St. Louis County, Missouri - Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2006

St. Louis County, Missouri

Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2006

Data Set: 2006 American Community Survey
Survey: American Community Survey

Social - Education, Marital Status, Relationships, Fertility, Grandparents...
Economic - Income, Employment, Occupation, Commuting to Work...
Housing - Occupancy and Structure, Housing Value and Costs, Utilities...
Demographic - Sex and Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, Housing Units...
Narrative - Text profile with graphs for easy analysis...

NOTE. Although the American Community Survey (ACS) produces population, demographic and housing unit estimates, it is the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program that produces and disseminates the official estimates of the population for the nation, states, counties, cities and towns and estimates of housing units for states and counties.

For more information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology.

Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2006	Estimate	Margin of Error
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	405,944	+/-2,992
Family households (families)	263,426	+/-5,044
With own children under 18 years	119,247	+/-4,578
Married-couple families	196,964	+/-4,877
With own children under 18 years	81,059	+/-3,912
Male householder, no wife present	13,109	+/-1,949
With own children under 18 years	6,695	+/-1,506
Female householder, no husband present	53,353	+/-3,129
With own children under 18 years	31,493	+/-3,302
Nonfamily households	142,518	+/-4,375
Householder living alone	122,742	+/-4,181
65 years and over	39,199	+/-2,364

Households with one or more people under 18 years	131,270	+/-4,468
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	96,895	+/-1,770

Average household size	2.42	+/-0.02
Average family size	3.03	+/-0.04

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	980,414	+/-955
Householder	405,944	+/-2,992
Spouse	196,504	+/-4,994
Child	295,825	+/-5,466
Other relatives	42,760	+/-5,170
Nonrelatives	39,381	+/-3,903
Unmarried partner	16,734	+/-2,385

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	378,033	+/-381
Never married	123,831	+/-4,030
Now married, except separated	207,104	+/-5,020
Separated	5,363	+/-1,221
Widowed	10,372	+/-1,378
Divorced	31,363	+/-2,805

Females 15 years and over	429,162	+/-424
Never married	122,789	+/-3,833
Now married, except separated	203,847	+/-5,609
Separated	8,047	+/-1,518
Widowed	43,856	+/-2,059
Divorced	50,623	+/-3,474

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months	11,134	+/-1,706
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	4,334	+/-1,309
Per 1,000 unmarried women	32	+/-10
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	45	+/-7
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	23	+/-18
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	88	+/-15
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	22	+/-6

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years	17,482	+/-2,463
Responsible for grandchildren	7,744	+/-1,584
Years responsible for grandchildren
Less than 1 year	1,217	+/-589
1 or 2 years	1,471	+/-591
3 or 4 years	1,903	+/-956
5 or more years	3,153	+/-1,014

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Who are female	74.7%	+/-5.5
Who are married	52.6%	+/-9.7

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	273,659	+/-4,366
Nursery school, preschool	17,713	+/-1,901
Kindergarten	12,226	+/-1,618
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	107,346	+/-2,469
High school (grades 9-12)	62,298	+/-2,219
College or graduate school	74,076	+/-3,323

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	669,700	+/-185
Less than 9th grade	22,243	+/-2,352
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	42,928	+/-3,241
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	163,382	+/-5,208
Some college, no degree	139,105	+/-5,614
Associate's degree	41,267	+/-3,163
Bachelor's degree	157,875	+/-5,702
Graduate or professional degree	102,900	+/-4,458

Percent high school graduate or higher	90.3%	+/-0.5
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	38.9%	+/-1.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	761,187	+/-499
Civilian veterans	86,595	+/-3,265

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 years and over	926,542	+/-762
With a disability	128,480	+/-5,599

Population 5 to 15 years	147,226	+/-1,617
With a disability	9,417	+/-1,717

Population 16 to 64 years	646,804	+/-1,658
With a disability	71,169	+/-4,671

Population 65 years and over	132,512	+/-795
With a disability	47,894	+/-2,696

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	988,912	+/-1,556
Same house	852,499	+/-8,197
Different house in the U.S.	133,802	+/-8,332
Same county	69,884	+/-7,054
Different county	63,918	+/-5,853
Same state	40,519	+/-4,938
Different state	23,399	+/-3,347
Abroad	2,611	+/-816

PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	1,000,510	*****
Native	944,892	+/-4,055
Born in United States	938,333	+/-4,247
State of residence	684,234	+/-8,921
Different state	254,099	+/-8,107
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)	6,559	+/-1,569
Foreign born	55,618	+/-4,055

U.S. CITIZENSHIP STATUS
Foreign-born population	55,618	+/-4,055
Naturalized U.S. citizen	28,597	+/-2,982
Not a U.S. citizen	27,021	+/-3,310

YEAR OF ENTRY
Population born outside the United States	62,177	+/-4,247

Native	6,559	+/-1,569
Entered 2000 or later	1,077	+/-756
Entered before 2000	5,482	+/-1,299

Foreign born	55,618	+/-4,055
Entered 2000 or later	14,867	+/-2,864
Entered before 2000	40,751	+/-3,398

WORLD REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea	55,618	+/-4,055
Europe	18,268	+/-2,805
Asia	24,381	+/-1,920
Africa	3,642	+/-1,455
Oceania	464	+/-487
Latin America	7,532	+/-1,547
Northern America	1,331	+/-612

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	940,017	+/-121
English only	865,535	+/-5,344
Language other than English	74,482	+/-5,346
Speak English less than "very well"	24,608	+/-2,957
Spanish	20,427	+/-2,190
Speak English less than "very well"	6,686	+/-1,654
Other Indo-European languages	30,422	+/-4,294
Speak English less than "very well"	8,272	+/-1,875
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	18,777	+/-1,867
Speak English less than "very well"	8,053	+/-1,372
Other languages	4,856	+/-1,651
Speak English less than "very well"	1,597	+/-781

ANCESTRY
Total population	1,000,510	*****
American	59,803	+/-5,353
Arab	3,217	+/-1,641
Czech	9,274	+/-2,210
Danish	2,552	+/-843
Dutch	14,211	+/-2,423
English	92,335	+/-5,664
French (except Basque)	45,331	+/-4,175
French Canadian	1,423	+/-501
German	306,941	+/-8,389
Greek	4,130	+/-1,362
Hungarian	5,300	+/-1,558
Irish	158,490	+/-8,340
Italian	58,489	+/-4,747
Lithuanian	2,252	+/-960
Norwegian	7,561	+/-1,766
Polish	32,150	+/-3,500
Portuguese	1,443	+/-740
Russian	13,265	+/-1,954
Scotch-Irish	15,396	+/-2,498
Scottish	16,643	+/-1,973
Slovak	1,337	+/-563
Subsaharan African	9,735	+/-2,859
Swedish	10,214	+/-2,076
Swiss	3,836	+/-1,415
Ukrainian	1,916	+/-790
Welsh	6,070	+/-1,227
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	738	+/-562

Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2006	Estimate	Margin of Error

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey

Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.

Notes:
�Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of people who responded with a particular ancestry; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Demographic Table).
�The Census Bureau introduced a new skip pattern for the disability questions in the 2003 ACS questionnaire. This change mainly affected two individual items -- go-outside-home disability and employment disability -- and the recode for disability status, which includes the two items. Accordingly, comparisons of data from 2003 or later with data from prior years are not recommended for the relevant questions. For more information, see the ACS Subject Definitions for Disability.
�Data for year of entry of the native population reflect the year of entry into the U.S. by people who were born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island Areas or born outside the U.S. to a U.S. citizen parent and who subsequently moved to the U.S.
�While the 2006 American Community Survey (ACS) data generally reflect the December 2005 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) definitions of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, in certain instances the names, codes, and boundaries of the principal cities shown in ACS tables may differ from the OMB definitions due to differences in the effective dates of the geographic entities.

Explanation of Symbols:
1. An '**' entry in the margin of error column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
3. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
4. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '***' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
6. An '*****' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate.
7. An 'N' entry in the estimate and margin of error columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.
8. An '(X)' means that the estimate is not applicable or not available.

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