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Detail from USA Census 2000

 


Estimate


Lower Bound


Upper Bound

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY

     

Total population

33,051,894

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*****

Native

24,486,558 24,372,000 24,601,116

Born in United States

24,127,459 24,010,071 24,244,847

State of residence

16,724,157 16,605,121 16,843,193

Different state

7,403,302 7,335,928 7,470,676

Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to
American parent(s)

359,099 332,037 386,161

Foreign born

8,565,336 8,450,780 8,679,892

Naturalized citizen

3,383,214 3,310,167 3,456,261

Not a citizen

5,182,122 5,072,970 5,291,274

Entered 1990 to 2000

3,276,573 3,171,277 3,381,869

Entered before 1990

5,288,763 5,210,312 5,367,214
       

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

     

Foreign-born population with region of birth reported

8,565,118

8,450,568

8,679,668

Europe

653,647 617,524 689,770

Asia

2,915,292 2,838,247 2,992,337

Africa

107,927 92,806 123,048

Oceania

68,528 55,526 81,530

Latin America

4,689,596 4,606,093 4,773,099

Northern America

130,128 118,986 141,270
       

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

     

Population 5 years and over

30,598,432

30,565,013

30,631,851

English only

18,537,369 18,381,045 18,693,693

Language other than English

12,061,063 11,917,143 12,204,983

Speak English less than "very well"

5,777,070 5,668,125 5,886,015

Spanish

7,849,723 7,767,700 7,931,746

Speak English less than "very well"

3,931,357 3,840,000 4,022,714

Other Indo-European languages

1,273,516 1,191,539 1,355,493

Speak English less than "very well"

402,838 367,284 438,392

Asian and Pacific Islander languages

2,700,969 2,637,322 2,764,616

Speak English less than "very well"

1,372,946 1,328,521 1,417,371

Other languages

236,855 213,265 260,445

Speak English less than "very well"

69,929 56,988 82,870
       

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)

     

Total Population

33,051,894

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*****

Arab

194,147 167,495 220,799

Czech

90,686 80,006 101,366

Danish

211,327 189,592 233,062

Dutch

428,907 404,901 452,913

English

2,744,938 2,674,580 2,815,296

French (except Basque)

839,073 801,209 876,937

French Canadian

134,116 120,228 148,004

German

3,479,859 3,383,822 3,575,896

Greek

117,399 102,232 132,566

Hungarian

121,846 107,346 136,346

Irish

2,719,033 2,644,229 2,793,837

Italian

1,411,054 1,363,374 1,458,734

Lithuanian

54,616 45,541 63,691

Norwegian

432,008 399,157 464,860

Polish

496,273 468,000 524,546

Portuguese

358,281 331,700 384,863

Russian

392,598 369,125 416,071

Scotch-Irish

487,323 460,808 513,839

Scottish

567,993 529,218 606,768

Slovak

23,332 17,537 29,127

Subsaharan African

144,640 120,870 168,410

Swedish

491,746 460,974 522,519

Swiss

124,427 108,778 140,076

Ukrainian

82,593 69,716 95,470

United States or American

1,129,375 1,068,351 1,190,399

Welsh

175,351 162,116 188,586

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

66,174 49,172 83,176
       

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from the 2000 Census and 2000 Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.