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Detail from USA Census 2000

 


Estimate


Lower Bound


Upper Bound

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY

      

Total population

2,822,157

*****

*****

Native

 2,727,858 2,699,577 2,756,139

Born in United States

 2,715,100 2,686,492 2,743,708

State of residence

 2,089,200 2,030,203 2,148,197

Different state

 625,900 573,316 678,484

Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to
American parent(s)

 12,758 6,734 18,782

Foreign born

 94,299 66,016 122,582

Naturalized citizen

 26,561 22,448 30,674

Not a citizen

 67,738 40,434 95,042

Entered 1990 to 2000

 57,961 35,719 80,203

Entered before 1990

 36,338 27,860 44,816
       

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

      

Foreign-born population with region of birth reported

94,299

66,016

122,582

Europe

 20,168 14,061 26,275

Asia

 30,037 21,926 38,148

Africa

 3,496 1,212 5,780

Oceania

 695 0 1,537

Latin America

 36,530 12,321 60,739

Northern America

 3,373 1,962 4,784
       

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

      

Population 5 years and over

2,635,719

2,628,708

2,642,730

English only

 2,479,439 2,442,799 2,516,079

Language other than English

 156,280 122,095 190,465

Speak English less than "very well"

 68,119 42,539 93,699

Spanish

 81,528 53,648 109,408

Speak English less than "very well"

 38,032 15,985 60,079

Other Indo-European languages

 43,444 34,537 52,351

Speak English less than "very well"

 15,073 10,795 19,351

Asian and Pacific Islander languages

 25,428 15,964 34,892

Speak English less than "very well"

 12,423 7,161 17,685

Other languages

 5,880 3,011 8,749

Speak English less than "very well"

 2,591 250 4,932
       

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)

      

Total Population

2,822,157

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*****

Arab

 1,526 429 2,623

Czech

 56,971 46,733 67,209

Danish

 91,113 46,093 136,133

Dutch

 136,656 69,133 204,179

English

 333,827 308,894 358,760

French (except Basque)

 90,574 80,481 100,667

French Canadian

 11,461 7,716 15,207

German

 1,050,593 981,598 1,119,588

Greek

 5,445 2,709 8,181

Hungarian

 5,391 1,527 9,255

Irish

 417,472 392,910 442,034

Italian

 54,227 44,462 63,992

Lithuanian

 2,946 1,121 4,771

Norwegian

 133,672 101,088 166,256

Polish

 31,763 25,155 38,371

Portuguese

 1,270 300 2,240

Russian

 10,006 6,114 13,898

Scotch-Irish

 52,049 46,919 57,179

Scottish

 50,666 38,999 62,333

Slovak

 2,179 1,077 3,281

Subsaharan African

 4,577 1,972 7,182

Swedish

 115,725 87,729 143,721

Swiss

 13,577 10,787 16,367

Ukrainian

 3,488 1,381 5,595

United States or American

 206,334 185,400 227,268

Welsh

 23,712 19,049 28,375

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

 495 0 1,170
       

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from the 2000 Census and 2000 Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.