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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 
Geographic Area: Northwest Ohio 11-County Region 
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Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT     NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH  
     Population 3 years and over          Total poplulation 987,405 100.0%
      enrolled in school 276,427 100.0%   Native 964,771 97.7%
Nursery school, preschool 17,924 6.5%       Born in United States 960,402 97.3%
Kindergarten 15,192 5.5%           State of residence 777,873 78.8%
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 118,838 43.0%           Different state 182,529 18.5%
High school (grades 9-12) 58,961 21.3%       Born outside United States 4,369 0.4%
College or graduate school 65,512 23.7%   Foreign born 22,634 2.3%
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 8,649 0.9%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 11,957 1.2%
  Population 25 years and over 633,414 100.0%       Not a citizen 10,677 1.1%
Less than 9th grade 25,944 4.1%        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 76,459 12.1%   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 240,044 37.9%     Total (excluding born at sea) 22,634 100.0%
Some college, no degree 130,440 20.6%   Europe 6,225 27.5%
Associate degree 43,786 6.9%   Asia 8,585 37.9%
Bachelor's degree 75,779 12.0%   Africa 892 3.9%
Graduate or professional degree 40,962 6.5%   Oceania 101 0.4%
        Latin America 4,807 21.2%
Percent high school graduate or higher 83.8% (X)   Northern America 2,024 8.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 18.4% (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 923,259 100.0%
          Population 15 years and over 777,455 100.0%   English only 869,547 94.2%
Never married 207,616 26.7%   Language other than English 53,712 5.8%
Now married, except separated 421,293 54.2%           Speak English less than '"very well"' 16,432 1.8%
Separated 10,849 1.4%   Spanish 27,258 3.0%
Widowed 55,152 7.1%           Speak English less than '"very well"' 8,582 0.9%
 Female 45,110 5.8%   Other Indo-European languages 16,719 1.8%
Divorced 82,545 10.6%           Speak English less than '"very well"' 4,143 0.4%
 Female 45,135 5.8%   Asian and Pacific Island languages 5,416 0.6%
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 2,569 0.3%
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 987,405 100
           under 18 years 15,265 100.0%     Total ancestries reported 1,036,543 105.0%
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 7,269 47.6%   Arab 6,537 0.7%
        Czech¹ 5,615 0.6%
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 2,012 0.2%
          Civilian population 18 years and over 732,635 100.0%   Dutch 18,196 1.8%
Civilian veterans 96,136 13.1%   English 80,590 8.2%
        French (except Basque)¹ 42,064 4.3%
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 6,742 0.7%
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 333,365 33.8%
     Population 5 to 20 years 235,683 100.0%   Greek 3,775 0.4%
With a disability 20,269 8.6%   Hungarian 18,168 1.8%
     Population 21 to 64 years 552,491 100.0%   Irish¹ 109,982 11.1%
With a disability 97,543 17.7%   Italian 34,357 3.5%
 Percent employed 58.6% (X)   Lithuanian 827 0.1%
No disability 454,948 83   Norwegian 3,626 0.4%
 Percent employed 80.5% (X)   Polish 65,442 6.6%
     Population 65 years and over 123,787 100.0%   Portuguese 509 0.1%
With a disability 51,365 41.5%   Russian 3,886 0.4%
        Scotch-Irish 10,234 1.0%
        Scottish 14,831 1.5%
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 4,924 0.5%
  Population 5 years and over 923,259 100.0%   Subsaharan African 4,081 0.4%
Same house in 1995 543,611 58.9%   Swedish 6,683 0.7%
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 371,881 40.3%   Swiss 6,788 0.7%
 Same county 238,281 25.8%   Ukrainian 1,872 0.2%
 Different county 133,600 14.5%   United States or American 63,502 6.4%
  Same state 85,168 9.2%   Welsh 7,293 0.7%
  Different state 48,432 5.2%   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 754 0.1%
Elsewhere in 1995 7,767 0.8%   Other ancestries 179,888 18.2%
 
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.