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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics:  2000
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data
Geographic Area: Washtenaw County, Michigan

NOTE: Corrected counts are available for one or more geographies displayed in this table.
NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.


Subject

Number

Percent

 

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

 

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

117,309

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

5,867

5.0

Kindergarten

3,878

3.3

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

32,570

27.8

High school (grades 9-12)

14,962

12.8

College or graduate school

60,032

51.2

 

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

 

Population 25 years and over

197,414

100.0

Less than 9th grade

4,673

2.4

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

12,043

6.1

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

33,752

17.1

Some college, no degree

40,063

20.3

Associate degree

11,857

6.0

Bachelor's degree

48,034

24.3

Graduate or professional degree

46,992

23.8

 

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

91.5

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

48.1

(X)

 

 

 

MARITAL STATUS

 

 

Population 15 years and over

262,816

100.0

Never married

101,076

38.5

Now married, except separated

125,674

47.8

Separated

2,670

1.0

Widowed

10,528

4.0

Female

8,551

3.3

Divorced

22,868

8.7

Female

13,068

5.0

 

 

 

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

 

 

Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years

3,573

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

1,453

40.7

 

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

 

Civilian population 18 years and over

251,910

100.0

Civilian veterans

21,738

8.6

 

 

 

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

 

 

Population 5 to 20 years

76,100

100.0

With a disability

5,421

7.1

 

 

 

Population 21 to 64 years

196,798

100.0

With a disability

25,417

12.9

Percent employed

63.2

(X)

No disability

171,381

87.1

Percent employed

79.6

(X)

 

 

 

Population 65 years and over

24,592

100.0

With a disability

9,064

36.9

 

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1995

 

 

Population 5 years and over

302,785

100.0

Same house in 1995

130,068

43.0

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

158,341

52.3

Same county

69,146

22.8

Different county

89,195

29.5

Same state

53,731

17.7

Different state

35,464

11.7

Elsewhere in 1995

14,376

4.7

 

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

 

Total population

322,895

100.0

Native

289,731

89.7

Born in United States

286,761

88.8

State of residence

194,674

60.3

Different state

92,087

28.5

Born outside United States

2,970

0.9

Foreign born

33,164

10.3

Entered 1990 to March 2000

18,914

5.9

Naturalized citizen

10,713

3.3

Not a citizen

22,451

7.0

 

 

 

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

 

 

Total (excluding born at sea)

33,162

100.0

Europe

7,767

23.4

Asia

17,357

52.3

Africa

1,740

5.2

Oceania

145

0.4

Latin America

3,837

11.6

Northern America

2,316

7.0

 

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

 

Population 5 years and over

302,785

100.0

English only

262,763

86.8

Language other than English

40,022

13.2

Speak English less than 'very well

13,523

4.5

Spanish

8,017

2.6

Speak English less than "very well"

2,920

1.0

Other Indo-European languages

14,215

4.7

Speak English less than "very well"

3,430

1.1

Asian and Pacific Island languages

13,221

4.4

Speak English less than "very well"

6,069

2.0

 

 

 

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

 

 

Total population

322,895

100.0

Total ancestries reported

369,094

114.3

Arab

4,257

1.3

Czech1

2,485

0.8

Danish

1,873

0.6

Dutch

7,235

2.2

English

38,784

12.0

French (except Basque)1

12,389

3.8

French Canadian1

4,246

1.3

German

68,320

21.2

Greek

2,300

0.7

Hungarian

3,977

1.2

Irish1

37,278

11.5

Italian

14,097

4.4

Lithuanian

1,153

0.4

Norwegian

3,789

1.2

Polish

20,937

6.5

Portuguese

265

0.1

Russian

4,982

1.5

Scotch-Irish

5,189

1.6

Scottish

9,916

3.1

Slovak

907

0.3

Subsaharan African

2,599

0.8

Swedish

5,218

1.6

Swiss

1,722

0.5

Ukrainian

2,072

0.6

United States or American

13,471

4.2

Welsh

2,585

0.8

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

1,105

0.3

Other ancestries

95,943

29.7

(X) Not applicable.
1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.
Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB)
Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB)
Language Code List (PDF 17KB)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19



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