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From page 247... ... 34.1 +/-0.2 22.8 +/-1.2 18 years and over 72.6% +/-0.1 61.8% +/-1.1 21 years and over 68.6% +/-0.2 53.6% +/-1.8 62 years and over 15.2% +/-0.2 6.3% +/-1.3 65 years and over 12.6% +/-0.1 5.1% +/-1.1 18 years and over 4,092,291 +/-2,181 167,331 +/-14,171 Male 49.1% +/-0.2 44.4% +/-1.6 Female 50.9% +/-0.2 55.6% +/-1.6 65 years and over 709,031 +/-4,011 13,918 +/-3,700 Male 45.1% +/-0.2 59.4% +/-10.9 Female 54.9% +/-0.2 40.6% +/-10.9 RELATIONSHIP Householder or spouse 58.3% +/-0.4 40.9% +/-1.8 Child 29.9% +/-0.4 36.2% +/-4.2 Other relatives 6.4% +/-0.5 17.5% +/-2.5 Nonrelatives 5.4% +/-0.4 5.3% +/-1.3 Unmarried partner 2.5% +/-0.2 2.4% +/-0.7 HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE Households 2,131,534 +/-32,767 77,767 +/-5,789 Family households 67.3% +/-1.0 74.4% +/-4.4 With own children under 18 years 31.8% +/-0.9 38.8% +/-6.7 Married-couple families 51.1% +/-1.1 36.9% +/-7.7 With own children under 18 years 21.9% +/-1.0 17.0% +/-5.6 Female householder, no husband present 12.1% +/-0.8 29.6% +/-6.3 With own children under 18 years 7.6% +/-0.9 17.7% +/-8.0 Nonfamily households 32.7% +/-1.0 25.6% +/-4.4 Figure H.1. Example of an ACS Selected Population Profile. Read the entire page →
From page 248... ... 20.8% +/-0.6 25.7% +/-6.4 College or graduate school 24.7% +/-0.9 17.0% +/-4.1 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Population 25 years and over 3,548,365 +/-3,883 127,812 +/-12,175 Less than high school diploma 16.3% +/-0.8 29.4% +/-4.9 High school graduate (includes equivalency) 26.7% +/-1.0 31.1% +/-5.6 Some college or associate's degree 32.3% +/-0.7 33.5% +/-3.6 Bachelor's degree 15.5% +/-0.7 2.4% +/-1.0 Graduate or professional degree 9.2% +/-0.7 3.7% +/-0.9 High school graduate or higher 83.7% +/-0.8 70.6% +/-4.9 Male, high school graduate or higher 83.0% +/-0.9 64.4% +/-6.0 Female, high school graduate or higher 84.4% +/-0.8 75.7% +/-11.8 Bachelor's degree or higher 24.7% +/-1.1 6.0% +/-1.3 Male, bachelor's degree or higher 26.6% +/-1.3 3.8% +/-1.9 Female, bachelor's degree or higher 22.9% +/-1.2 7.9% +/-1.9 FERTILITY Women 15 to 50 years 1,391,938 +/-14,192 79,031 +/-7,842 Women 15 to 50 years who had a birth in the past 12 months 90,214 +/-7,757 3,111 +/-868 Unmarried women 15 to 50 years who had a birth in the past 12 months 23,732 +/-5,773 2,037 +/-686 As a percent of all women with a birth in the past 12 months 26.3% +/-6.4 65.5% +/-24.1 RESPONSIBILITY FOR GRANDCHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS Population 30 years and over 3,152,337 +/-4,107 114,986 +/-12,624 Living with grandchild(ren) Read the entire page →
From page 249... ... citizen 72.1% +/-2.0 81.6% +/-23.0 WORLD REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN Foreign-born population excluding population born at sea 810,327 +/-52,769 4,418 +/-3,121 Europe 9.6% +/-1.3 N N Asia 12.0% +/-1.2 N N Africa 2.3% +/-0.9 N N Oceania 0.4% +/-0.3 N N Latin America 71.3% +/-1.9 N N Northern America 4.4% +/-1.1 N N LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME AND ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH Population 5 years and over 5,182,093 +/-5,624 241,375 +/-21,659 English only 74.6% +/-1.0 52.2% +/-5.0 Language other than