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Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Indianapolis city (balance)
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Subject
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Number
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Percent
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Subject
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Number
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Percent
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
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Population 3 years and over
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Total poplulation
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782,414
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100.0
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enrolled in school
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198,311
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100.0
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Native
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746,347
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95.4
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Nursery school, preschool
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14,216
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7.2
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Born in United States
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741,120
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94.7
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Kindergarten
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11,650
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5.9
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State of residence
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528,362
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67.5
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Elementary school (grades 1-8)
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90,208
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45.5
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Different state
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212,758
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27.2
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High school (grades 9-12)
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39,739
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20.0
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Born outside United States
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5,227
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0.7
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College or graduate school
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42,498
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21.4
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Foreign born
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36,067
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4.6
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Entered 1990 to March 2000
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21,821
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2.8
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
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Naturalized citizen
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12,100
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1.5
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Population 25 years and over
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502,549
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100.0
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Not a citizen
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23,967
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3.1
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Less than 9th grade
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23,816
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4.7
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9th to 12th grade, no diploma
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70,371
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14.0
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
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High school graduate (includes equivalency)
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147,686
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29.4
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Total (excluding born at sea)
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36,067
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100.0
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Some college, no degree
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105,257
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20.9
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Europe
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6,543
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18.1
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Associate degree
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27,811
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5.5
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Asia
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9,190
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25.5
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Bachelor's degree
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83,798
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16.7
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Africa
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2,650
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7.3
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Graduate or professional degree
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43,810
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8.7
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Oceania
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154
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0.4
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Latin America
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16,648
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46.2
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Percent high school graduate or higher
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81.3
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(X)
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Northern America
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882
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2.4
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Percent bachelor's degree or higher
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25.4
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(X)
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
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MARITAL STATUS
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Population 5 years and over
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724,716
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100.0
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Population 15 years and over
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612,692
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100.0
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English only
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671,818
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92.7
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Never married
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194,676
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31.8
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Language other than English
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52,898
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7.3
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Now married, except separated
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285,580
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46.6
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Speak English less than '"very well"'
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24,512
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3.4
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Separated
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12,905
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2.1
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Spanish
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29,638
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4.1
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Widowed
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39,196
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6.4
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Speak English less than '"very well"'
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15,728
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2.2
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Female
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32,232
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5.3
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Other Indo-European languages
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13,876
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1.9
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Divorced
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80,335
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13.1
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Speak English less than '"very well"'
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4,614
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0.6
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Female
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46,612
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7.6
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Asian and Pacific Island languages
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6,300
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0.9
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Speak English less than '"very well"'
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3,181
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0.4
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
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Grandparent living in household
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ANCESTRY (single and multiple)
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with one or more own grandchildren
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Total population
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782,414
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100.0
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under 18 years
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15,089
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100.0
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Total ancestries reported
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722,635
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92.4
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Grandparent responsible for grandchildren
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8,125
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53.8
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Arab
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1,973
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0.3
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Czech¹
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2,091
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0.3
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VETERAN STATUS
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Danish
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1,573
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0.2
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Civilian population 18 years and over
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581,543
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100.0
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Dutch
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12,223
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1.6
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Civilian veterans
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72,827
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12.5
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English
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60,562
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7.7
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French (except Basque)¹
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15,494
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2.0
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN
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French Canadian¹
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2,072
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0.3
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NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
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German
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130,045
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16.6
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Population 5 to 20 years
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172,739
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100.0
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Greek
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2,074
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0.3
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With a disability
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15,744
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9.1
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Hungarian
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2,281
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0.3
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Population 21 to 64 years
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458,913
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100.0
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Irish¹
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79,977
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10.2
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With a disability
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93,721
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20.4
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Italian
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17,442
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2.2
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Percent employed
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61.3
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(X)
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Lithuanian
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875
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0.1
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No disability
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365,192
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79.6
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Norwegian
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3,756
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0.5
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Percent employed
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81.1
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(X)
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Polish
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10,643
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1.4
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Population 65 years and over
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80,768
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100.0
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Portuguese
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402
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0.1
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With a disability
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35,417
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43.9
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Russian
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2,954
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0.4
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Scotch-Irish
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10,322
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1.3
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Scottish
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13,190
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1.7
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RESIDENCE IN 1995
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Slovak
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743
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0.1
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Population 5 years and over
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724,716
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100.0
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Subsaharan African
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8,665
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1.1
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Same house in 1995
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342,737
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47.3
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Swedish
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5,192
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0.7
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Different house in the U.S. in 1995
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365,306
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50.4
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Swiss
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1,939
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0.2
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Same county
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247,936
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34.2
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Ukrainian
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924
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0.1
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Different county
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117,370
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16.2
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United States or American
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72,698
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9.3
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Same state
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60,409
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8.3
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Welsh
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5,008
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0.6
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Different state
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56,961
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7.9
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West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)
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1,306
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0.2
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Elsewhere in 1995
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16,673
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2.3
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Other ancestries
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256,211
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32.7
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Date: January 2, 2005
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-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
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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.
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Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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