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American Community Survey Profile Report | 2018-2022 (5-year estimates)

Senate District 23

Social Characteristics

District Demographics Table
Subject District Percent
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE - Total households 34,264 (X)
Married-couple household 17,179 50.1
With children of the householder under 18 years 5,786 16.9
Cohabiting couple household 2,942 8.6
With children of the householder under 18 years 1,379 4
Male householder, no spouse/partner present 6,538 19.1
With children of the householder under 18 years 682 2
Householder living alone 4,997 14.6
65 years and over 1,456 4.2
Female householder, no spouse/partner present 7,605 22.2
With children of the householder under 18 years 1,226 3.6
Householder living alone 5,138 15
65 years and over 3,132 9.1
Households with one or more people under 18 years 9,841 28.7
Households with one or more people 65 years and over 11,817 34.5
Average household size 2.4 (X)
Average family size 3 (X)
RELATIONSHIP - Population in households 82,968 (X)
Householder 34,264 41.3
Spouse 16,879 20.3
Unmarried partner 3,217 3.9
Child 23,606 28.5
Other relatives 3,183 3.8
Other nonrelatives 1,819 2.2
MARITAL STATUS - Males 15 years and over 34,461 (X)
Never married 10,826 31.4
Now married, except separated 18,463 53.6
Separated 511 1.5
Widowed 1,070 3.1
Divorced 3,591 10.4
Females 15 years and over 33,591 (X)
Never married 8,558 25.5
Now married, except separated 17,362 51.7
Separated 433 1.3
Widowed 3,739 11.1
Divorced 3,499 10.4
FERTILITY - Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months 1,343 (X)
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) 501 37.3
Per 1,000 unmarried women 56 (X)
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old 81 (X)
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old 2 (X)
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old 166 (X)
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old 28 (X)
GRANDPARENTS - Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years 1,103 (X)
Grandparents responsible for grandchildren 482 43.7
Less than 1 year 126 11.4
1 or 2 years 159 14.4
3 or 4 years 74 6.7
5 or more years 123 11.2
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years 482 (X)
Who are female 272 56.4
Who are married 360 74.7
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT - Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 19,148 (X)
Nursery school, preschool 1,408 7.4
Kindergarten 1,218 6.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 8,854 46.2
High school (grades 9-12) 4,624 24.1
College or graduate school 3,044 15.9
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT - Population 25 years and over 58,099 (X)
Less than 9th grade 2,416 4.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 3,237 5.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 19,605 33.7
Some college, no degree 12,862 22.1
Associate's degree 7,860 13.5
Bachelor's degree 8,386 14.4
Graduate or professional degree 3,733 6.4
High school graduate or higher 52,446 90.3
Bachelor's degree or higher 12,119 20.9
VETERAN STATUS - Civilian population 18 years and over 64,506 (X)
Civilian veterans 5,108 7.9
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION - Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population 83,434 (X)
With a disability 10,627 12.7
Under 18 years 19,957 (X)
With a disability 958 4.8
18 to 64 years 46,841 (X)
With a disability 5,033 10.7
65 years and over 16,636 (X)
With a disability 4,636 27.9
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO - Population 1 year and over 83,520 (X)
Same house 73,815 88.4
Different house (in the U.S. or abroad) 9,705 11.6
Different house in the U.S. 9,500 11.4
Same county 5,149 6.2
Different county 4,351 5.2
Same state 3,155 3.8
Different state 1,196 1.4
Abroad 205 0.2
PLACE OF BIRTH - Total population 84,538 (X)
Native 78,347 92.7
Born in United States 77,637 91.8
State of residence 60,662 71.8
Different state 16,975 20.1
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) 710 0.8
Foreign born 6,191 7.3
U.S. CITIZENSHIP STATUS - Foreign-born population 6,191 (X)
Naturalized U.S. citizen 2,415 39
Not a U.S. citizen 3,776 61
YEAR OF ENTRY - Population born outside the United States 6,901 (X)
Native 710 (X)
Entered 2010 or later 240 33.8
Entered before 2010 470 66.2
Foreign born 6,191 (X)
Entered 2010 or later 2,069 33.4
Entered before 2010 4,122 66.6
WORLD REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN - Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea 6,191 (X)
Europe 226 3.7
Asia 2,178 35.2
Africa 711 11.5
Oceania 70 1.1
Latin America 2,975 48.1
Northern America 31 0.5
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME - Population 5 years and over 79,342 (X)
English only 69,376 87.4
Language other than English 9,966 12.6
Speak English less than very well 4,572 5.8
Spanish 6,057 7.6
Speak English less than very well 2,452 3.1
Other Indo-European languages 954 1.2
Speak English less than very well 280 0.4
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 2,240 2.8
Speak English less than very well 1,504 1.9
Other languages 715 0.9
Speak English less than very well 336 0.4
ANCESTRY - Total population 84,538 (X)
American 3,039 3.6
Arab 104 0.1
Czech 1,823 2.2
Danish 2,972 3.5
Dutch 1,549 1.8
English 4,768 5.6
French (except Basque) 2,071 2.4
French Canadian 491 0.6
German 27,274 32.3
Greek 45 0.1
Hungarian 33 0
Irish 7,686 9.1
Italian 556 0.7
Lithuanian 28 0
Norwegian 18,285 21.6
Polish 1,999 2.4
Portuguese 18 0
Russian 245 0.3
Scotch-Irish 246 0.3
Scottish 866 1
Slovak 16 0
Subsaharan African 1,362 1.6
Swedish 2,544 3
Swiss 126 0.1
Ukrainian 54 0.1
Welsh 470 0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) 18 0
COMPUTERS AND INTERNET USE - Total households 34,264 (X)
With a computer 31,251 91.2
With a broadband Internet subscription 28,991 84.6