English 25.4% +/-1.0 47.8% +/-5.0 Speak English less than "very well" 10.5% +/-0.8 8.7% +/-2.0 EMPLOYMENT STATUS Population 16 years and over 4,249,117 +/-8,582 179,444 +/-14,160 In labor force 63.2% +/-0.6 60.7% +/-2.2 Civilian labor force 63.0% +/-0.6 60.7% +/-2.2 Employed 58.8% +/-0.7 49.2% +/-3.0 Unemployed as a percent of civilian labor force 6.7% +/-0.5 18.9% +/-4.1 Armed Forces 0.2% +/-0.1 0.0% +/-0.3 Not in labor force 36.8% +/-0.6 39.3% +/-2.2 Females 16 years and over 2,161,167 +/-11,984 98,448 +/-8,017 In labor force 55.2% +/-0.9 60.8% +/-7.3 Civilian labor force 55.2% +/-0.9 60.8% +/-7.3 Employed 51.2% +/-1.0 49.1% +/-4.5 Unemployed as a percent of civilian labor force 7.3% +/-0.7 19.3% +/-6.6 COMMUTING TO WORK Workers 16 years and over 2,427,059 +/-29,693 85,232 +/-9,022 Car, truck, or van – drove alone 76.0% +/-1.1 65.7% +/-3.6 Figure H.1. (Continued) Read the entire page →
From page 250... ... 23.4 +/-0.8 24.6 +/-2.2 Employed civilian population 16 years and over 2,497,460 +/-31,724 88,349 +/-9,678 OCCUPATION Management, professional, and related occupations 32.2% +/-1.4 23.6% +/-5.6 Service occupations 17.4% +/-0.6 31.0% +/-7.8 Sales and office occupations 28.1% +/-1.5 23.5% +/-3.3 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 0.5% +/-0.2 0.2% +/-1.0 Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations 11.2% +/-0.8 12.4% +/-3.8 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 10.6% +/-0.6 9.3% +/-3.7 INDUSTRY Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 1.0% +/-0.2 1.4% +/-0.2 Construction 10.0% +/-0.8 9.7% +/-4.2 Manufacturing 8.6% +/-0.6 4.7% +/-2.7 Wholesale trade 3.6% +/-0.4 0.6% +/-0.6 Retail trade 12.2% +/-0.7 10.7% +/-2.6 Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 5.8% +/-0.5 3.1% +/-2.3 Information 1.9% +/-0.3 2.6% +/-2.8 Finance, insurance, real estate and rental and leasing 8.2% +/-0.6 1.1% +/-0.7 Professional, scientific, management, administrative and waste management services 10.0% +/-0.6 4.3% +/-2.3 Educational services, health care and social assistance 18.8% +/-1.5 32.0% +/-4.7 Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 9.8% +/-0.6 13.2% +/-4.1 Other services (except public administration) 4.7% +/-0.4 3.1% +/-2.0 Public administration 5.4% +/-0.4 13.4% +/-2.1 CLASS OF WORKER Private wage and salary workers 78.1% +/-1.5 53.5% +/-4.2 Government workers 15.2% +/-1.7 44.8% +/-4.4 Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 6.5% +/-0.5 1.4% +/-0.7 Unpaid family workers 0.2% +/-0.1 0.4% +/-0.4 INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2004 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) Read the entire page →
From page 251... ... full-time, year-round workers: Male 37,516 +/-1,552 26,892 +/-3,482 Female 30,196 +/-552 25,851 +/-1,380 POVERTY RATES FOR FAMILIES AND PEOPLE FOR WHOM POVERTY STATUS IS DETERMINED All families 10.9% +/-1.6 30.6% +/-14.8 With related children under 18 years 16.8% +/-2.5 36.8% +/-13.8 With related children under 5 years only 21.5% +/-4.7 57.1% +/-15.1 Married couple families 6.7% +/-0.9 19.4% +/-12.8 With related children under 18 years 10.5% +/-1.6 21.5% +/-13.1 With related children under 5 years only 10.5% +/-2.6 20.8% +/-15.1 Families with female householder, no husband present 26.8% +/-4.8 41.6% +/-14.2 