married, except separated 403,156 47.9           Speak English less than '"very well"' 36,914 3.7
Separated 15,767 1.9   Spanish 26,747 2.7
Widowed 46,141 5.5           Speak English less than '"very well"' 11,549 1.2
 Female 37,909 4.5   Other Indo-European languages 27,177 2.7
Divorced 97,911 11.6           Speak English less than '"very well"' 7,941 0.8
 Female 58,083 6.9   Asian and Pacific Island languages 22,765 2.3
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 11,662 1.2
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 1,068,978 100.0
           under 18 years 17,163 100.0     Total ancestries reported 1,122,362 105.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 8,388 48.9   Arab 6,272 0.6
        Czech¹ 5,383 0.5
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 1,991 0.2
          Civilian population 18 years and over 800,460 100.0   Dutch 17,797 1.7
Civilian veterans 94,827 11.8   English 102,209 9.6
        French (except Basque)¹ 23,828 2.2
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 3,411 0.3
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 236,804 22.2
     Population 5 to 20 years 242,016 100.0   Greek 4,828 0.5
With a disability 20,710 8.6   Hungarian 10,132 0.9
     Population 21 to 64 years 642,823 100.0   Irish¹ 136,744 12.8
With a disability 106,024 16.5   Italian 56,407 5.3
 Percent employed 59.9 (X)   Lithuanian 1,801 0.2
No disability 536,799 83.5   Norwegian 5,272 0.5
 Percent employed 82.0 (X)   Polish 23,927 2.2
     Population 65 years and over 99,021 100.0   Portuguese 787 0.1
With a disability 40,127 40.5   Russian 7,663 0.7
        Scotch-Irish 17,258 1.6
        Scottish 21,482 2.0
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 4,398 0.4
  Population 5 years and over 992,062 100.0   Subsaharan African 17,770 1.7
Same house in 1995 460,525 46.4   Swedish 7,806 0.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 502,525 50.7   Swiss 4,605 0.4
 Same county 328,609 33.1   Ukrainian 3,120 0.3
 Different county 173,916 17.5   United States or American 86,301 8.1
  Same state 95,599 9.6   Welsh 18,083 1.7
  Different state 78,317 7.9   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 1,983 0.2
Elsewhere in 1995 29,012 2.9   Other ancestries 294,300 27.5
 
Date: July 7, 2006
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (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. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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