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Table 16: SEEK Students Profile, Fall 2006 to Fall 2011

  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
N= 717 678 624 544 528 527
  % % % % % %
Gender            
Male 24.5 25.4 27.7 28.7 30.3 31.1
Female 75.5 74.6 72.3 71.3 69.7 68.9
             
Race/Ethnicity Imputed*            
Asian 28.3 32.6 35.3 38.2 46.4 47.0
Black 17.3 15.5 16.2 14.2 13.3 13.5
Hispanic 38.2 37.5 34.5 35.8 30.1 32.7
White 15.9 14.2 13.6 11.4 9.8 6.6
Other           5.8
             
Student Age            
             
Less than 22 66.4 64.0 63.9 71.3 60.0 56.7
25 and over 8.5 7.2 6.7 7.0 8.1 6.1
Mean Age  (number) 21.4 21.5 21.2 21.1 21.3 21.3
             
Residence            
New York City Total 98.9 94.6 98.6 97.6 98.5 99.2
Brooklyn 32.9 30.3 32.2 32.0 34.1 35.1
Bronx 17.0 15.5 16.8 16.5 14.6 13.7
Manhattan 20.4 20.0 21.6 18.4 17.8 17.5
Queens 26.8 27.2 26.0 29.0 31.4 32.3
Staten Island 1.8 1.5 1.9 1.7 0.6 0.6
   
       
New York State 1.1 5.3 1.3 2.4 1.5 0.8
Other US State/Territory 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
             
Total Number of Countries 49 50 46 38 36 35
             
Total Number of Languages 32 35 35 35 35 28
             
Student and Parent(s) Place of Birth            
Student Born in US 49.3 49.4 52.1 50.6 47.9 47.4
Student Born Outside US 43.4 42.6 38.8 38.1 40.9 39.9
             
Asia 32.6 37.0 39.1 41.7 46.3 48.1
Country Unknown 24.1 26.0 25.3 24.5 28.2 27.1
Carribian 18.1 14.0 15.6 15.1 12.0 12.9
South America 10.6 7.5 8.0 7.8 6.5 7.1
Eastern Europe 8.2 8.3 6.7 4.7 2.8 1.0
Central America 1.4 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.4
Central Asia 3.2 3.8 2.7 2.6 1.9 1.4
Africa 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.5
Middle East 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.5
Western Europe 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.0
North America 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Student Birthplace Unknown 7.3 8.0 9.1 11.3 11.2 12.7
             
At least 1 Parent Born in US 16.6 14.9 14.6 14.9 11.0 10.4
At least 1 Parent Born Outside US 78.1 78.5 79.3 78.5 81.1 78.9
At least 1 Parent Birthplace Unknown 5.3 6.6 6.1 6.6 7.9 10.7

           
Both Parents Born in US 10.3 9.3 7.7 7.7 6.1 5.7
Both Parents Born Outside US 69.4 69.8 68.9 69.3 73.5 70.6
Both Parents Birthplace Unknown 20.3 20.9 23.4 23.0 20.4 23.7
             
Language            
Native language English 25.5 26.8 30.1 31.1 29.4 34.7
Native language other then English 50.3 52.5 50.8 50.7 51.7 52.6
Native language unknown 24.2 20.7 19.1 18.2 18.9 12.7
             
Speak language other than English at home 61.1 61.8 56.9 56.8 57.4 67.9
Speak English at home 15.5 15.3 15.9 12.5 9.8 13.5
Language unknown 23.4 22.9 27.2 30.7 32.8 18.6
             
Most comfortable with English 19.8 19.8 20.2 20.4 19.9 25.1
Most comfortable with language other than English 6.3 6.0 5.8 5.7 6.8 6.4
Most comfortable with language other than English 34.3 35.4 30.3 29.8 29.9 35.1
Most comfortable language unknown 39.6 38.8 43.8 44.1 43.4 33.4
             
Source: CUNY IRDB, CUNY Show Files            
* Reported race/ethnicity shown for 2011.Total percentage may exceed 100% since multiracial responses indicated.
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