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Columbus Ohio Social and demographic information
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Columbus Ohio Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Columbus city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
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 |
711,644 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
208,711 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
663,931 |
93.3 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
12,577 |
6.0 |
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Born in
United States |
658,929 |
92.6 |
| Kindergarten |
9,780 |
4.7 |
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State
of residence |
482,729 |
67.8 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
77,302 |
37.0 |
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Different state |
176,200 |
24.8 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
32,472 |
15.6 |
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Born
outside United States |
5,002 |
0.7 |
| College or
graduate school |
76,580 |
36.7 |
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Foreign born |
47,713 |
6.7 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
30,409 |
4.3 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
14,197 |
2.0 |
| Population
25 years and over |
440,987 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
33,516 |
4.7 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
17,011 |
3.9 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
54,600 |
12.4 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
120,348 |
27.3 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
47,713 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
96,217 |
21.8 |
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Europe |
7,017 |
14.7 |
| Associate
degree |
24,753 |
5.6 |
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Asia |
22,354 |
46.9 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
87,624 |
19.9 |
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Africa |
9,530 |
20.0 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
40,434 |
9.2 |
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Oceania |
216 |
0.5 |
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Latin America |
7,373 |
15.5 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
83.8 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
1,223 |
2.6 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
29.0 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
659,006 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
563,755 |
100.0 |
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English only |
593,275 |
90.0 |
| Never married |
215,724 |
38.3 |
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Language other
than English |
65,731 |
10.0 |
| Now married,
except separated |
235,570 |
41.8 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
27,641 |
4.2 |
| Separated |
12,240 |
2.2 |
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Spanish |
19,275 |
2.9 |
| Widowed |
30,302 |
5.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
8,046 |
1.2 |
| Female |
24,856 |
4.4 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
18,654 |
2.8 |
| Divorced |
69,919 |
12.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
5,679 |
0.9 |
| Female |
41,083 |
7.3 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
17,227 |
2.6 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
8,962 |
1.4 |
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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 |
711,644 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
12,324 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
725,968 |
102.0 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
6,263 |
50.8 |
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Arab |
4,512 |
0.6 |
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Czech¹ |
3,357 |
0.5 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
938 |
0.1 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
539,416 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
9,831 |
1.4 |
| Civilian
veterans |
58,638 |
10.9 |
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English |
55,990 |
7.9 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
13,611 |
1.9 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
2,051 |
0.3 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
137,761 |
19.4 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
157,842 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
2,702 |
0.4 |
| With a
disability |
14,478 |
9.2 |
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Hungarian |
5,889 |
0.8 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
436,072 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
83,448 |
11.7 |
| With a
disability |
78,628 |
18.0 |
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Italian |
35,236 |
5.0 |
| Percent
employed |
58.8 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
1,028 |
0.1 |
| No disability |
357,444 |
82.0 |
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Norwegian |
3,027 |
0.4 |
| Percent
employed |
81.6 |
(X) |
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Polish |
14,510 |
2.0 |
| Population
65 years and over |
59,317 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
549 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
25,798 |
43.5 |
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Russian |
4,333 |
0.6 |
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Scotch-Irish |
9,675 |
1.4 |
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Scottish |
11,819 |
1.7 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
2,491 |
0.4 |
| Population
5 years and over |
659,006 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
15,914 |
2.2 |
| Same house in
1995 |
274,539 |
41.7 |
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Swedish |
4,254 |
0.6 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
361,780 |
54.9 |
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Swiss |
2,640 |
0.4 |
| Same county |
231,465 |
35.1 |
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Ukrainian |
1,955 |
0.3 |
| Different
county |
130,315 |
19.8 |
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United States
or American |
51,427 |
7.2 |
| Same state |
75,665 |
11.5 |
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Welsh |
9,969 |
1.4 |
| Different
state |
54,650 |
8.3 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
1,726 |
0.2 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
22,687 |
3.4 |
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Other
ancestries |
235,325 |
33.1 |
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| Date: December
30, 2004 |
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| -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. |
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