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Omaha Nebraska Social and demographic information
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Omaha Nebraska Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Omaha 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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|
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Total
poplulation |
390,112 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
109,651 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
364,425 |
93.4 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
6,961 |
6.3 |
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Born in
United States |
361,880 |
92.8 |
| Kindergarten |
5,627 |
5.1 |
|
State
of residence |
234,324 |
60.1 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
45,247 |
41.3 |
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Different state |
127,556 |
32.7 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
21,698 |
19.8 |
|
Born
outside United States |
2,545 |
0.7 |
| College or
graduate school |
30,118 |
27.5 |
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Foreign born |
25,687 |
6.6 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
15,312 |
3.9 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
7,510 |
1.9 |
| Population
25 years and over |
247,260 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
18,177 |
4.7 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
11,749 |
4.8 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
22,951 |
9.3 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
66,919 |
27.1 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
25,687 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
60,517 |
24.5 |
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Europe |
3,320 |
12.9 |
| Associate
degree |
14,228 |
5.8 |
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Asia |
6,302 |
24.5 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
48,670 |
19.7 |
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Africa |
1,497 |
5.8 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
22,226 |
9.0 |
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Oceania |
101 |
0.4 |
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Latin America |
14,032 |
54.6 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
86.0 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
435 |
1.7 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
28.7 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
362,048 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
306,601 |
100.0 |
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English only |
324,359 |
89.6 |
| Never married |
96,828 |
31.6 |
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Language other
than English |
37,689 |
10.4 |
| Now married,
except separated |
149,169 |
48.7 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
18,289 |
5.1 |
| Separated |
5,130 |
1.7 |
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Spanish |
23,512 |
6.5 |
| Widowed |
19,543 |
6.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
13,203 |
3.6 |
| Female |
16,199 |
5.3 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
7,700 |
2.1 |
| Divorced |
35,931 |
11.7 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
2,164 |
0.6 |
| Female |
20,745 |
6.8 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
4,620 |
1.3 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
2,205 |
0.6 |
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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 |
390,112 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
5,456 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
455,544 |
116.8 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
2,592 |
47.5 |
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Arab |
1,574 |
0.4 |
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Czech¹ |
18,902 |
4.8 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
11,367 |
2.9 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
289,654 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
6,897 |
1.8 |
| Civilian
veterans |
38,814 |
13.4 |
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English |
33,296 |
8.5 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
9,878 |
2.5 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
1,542 |
0.4 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
112,024 |
28.7 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
88,364 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
950 |
0.2 |
| With a
disability |
6,529 |
7.4 |
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Hungarian |
1,118 |
0.3 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
224,197 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
62,455 |
16.0 |
| With a
disability |
37,763 |
16.8 |
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Italian |
18,716 |
4.8 |
| Percent
employed |
61.8 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
1,761 |
0.5 |
| No disability |
186,434 |
83.2 |
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Norwegian |
9,233 |
2.4 |
| Percent
employed |
81.8 |
(X) |
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Polish |
18,447 |
4.7 |
| Population
65 years and over |
43,286 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
312 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
15,981 |
36.9 |
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Russian |
2,487 |
0.6 |
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Scotch-Irish |
5,565 |
1.4 |
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Scottish |
5,076 |
1.3 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
232 |
0.1 |
| Population
5 years and over |
362,048 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
3,252 |
0.8 |
| Same house in
1995 |
192,687 |
53.2 |
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Swedish |
14,061 |
3.6 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
159,606 |
44.1 |
|
Swiss |
1,232 |
0.3 |
| Same county |
99,026 |
27.4 |
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Ukrainian |
469 |
0.1 |
| Different
county |
60,580 |
16.7 |
|
United States
or American |
13,521 |
3.5 |
| Same state |
20,549 |
5.7 |
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Welsh |
2,054 |
0.5 |
| Different
state |
40,031 |
11.1 |
|
West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
285 |
0.1 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
9,755 |
2.7 |
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Other
ancestries |
98,838 |
25.3 |
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| Date: January
6, 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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