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Table 1 General population and voters sample

From: The economic side of social remittances: how money and ideas circulate between Paris, Dakar, and New York

 

Census data

USAa

Franceb

Sex and age

 

 Total population (N)

21,804

71,119

 Male (%)

60.1

57.3

 Female (%)

39.9

42.7

Marital status

 

 Population 15 years and over (N)

21,182

61,925

 Now married (inc. separated, %)

58

60

 Widowed (%)

1.3

1.9

 Divorced (%)

9.0

3.5

 Never married (%)

29.7

34.6

Educational attainment

 

 Population 25 years and over (N)

18,519

60,882

 Less than high school diploma (%)

16.9

23.0

 High school graduate (includes equivalency, %)

20.5

31.8

 Some college or associate’s degree (%)

29.3

13.9

 Bachelor’s degree and above (%)

33.3

31.3

Years of arrival

 

 Population born outside the United States/France (N)

21,804

71,119

 Entered 2010 or later for the US/2007 or later for France (%)

12.2

6.27

 Entered 2000 to 2009/2000 to 2007 (%)

41.8

27.7

 Entered before 2000 (%)

46.1

24.1

 Entered 1990 to 2000 (%)

 

23.0

 Entered before 1980 (%)

 

11.9

 NR (%)

 

6.9

Employment status

 

 Population 16 years and over (N)

21,141

71,119

 Employed (%)

69.7

57.7

 Unemployed (%)

6.3

12.9

 Not in labor force/unknown (%)

23.5

29.4

  1. Sources: a Census bureau, American Community Survey (2013). b INED, Trajectoires et Origines (2008)