SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

112,005

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

7,406

6.6

Kindergarten

6,201

5.5

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

50,629

45.2

High school (grades 9-12)

23,892

21.3

College or graduate school

23,877

21.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

339,738

100.0

Less than 9th grade

11,314

3.3

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

35,102

10.3

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

98,108

28.9

Some college, no degree

84,799

25.0

Associate degree

30,395

8.9

Bachelor's degree

51,616

15.2

Graduate or professional degree

28,404

8.4

Percent high school graduate or higher

86.3

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

23.6

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

390,023

100.0

Never married

78,006

20.0

Now married, except separated

224,987

57.7

Separated

7,403

1.9

Widowed

31,880

8.2

Female

25,258

6.5

Divorced

47,747

12.2

Female

25,883

6.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years

8,487

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

4,283

50.5

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

369,578

100.0

Civilian veterans

79,145

21.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

93,933

100.0

With a disability

8,926

9.5

Population 21 to 64 years

257,062

100.0

With a disability

52,772

20.5

Percent employed

55.8

(X)

No disability

204,290

79.5

Percent employed

75.9

(X)

Population 65 years and over

91,939

100.0

With a disability

35,422

38.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

451,553

100.0

Same house in 1995

233,156

51.6

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

209,982

46.5

Same county

115,453

25.6

Different county

94,529

20.9

Same state

28,864

6.4

Different state

65,665

14.5

Elsewhere in 1995

8,415

1.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

476,230

100.0

Native

445,229

93.5

Born in United States

434,292

91.2

State of residence

133,707

28.1

Different state

300,585

63.1

Born outside United States

10,937

2.3

Foreign born

31,001

6.5

Entered 1990 to March 2000

8,081

1.7

Naturalized citizen

18,374

3.9

Not a citizen

12,627

2.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

31,001

100.0

Europe

9,881

31.9

Asia

6,529

21.1

Africa

1,088

3.5

Oceania

140

0.5

Latin America

10,644

34.3

Northern America

2,719

8.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

451,553

100.0

English only

412,102

91.3

Language other than English

39,451

8.7

Speak English less than 'very well

11,869

2.6

Spanish

18,320

4.1

Speak English less than "very well"

5,872

1.3

Other Indo-European languages

14,656

3.2

Speak English less than "very well"

3,358

0.7

Asian and Pacific Island languages

4,689

1.0

Speak English less than "very well"

2,070

0.5

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

476,230

100.0

Total ancestries reported

520,887

109.4

Arab

2,640

0.6

Czech¹

3,011

0.6

Danish

2,058

0.4

Dutch

9,615

2.0

English

64,634

13.6

French (except Basque)¹

20,695

4.3

French Canadian¹

6,465

1.4

German

83,270

17.5

Greek

2,432

0.5

Hungarian

3,232

0.7

Irish¹

71,072

14.9

Italian

38,764

8.1

Lithuanian

1,568

0.3

Norwegian

5,061

1.1

Polish

15,873

3.3

Portuguese

1,844

0.4

Russian

3,735

0.8

Scotch-Irish

11,342

2.4

Scottish

12,506

2.6

Slovak

1,313

0.3

Subsaharan African

2,324

0.5

Swedish

6,871

1.4

Swiss

1,918

0.4

Ukrainian

1,629

0.3

United States or American

38,529

8.1

Welsh

4,143

0.9

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

4,816

1.0

Other ancestries

99,527

20.9