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Saint Louis Missouri Social and demographic information
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Saint Louis Missouri Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: St. Louis 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 |
348,189 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
98,331 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
328,647 |
94.4 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
6,680 |
6.8 |
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Born in
United States |
327,108 |
93.9 |
| Kindergarten |
4,655 |
4.7 |
|
State
of residence |
244,749 |
70.3 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
43,227 |
44.0 |
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Different state |
82,359 |
23.7 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
19,359 |
19.7 |
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Born
outside United States |
1,539 |
0.4 |
| College or
graduate school |
24,410 |
24.8 |
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Foreign born |
19,542 |
5.6 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
14,237 |
4.1 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
5,348 |
1.5 |
| Population
25 years and over |
221,951 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
14,194 |
4.1 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
21,291 |
9.6 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
42,424 |
19.1 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
61,046 |
27.5 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
19,542 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
45,154 |
20.3 |
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Europe |
8,543 |
43.7 |
| Associate
degree |
9,698 |
4.4 |
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Asia |
6,425 |
32.9 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
25,431 |
11.5 |
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Africa |
1,500 |
7.7 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
16,907 |
7.6 |
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Oceania |
113 |
0.6 |
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Latin America |
2,748 |
14.1 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
71.3 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
213 |
1.1 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
19.1 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
324,769 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
272,873 |
100.0 |
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English only |
296,924 |
91.4 |
| Never married |
113,151 |
41.5 |
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Language other
than English |
27,845 |
8.6 |
| Now married,
except separated |
89,125 |
32.7 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
14,191 |
4.4 |
| Separated |
11,940 |
4.4 |
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Spanish |
7,851 |
2.4 |
| Widowed |
25,215 |
9.2 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
3,283 |
1.0 |
| Female |
20,381 |
7.5 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
12,400 |
3.8 |
| Divorced |
33,442 |
12.3 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
6,438 |
2.0 |
| Female |
18,640 |
6.8 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
5,354 |
1.6 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
3,478 |
1.1 |
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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 |
348,189 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
9,417 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
330,879 |
95.0 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
4,671 |
49.6 |
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Arab |
1,643 |
0.5 |
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Czech¹ |
2,275 |
0.7 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
328 |
0.1 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
258,566 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
2,450 |
0.7 |
| Civilian
veterans |
29,994 |
11.6 |
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English |
13,435 |
3.9 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
8,393 |
2.4 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
565 |
0.2 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
50,575 |
14.5 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
80,709 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
994 |
0.3 |
| With a
disability |
8,402 |
10.4 |
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Hungarian |
1,013 |
0.3 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
193,932 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
30,117 |
8.6 |
| With a
disability |
48,875 |
25.2 |
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Italian |
12,579 |
3.6 |
| Percent
employed |
48.7 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
478 |
0.1 |
| No disability |
145,057 |
74.8 |
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Norwegian |
928 |
0.3 |
| Percent
employed |
72.7 |
(X) |
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Polish |
5,324 |
1.5 |
| Population
65 years and over |
45,357 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
150 |
0.0 |
| With a
disability |
22,180 |
48.9 |
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Russian |
1,253 |
0.4 |
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Scotch-Irish |
2,429 |
0.7 |
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Scottish |
2,435 |
0.7 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
420 |
0.1 |
| Population
5 years and over |
324,769 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
5,481 |
1.6 |
| Same house in
1995 |
164,747 |
50.7 |
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Swedish |
1,176 |
0.3 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
148,078 |
45.6 |
|
Swiss |
749 |
0.2 |
| Same county |
95,221 |
29.3 |
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Ukrainian |
423 |
0.1 |
| Different
county |
52,857 |
16.3 |
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United States
or American |
10,641 |
3.1 |
| Same state |
28,831 |
8.9 |
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Welsh |
885 |
0.3 |
| Different
state |
24,026 |
7.4 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
498 |
0.1 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
11,944 |
3.7 |
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Other
ancestries |
173,242 |
49.8 |
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| Date: January
10, 2005 |
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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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