URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

Total population

1,793,477

Urban population

647,853

Rural population

1,145,624

Farm population

23,753

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

436,513

Preprimary school

21,680

Elementary or high school

317,541

Percent in private school

4.1

College

97,292

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Persons 25 years and over

1,171,766

Less than 9th grade

196,319

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

202,208

High school graduate

429,123

Some college, no degree

155,089

Associate degree

44,509

Bachelor's degree

88,136

Graduate or professional degree

56,382

Percent high school graduate or higher

66.0

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

12.3

RESIDENCE IN 1985

Persons 5 years and over

1,686,932

Lived in same house

1,083,370

Lived in different house in U.S.

598,623

Same state

474,645

Same county

369,277

Different county

105,368

Different state

123,978

Lived abroad

4,939

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

Persons 16 to 64 years

1,127,017

With a mobility or self-care limitation

65,783

With a mobility limitation

40,123

With a self-care limitation

43,364

With a work disability

142,245

In labor force

35,248

Prevented from working

94,320

Persons 65 years and over

257,887

With a mobility or self-care limitation

65,423

With a mobility limitation

53,777

With a self-care limitation

37,081

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

Women 15 to 24 years

321

Women 25 to 34 years

1,481

Women 35 to 44 years

2,011

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

210,941

65 years and over

60,023

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

1,793,477

Native population

1,777,765

Percent born in state of residence

78.0

Foreign-born population

15,712

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

4,276

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Persons 5 years and over

1,686,932

Speak a language other than English

44,203

Do not speak English "very well"

13,594

Speak Spanish

13,337

Do not speak English "very well"

4,348

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

4,370

Do not speak English "very well"

1,766

ANCESTRY

Total ancestries reported

1,957,594

Arab

5,535

Austrian

1,993

Belgian

1,189

Canadian

1,027

Czech

2,787

Danish

1,332

Dutch

74,877

English

269,823

Finnish

452

French (except Basque)

40,158

French Canadian

3,673

German

469,033

Greek

4,325

Hungarian

9,248

Irish

348,686

Italian

71,835

Lithuanian

2,225

Norwegian

2,598

Polish

30,864

Portuguese

487

Romanian

749

Russian

5,006

Scotch-Irish

54,222

Scottish

34,173

Slovak

11,267

Subsaharan African

714

Swedish

6,856

Swiss

3,956

Ukrainian

1,514

United States or American

268,036

Welsh

16,896

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

665

Yugoslavian

2,670

Other ancestries

208,723