With related children under 18 years 32.9% +/-5.5 51.2% +/-10.6 With related children under 5 years only 52.9% +/-10.2 79.2% +/-10.4 All people 14.2% +/-1.1 34.8% +/-4.1 Under 18 years 20.3% +/-2.0 42.6% +/-5.4 Related children under 18 years 19.6% +/-1.9 40.3% +/-5.2 Related children under 5 years 24.0% +/-3.2 45.6% +/-9.9 Related children 5 to 17 years 17.7% +/-1.9 38.2% +/-5.8 18 years and over 12.0% +/-0.8 30.0% +/-3.9 18 to 64 years 12.9% +/-0.8 30.3% +/-3.7 65 years and over 7.5% +/-1.3 27.3% +/-13.7 People in families 13.3% +/-1.3 33.7% +/-5.5 Unrelated individuals 15 years and over 22.2% +/-1.2 53.2% +/-14.5 Occupied housing units 2,131,534 +/-32,767 77,767 +/-5,789 HOUSING TENURE Owner-occupied housing units 68.7% +/-1.0 42.4% +/-3.4 Renter-occupied housing units 31.3% +/-1.0 57.6% +/-3.4 Average household size of owner-occupied unit 2.69 +/-0.05 4.17 +/-0.25 Average household size of renter-occupied unit 2.53 +/-0.07 2.99 +/-0.49 UNITS IN STRUCTURE 1-unit, detached or attached 66.9% +/-1.8 60.7% +/-12.7 2 to 4 units 4.7% +/-0.8 7.9% +/-8.7 5 or more units 16.4% +/-0.6 17.0% +/-5.2 Mobile home, boat, RV, van, etc. 11.9% +/-1.2 14.4% +/-7.1 YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT 2000 or later 12.9% +/-0.9 4.5% +/-2.4 1990 to 1999 26.0% +/-1.1 31.4% +/-8.1 1980 to 1989 21.0% +/-1.1 17.9% +/-4.4 1960 to 1979 29.1% +/-1.3 32.3% +/-5.5 1940 to 1959 9.4% +/-0.8 11.7% +/-7.1 1939 or earlier 1.6% +/-0.4 2.2% +/-0.7 VEHICLES AVAILABLE None 6.3% +/-0.4 15.5% +/-2.8 1 or more 93.7% +/-0.4 84.5% +/-2.8 Figure H.1. Read the entire page →
From page 252... ... Notes: Data for the households, families, occupied housing units, owner-occupied housing units, and renter-occupied housing units lines refer to the specified race, Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, or ancestry of the householder shown in the table. Data in the "Total population" column is shown regardless of the race, Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, or ancestry of the person. Read the entire page →

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... 34.1 +/-0.2 22.8 +/-1.2 18 years and over 72.6% +/-0.1 61.8% +/-1.1 21 years and over 68.6% +/-0.2 53.6% +/-1.8 62 years and over 15.2% +/-0.2 6.3% +/-1.3 65 years and over 12.6% +/-0.1 5.1% +/-1.1 18 years and over 4,092,291 +/-2,181 167,331 +/-14,171 Male 49.1% +/-0.2 44.4% +/-1.6 Female 50.9% +/-0.2 55.6% +/-1.6 65 years and over 709,031 +/-4,011 13,918 +/-3,700 Male 45.1% +/-0.2 59.4% +/-10.9 Female 54.9% +/-0.2 40.6% +/-10.9 RELATIONSHIP Householder or spouse 58.3% +/-0.4 40.9% +/-1.8 Child 29.9% +/-0.4 36.2% +/-4.2 Other relatives 6.4% +/-0.5 17.5% +/-2.5 Nonrelatives 5.4% +/-0.4 5.3% +/-1.3 Unmarried partner 2.5% +/-0.2 2.4% +/-0.7 HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE Households 2,131,534 +/-32,767 77,767 +/-5,789 Family households 67.3% +/-1.0 74.4% +/-4.4 With own children under 18 years 31.8% +/-0.9 38.8% +/-6.7 Married-couple families 51.1% +/-1.1 36.9% +/-7.7 With own children under 18 years 21.9% +/-1.0 17.0% +/-5.6 Female householder, no husband present 12.1% +/-0.8 29.6% +/-6.3 With own children under 18 years 7.6% +/-0.9 17.7% +/-8.0 Nonfamily households 32.7% +/-1.0 25.6% +/-4.4 Figure H.1. Example of an ACS Selected Population Profile.

