Akron city, Ohio - Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2006

Akron city, Ohio

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...
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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	85,407	+/-3,048
Family households (families)	47,280	+/-2,291
With own children under 18 years	22,694	+/-1,843
Married-couple families	28,607	+/-2,250
With own children under 18 years	11,204	+/-1,476
Male householder, no wife present	3,274	+/-920
With own children under 18 years	1,770	+/-799
Female householder, no husband present	15,399	+/-1,838
With own children under 18 years	9,720	+/-1,430
Nonfamily households	38,127	+/-2,309
Householder living alone	32,097	+/-2,000
65 years and over	8,553	+/-956

Households with one or more people under 18 years	25,136	+/-1,859
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	19,113	+/-1,326

Average household size	2.27	+/-0.06
Average family size	3.02	+/-0.09

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	193,861	+/-7,423
Householder	85,407	+/-3,048
Spouse	28,838	+/-2,325
Child	55,520	+/-3,957
Other relatives	11,081	+/-2,568
Nonrelatives	13,015	+/-2,017
Unmarried partner	5,353	+/-1,023

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	74,682	+/-3,490
Never married	29,510	+/-2,664
Now married, except separated	31,665	+/-2,373
Separated	2,123	+/-932
Widowed	2,368	+/-714
Divorced	9,016	+/-1,488

Females 15 years and over	84,257	+/-3,175
Never married	29,909	+/-2,348
Now married, except separated	30,689	+/-2,563
Separated	2,671	+/-866
Widowed	9,022	+/-1,289
Divorced	11,966	+/-1,510

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months	3,164	+/-897
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	1,342	+/-628
Per 1,000 unmarried women	41	+/-19
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	60	+/-17
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	13	+/-23
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	126	+/-35
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	10	+/-8

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years	3,308	+/-963
Responsible for grandchildren	1,564	+/-793
Years responsible for grandchildren
Less than 1 year	196	+/-232
1 or 2 years	342	+/-257
3 or 4 years	173	+/-187
5 or more years	853	+/-638

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Who are female	67.6%	+/-13.8
Who are married	71.4%	+/-18.1

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	54,808	+/-3,256
Nursery school, preschool	3,899	+/-1,066
Kindergarten	2,400	+/-832
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	21,005	+/-1,962
High school (grades 9-12)	10,827	+/-1,280
College or graduate school	16,677	+/-2,020

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	128,066	+/-4,708
Less than 9th grade	4,250	+/-880
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	17,051	+/-2,098
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	45,728	+/-3,557
Some college, no degree	27,832	+/-2,276
Associate's degree	9,437	+/-1,749
Bachelor's degree	14,913	+/-1,660
Graduate or professional degree	8,855	+/-1,137

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.4%	+/-1.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	+/-1.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	150,132	+/-5,600
Civilian veterans	17,580	+/-1,824

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 years and over	183,123	+/-6,710
With a disability	36,007	+/-3,696

Population 5 to 15 years	28,607	+/-2,201
With a disability	2,473	+/-724

Population 16 to 64 years	128,606	+/-5,905
With a disability	23,457	+/-3,112

Population 65 years and over	25,910	+/-1,690
With a disability	10,077	+/-1,242

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	195,016	+/-7,278
Same house	167,915	+/-7,715
Different house in the U.S.	25,969	+/-3,812
Same county	19,502	+/-3,444
Different county	6,467	+/-1,460
Same state	4,989	+/-1,267
Different state	1,478	+/-650
Abroad	1,132	+/-728

PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	197,950	+/-7,429
Native	190,236	+/-7,072
Born in United States	188,738	+/-7,188
State of residence	152,363	+/-7,352
Different state	36,375	+/-2,975
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)	1,498	+/-682
Foreign born	7,714	+/-1,699

U.S. CITIZENSHIP STATUS
Foreign-born population	7,714	+/-1,699
Naturalized U.S. citizen	3,785	+/-932
Not a U.S. citizen	3,929	+/-1,360

YEAR OF ENTRY
Population born outside the United States	9,212	+/-1,774

Native	1,498	+/-682
Entered 2000 or later	237	+/-341
Entered before 2000	1,261	+/-597

Foreign born	7,714	+/-1,699
Entered 2000 or later	3,044	+/-1,240
Entered before 2000	4,670	+/-1,032

WORLD REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea	N	N
Europe	N	N
Asia	N	N
Africa	N	N
Oceania	N	N
Latin America	N	N
Northern America	N	N

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	184,310	+/-6,679
English only	173,006	+/-6,396
Language other than English	11,304	+/-2,048
Speak English less than "very well"	5,146	+/-1,403
Spanish	3,906	+/-1,469
Speak English less than "very well"	1,530	+/-930
Other Indo-European languages	3,067	+/-675
Speak English less than "very well"	1,082	+/-412
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	3,739	+/-1,302
Speak English less than "very well"	2,270	+/-966
Other languages	592	+/-459
Speak English less than "very well"	264	+/-287

ANCESTRY
Total population	197,950	+/-7,429
American	9,594	+/-2,166
Arab	1,171	+/-705
Czech	1,208	+/-678
Danish	243	+/-243
Dutch	2,457	+/-961
English	17,480	+/-1,927
French (except Basque)	3,353	+/-1,095
French Canadian	425	+/-389
German	40,170	+/-4,043
Greek	776	+/-477
Hungarian	4,651	+/-1,332
Irish	26,466	+/-2,933
Italian	13,185	+/-2,065
Lithuanian	69	+/-113
Norwegian	704	+/-450
Polish	4,038	+/-1,034
Portuguese	282	+/-279
Russian	659	+/-347
Scotch-Irish	3,272	+/-943
Scottish	3,445	+/-954
Slovak	1,692	+/-714
Subsaharan African	841	+/-367
Swedish	944	+/-459
Swiss	1,220	+/-575
Ukrainian	860	+/-537
Welsh	2,485	+/-951
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	382	+/-387

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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