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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: Columbus city, Ohio

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

208,711

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

12,577

6.0

Kindergarten

9,780

4.7

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

77,302

37.0

High school (grades 9-12)

32,472

15.6

College or graduate school

76,580

36.7

 

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

 

Population 25 years and over

440,987

100.0

Less than 9th grade

17,011

3.9

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

54,600

12.4

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

120,348

27.3

Some college, no degree

96,217

21.8

Associate degree

24,753

5.6

Bachelor's degree

87,624

19.9

Graduate or professional degree

40,434

9.2

 

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

83.8

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

29.0

(X)

 

 

 

MARITAL STATUS

 

 

Population 15 years and over

563,755

100.0

Never married

215,724

38.3

Now married, except separated

235,570

41.8

Separated

12,240

2.2

Widowed

30,302

5.4

Female

24,856

4.4

Divorced

69,919

12.4

Female

41,083

7.3

 

 

 

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

 

 

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

12,324

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

6,263

50.8

 

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

 

Civilian population 18 years and over

539,416

100.0

Civilian veterans

58,638

10.9

 

 

 

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

 

 

Population 5 to 20 years

157,842

100.0

With a disability

14,478

9.2

 

 

 

Population 21 to 64 years

436,072

100.0

With a disability

78,628

18.0

Percent employed

58.8

(X)

No disability

357,444

82.0

Percent employed

81.6

(X)

 

 

 

Population 65 years and over

59,317

100.0

With a disability

25,798

43.5

 

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1995

 

 

Population 5 years and over

659,006

100.0

Same house in 1995

274,539

41.7

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

361,780

54.9

Same county

231,465

35.1

Different county

130,315

19.8

Same state

75,665

11.5

Different state

54,650

8.3

Elsewhere in 1995

22,687

3.4

 

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

 

Total population

711,644

100.0

Native

663,931

93.3

Born in United States

658,929

92.6

State of residence

482,729

67.8

Different state

176,200

24.8

Born outside United States

5,002

0.7

Foreign born

47,713

6.7

Entered 1990 to March 2000

30,409

4.3

Naturalized citizen

14,197

2.0

Not a citizen

33,516

4.7

 

 

 

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

 

 

Total (excluding born at sea)

47,713

100.0

Europe

7,017

14.7

Asia

22,354

46.9

Africa

9,530

20.0

Oceania

216

0.5

Latin America

7,373

15.5

Northern America

1,223

2.6

 

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

 

Population 5 years and over

659,006

100.0

English only

593,275

90.0

Language other than English

65,731

10.0

Speak English less than 'very well

27,641

4.2

Spanish

19,275

2.9

Speak English less than "very well"

8,046

1.2

Other Indo-European languages

18,654

2.8

Speak English less than "very well"

5,679

0.9

Asian and Pacific Island languages

17,227

2.6

Speak English less than "very well"

8,962

1.4

 

 

 

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

 

 

Total population

711,644

100.0

Total ancestries reported

725,968

102.0

Arab

4,512

0.6

Czech1

3,357

0.5

Danish

938

0.1

Dutch

9,831

1.4

English

55,990

7.9

French (except Basque)1

13,611

1.9

French Canadian1

2,051

0.3

German

137,761

19.4

Greek

2,702

0.4

Hungarian

5,889

0.8

Irish1

83,448

11.7

Italian

35,236

5.0

Lithuanian

1,028

0.1

Norwegian

3,027

0.4

Polish

14,510

2.0

Portuguese

549

0.1

Russian

4,333

0.6

Scotch-Irish

9,675

1.4

Scottish

11,819

1.7

Slovak

2,491

0.4

Subsaharan African

15,914

2.2

Swedish

4,254

0.6

Swiss

2,640

0.4

Ukrainian

1,955

0.3

United States or American

51,427

7.2

Welsh

9,969

1.4

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

1,726

0.2

Other ancestries

235,325

33.1

(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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