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... 20.8% +/-0.6 25.7% +/-6.4 College or graduate school 24.7% +/-0.9 17.0% +/-4.1 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Population 25 years and over 3,548,365 +/-3,883 127,812 +/-12,175 Less than high school diploma 16.3% +/-0.8 29.4% +/-4.9 High school graduate (includes equivalency) 26.7% +/-1.0 31.1% +/-5.6 Some college or associate's degree 32.3% +/-0.7 33.5% +/-3.6 Bachelor's degree 15.5% +/-0.7 2.4% +/-1.0 Graduate or professional degree 9.2% +/-0.7 3.7% +/-0.9 High school graduate or higher 83.7% +/-0.8 70.6% +/-4.9 Male, high school graduate or higher 83.0% +/-0.9 64.4% +/-6.0 Female, high school graduate or higher 84.4% +/-0.8 75.7% +/-11.8 Bachelor's degree or higher 24.7% +/-1.1 6.0% +/-1.3 Male, bachelor's degree or higher 26.6% +/-1.3 3.8% +/-1.9 Female, bachelor's degree or higher 22.9% +/-1.2 7.9% +/-1.9 FERTILITY Women 15 to 50 years 1,391,938 +/-14,192 79,031 +/-7,842 Women 15 to 50 years who had a birth in the past 12 months 90,214 +/-7,757 3,111 +/-868 Unmarried women 15 to 50 years who had a birth in the past 12 months 23,732 +/-5,773 2,037 +/-686 As a percent of all women with a birth in the past 12 months 26.3% +/-6.4 65.5% +/-24.1 RESPONSIBILITY FOR GRANDCHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS Population 30 years and over 3,152,337 +/-4,107 114,986 +/-12,624 Living with grandchild(ren)

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... citizen 72.1% +/-2.0 81.6% +/-23.0 WORLD REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN Foreign-born population excluding population born at sea 810,327 +/-52,769 4,418 +/-3,121 Europe 9.6% +/-1.3 N N Asia 12.0% +/-1.2 N N Africa 2.3% +/-0.9 N N Oceania 0.4% +/-0.3 N N Latin America 71.3% +/-1.9 N N Northern America 4.4% +/-1.1 N N LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME AND ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH Population 5 years and over 5,182,093 +/-5,624 241,375 +/-21,659 English only 74.6% +/-1.0 52.2% +/-5.0 Language other than English 25.4% +/-1.0 47.8% +/-5.0 Speak English less than "very well" 10.5% +/-0.8 8.7% +/-2.0 EMPLOYMENT STATUS Population 16 years and over 4,249,117 +/-8,582 179,444 +/-14,160 In labor force 63.2% +/-0.6 60.7% +/-2.2 Civilian labor force 63.0% +/-0.6 60.7% +/-2.2 Employed 58.8% +/-0.7 49.2% +/-3.0 Unemployed as a percent of civilian labor force 6.7% +/-0.5 18.9% +/-4.1 Armed Forces 0.2% +/-0.1 0.0% +/-0.3 Not in labor force 36.8% +/-0.6 39.3% +/-2.2 Females 16 years and over 2,161,167 +/-11,984 98,448 +/-8,017 In labor force 55.2% +/-0.9 60.8% +/-7.3 Civilian labor force 55.2% +/-0.9 60.8% +/-7.3 Employed 51.2% +/-1.0 49.1% +/-4.5 Unemployed as a percent of civilian labor force 7.3% +/-0.7 19.3% +/-6.6 COMMUTING TO WORK Workers 16 years and over 2,427,059 +/-29,693 85,232 +/-9,022 Car, truck, or van – drove alone 76.0% +/-1.1 65.7% +/-3.6 Figure H.1. (Continued)

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... 23.4 +/-0.8 24.6 +/-2.2 Employed civilian population 16 years and over 2,497,460 +/-31,724 88,349 +/-9,678 OCCUPATION Management, professional, and related occupations 32.2% +/-1.4 23.6% +/-5.6 Service occupations 17.4% +/-0.6 31.0% +/-7.8 Sales and office occupations 28.1% +/-1.5 23.5% +/-3.3 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 0.5% +/-0.2 0.2% +/-1.0 Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations 11.2% +/-0.8 12.4% +/-3.8 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 10.6% +/-0.6 9.3% +/-3.7 INDUSTRY Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 1.0% +/-0.2 1.4% +/-0.2 Construction 10.0% +/-0.8 9.7% +/-4.2 Manufacturing 8.6% +/-0.6 4.7% +/-2.7 Wholesale trade 3.6% +/-0.4 0.6% +/-0.6 Retail trade 12.2% +/-0.7 10.7% +/-2.6 Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 5.8% +/-0.5 3.1% +/-2.3 Information 1.9% +/-0.3 2.6% +/-2.8 Finance, insurance, real estate and rental and leasing 8.2% +/-0.6 1.1% +/-0.7 Professional, scientific, management, administrative and waste management services 10.0% +/-0.6 4.3% +/-2.3 Educational services, health care and social assistance 18.8% +/-1.5 32.0% +/-4.7 Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 9.8% +/-0.6 13.2% +/-4.1 Other services (except public administration) 4.7% +/-0.4 3.1% +/-2.0 Public administration 5.4% +/-0.4 13.4% +/-2.1 CLASS OF WORKER Private wage and salary workers 78.1% +/-1.5 53.5% +/-4.2 Government workers 15.2% +/-1.7 44.8% +/-4.4 Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 6.5% +/-0.5 1.4% +/-0.7 Unpaid family workers 0.2% +/-0.1 0.4% +/-0.4 INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2004 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)

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... full-time, year-round workers: Male 37,516 +/-1,552 26,892 +/-3,482 Female 30,196 +/-552 25,851 +/-1,380 POVERTY RATES FOR FAMILIES AND PEOPLE FOR WHOM POVERTY STATUS IS DETERMINED All families 10.9% +/-1.6 30.6% +/-14.8 With related children under 18 years 16.8% +/-2.5 36.8% +/-13.8 With related children under 5 years only 21.5% +/-4.7 57.1% +/-15.1 Married couple families 6.7% +/-0.9 19.4% +/-12.8 With related children under 18 years 10.5% +/-1.6 21.5% +/-13.1 With related children under 5 years only 10.5% +/-2.6 20.8% +/-15.1 Families with female householder, no husband present 26.8% +/-4.8 41.6% +/-14.2 With related children under 18 years 32.9% +/-5.5 51.2% +/-10.6 With related children under 5 years only 52.9% +/-10.2 79.2% +/-10.4 All people 14.2% +/-1.1 34.8% +/-4.1 Under 18 years 20.3% +/-2.0 42.6% +/-5.4 Related children under 18 years 19.6% +/-1.9 40.3% +/-5.2 Related children under 5 years 24.0% +/-3.2 45.6% +/-9.9 Related children 5 to 17 years 17.7% +/-1.9 38.2% +/-5.8 18 years and over 12.0% +/-0.8 30.0% +/-3.9 18 to 64 years 12.9% +/-0.8 30.3% +/-3.7 65 years and over 7.5% +/-1.3 27.3% +/-13.7 People in families 13.3% +/-1.3 33.7% +/-5.5 Unrelated individuals 15 years and over 22.2% +/-1.2 53.2% +/-14.5 Occupied housing units 2,131,534 +/-32,767 77,767 +/-5,789 HOUSING TENURE Owner-occupied housing units 68.7% +/-1.0 42.4% +/-3.4 Renter-occupied housing units 31.3% +/-1.0 57.6% +/-3.4 Average household size of owner-occupied unit 2.69 +/-0.05 4.17 +/-0.25 Average household size of renter-occupied unit 2.53 +/-0.07 2.99 +/-0.49 UNITS IN STRUCTURE 1-unit, detached or attached 66.9% +/-1.8 60.7% +/-12.7 2 to 4 units 4.7% +/-0.8 7.9% +/-8.7 5 or more units 16.4% +/-0.6 17.0% +/-5.2 Mobile home, boat, RV, van, etc. 11.9% +/-1.2 14.4% +/-7.1 YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT 2000 or later 12.9% +/-0.9 4.5% +/-2.4 1990 to 1999 26.0% +/-1.1 31.4% +/-8.1 1980 to 1989 21.0% +/-1.1 17.9% +/-4.4 1960 to 1979 29.1% +/-1.3 32.3% +/-5.5 1940 to 1959 9.4% +/-0.8 11.7% +/-7.1 1939 or earlier 1.6% +/-0.4 2.2% +/-0.7 VEHICLES AVAILABLE None 6.3% +/-0.4 15.5% +/-2.8 1 or more 93.7% +/-0.4 84.5% +/-2.8 Figure H.1.

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... Notes: Data for the households, families, occupied housing units, owner-occupied housing units, and renter-occupied housing units lines refer to the specified race, Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, or ancestry of the householder shown in the table. Data in the "Total population" column is shown regardless of the race, Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, or ancestry of the person.

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Appendix H - ACS Selected Population Profiles Pages 246-252

Appendix H - ACS Selected Population Profiles
Pages 246-252