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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Toledo MSA (Lucas, Fulton, Wood, Ottawa)
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Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT     NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH  
     Population 3 years and over          Total poplulation 659,188 100.0%
      enrolled in school 193,153 100.0%   Native 640,795 97.2%
Nursery school, preschool 12,614 6.5%       Born in United States 637,736 96.7%
Kindergarten 10,107 5.2%           State of residence 513,162 77.8%
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 79,251 41.0%           Different state 124,574 18.9%
High school (grades 9-12) 38,103 19.7%       Born outside United States 3,059 0.5%
College or graduate school 53,078 27.5%   Foreign born 18,393 2.8%
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 7,511 1.1%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 9,478 1.4%
  Population 25 years and over 418,289 100.0%       Not a citizen 8,915 1.4%
Less than 9th grade 15,972 3.8%        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 50,411 12.1%   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 142,388 34.0%     Total (excluding born at sea) 18,393 100.0%
Some college, no degree 90,366 21.6%   Europe 4,900 26.6%
Associate degree 30,390 7.3%   Asia 7,472 40.6%
Bachelor's degree 57,150 13.7%   Africa 836 4.5%
Graduate or professional degree 31,612 7.6%   Oceania 83 0.5%
        Latin America 3,548 19.3%
Percent high school graduate or higher 84.1% (X)   Northern America 1,554 8.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 21.2% (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 615,967 100.0%
          Population 15 years and over 518,630 100.0%   English only 576,770 93.6%
Never married 148,828 28.7%   Language other than English 39,197 6.4%
Now married, except separated 269,160 51.9%           Speak English less than '"very well"' 11,956 1.9%
Separated 7,527 1.5%   Spanish 17,934 2.9%
Widowed 36,644 7.1%           Speak English less than '"very well"' 5,736 0.9%
 Female 29,874 5.8%   Other Indo-European languages 12,841 2.1%
Divorced 56,471 10.9%           Speak English less than '"very well"' 3,081 0.5%
 Female 31,605 6.1%   Asian and Pacific Island languages 4,495 0.7%
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 2,065 0.3%
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 659,188 100
           under 18 years 10,074 100.0%     Total ancestries reported 709,059 107.6%
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 4,779 47.4%   Arab 5,995 0.9%
        Czech¹ 4,244 0.6%
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 1,342 0.2%
          Civilian population 18 years and over 489,604 100.0%   Dutch 11,272 1.7%
Civilian veterans 61,692 12.6%   English 53,658 8.1%
  0     French (except Basque)¹ 31,435 4.8%
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN 0     French Canadian¹ 5,371 0.8%
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION 0     German 201,530 30.6%
     Population 5 to 20 years 158,862 100.0%   Greek 3,264 0.5%
With a disability 14,793 9.3%   Hungarian 14,913 2.3%
     Population 21 to 64 years 370,256 100.0%   Irish¹ 75,279 11.4%
With a disability 67,538 18.2%   Italian 22,234 3.4%
 Percent employed 57.4% (X)   Lithuanian 685 0.1%
No disability 302,718 83   Norwegian 2,740 0.4%
 Percent employed 79.8% (X)   Polish 58,078 8.8%
     Population 65 years and over 80,243 100.0%   Portuguese 407 0.1%
With a disability 33,577 41.8%   Russian 3,379 0.5%
        Scotch-Irish 7,384 1.1%
        Scottish 10,563 1.6%
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 3,647 0.6%
  Population 5 years and over 615,967 100.0%   Subsaharan African 3,320 0.5%
Same house in 1995 350,334 56.9%   Swedish 4,561 0.7%
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 259,165 42.1%   Swiss 4,755 0.7%
 Same county 167,394 27.2%   Ukrainian 1,500 0.2%
 Different county 91,771 14.9%   United States or American 34,378 5.2%
  Same state 55,605 9.0%   Welsh 4,801 0.7%
  Different state 36,166 5.9%   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 717 0.1%
Elsewhere in 1995 6,468 1.1%   Other ancestries 137,607 20.9%
 
Date: September 20, 2004
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (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.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.