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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: Providence city, Rhode Island |
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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.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
63,584 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
2,660 |
4.2 |
Kindergarten |
2,703 |
4.3 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
22,197 |
34.9 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
9,714 |
15.3 |
College or graduate school |
26,310 |
41.4 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
96,154 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
14,608 |
15.2 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
18,296 |
19.0 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
22,167 |
23.1 |
Some college, no degree |
13,136 |
13.7 |
Associate degree |
4,497 |
4.7 |
Bachelor's degree |
12,596 |
13.1 |
Graduate or professional degree |
10,854 |
11.3 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
65.8 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
24.4 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
135,105 |
100.0 |
Never married |
62,501 |
46.3 |
Now married, except separated |
47,321 |
35.0 |
Separated |
4,925 |
3.6 |
Widowed |
8,170 |
6.0 |
Female |
6,425 |
4.8 |
Divorced |
12,188 |
9.0 |
Female |
7,530 |
5.6 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
3,322 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
1,219 |
36.7 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
128,292 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
9,159 |
7.1 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
49,637 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
5,048 |
10.2 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
93,233 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
23,629 |
25.3 |
Percent employed |
46.5 |
(X) |
No disability |
69,604 |
74.7 |
Percent employed |
68.8 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
17,243 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
8,249 |
47.8 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
161,631 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
72,134 |
44.6 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
78,791 |
48.7 |
Same county |
46,884 |
29.0 |
Different county |
31,907 |
19.7 |
Same state |
5,120 |
3.2 |
Different state |
26,787 |
16.6 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
10,706 |
6.6 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
173,618 |
100.0 |
Native |
129,671 |
74.7 |
Born in United States |
121,533 |
70.0 |
State of residence |
74,281 |
42.8 |
Different state |
47,252 |
27.2 |
Born outside United States |
8,138 |
4.7 |
Foreign born |
43,947 |
25.3 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
19,937 |
11.5 |
Naturalized citizen |
15,117 |
8.7 |
Not a citizen |
28,830 |
16.6 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
43,947 |
100.0 |
Europe |
5,126 |
11.7 |
Asia |
7,871 |
17.9 |
Africa |
3,138 |
7.1 |
Oceania |
163 |
0.4 |
Latin America |
27,160 |
61.8 |
Northern America |
489 |
1.1 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
161,631 |
100.0 |
English only |
92,086 |
57.0 |
Language other than English |
69,545 |
43.0 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
34,103 |
21.1 |
Spanish |
44,733 |
27.7 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
24,217 |
15.0 |
Other Indo-European languages |
13,328 |
8.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
4,563 |
2.8 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
9,445 |
5.8 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
4,905 |
3.0 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
173,618 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
179,705 |
103.5 |
Arab |
755 |
0.4 |
Czech1 |
190 |
0.1 |
Danish |
209 |
0.1 |
Dutch |
553 |
0.3 |
English |
8,532 |
4.9 |
French (except Basque)1 |
6,559 |
3.8 |
French Canadian1 |
2,735 |
1.6 |
German |
5,911 |
3.4 |
Greek |
666 |
0.4 |
Hungarian |
370 |
0.2 |
Irish1 |
16,765 |
9.7 |
Italian |
23,960 |
13.8 |
Lithuanian |
532 |
0.3 |
Norwegian |
417 |
0.2 |
Polish |
4,118 |
2.4 |
Portuguese |
7,002 |
4.0 |
Russian |
2,411 |
1.4 |
Scotch-Irish |
813 |
0.5 |
Scottish |
1,754 |
1.0 |
Slovak |
87 |
0.1 |
Subsaharan African |
7,500 |
4.3 |
Swedish |
1,117 |
0.6 |
Swiss |
150 |
0.1 |
Ukrainian |
448 |
0.3 |
United States or American |
4,255 |
2.5 |
Welsh |
457 |
0.3 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
2,821 |
1.6 |
Other ancestries |
78,618 |
45.3 |
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Number |
Percent |
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(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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