SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

5,039

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

278

5.5

Kindergarten

290

5.8

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

2,441

48.4

High school (grades 9-12)

1,483

29.4

College or graduate school

547

10.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

17,145

100.0

Less than 9th grade

630

3.7

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

2,097

12.2

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

6,338

37.0

Some college, no degree

4,153

24.2

Associate degree

916

5.3

Bachelor's degree

1,968

11.5

Graduate or professional degree

1,043

6.1

Percent high school graduate or higher

84.1

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

17.6

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

19,950

100.0

Never married

3,677

18.4

Now married, except separated

11,868

59.5

Separated

395

2.0

Widowed

1,581

7.9

Female

1,232

6.2

Divorced

2,429

12.2

Female

1,147

5.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

383

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

272

71.0

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

18,844

100.0

Civilian veterans

3,394

18.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

4,989

100.0

With a disability

452

9.1

Population 21 to 64 years

12,941

100.0

With a disability

3,152

24.4

Percent employed

59.3

(X)

No disability

9,789

75.6

Percent employed

78.5

(X)

Population 65 years and over

4,683

100.0

With a disability

1,901

40.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

23,033

100.0

Same house in 1995

12,360

53.7

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

10,288

44.7

Same county

4,984

21.6

Different county

5,304

23.0

Same state

3,277

14.2

Different state

2,027

8.8

Elsewhere in 1995

385

1.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

24,262

100.0

Native

23,253

95.8

Born in United States

23,122

95.3

State of residence

13,227

54.5

Different state

9,895

40.8

Born outside United States

131

0.5

Foreign born

1,009

4.2

Entered 1990 to March 2000

501

2.1

Naturalized citizen

343

1.4

Not a citizen

666

2.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

1,009

100.0

Europe

176

17.4

Asia

118

11.7

Africa

11

1.1

Oceania

26

2.6

Latin America

554

54.9

Northern America

124

12.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

23,033

100.0

English only

21,583

93.7

Language other than English

1,450

6.3

Speak English less than 'very well

620

2.7

Spanish

1,030

4.5

Speak English less than "very well"

525

2.3

Other Indo-European languages

291

1.3

Speak English less than "very well"

84

0.4

Asian and Pacific Island languages

81

0.4

Speak English less than "very well"

9

0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

24,262

100.0

Total ancestries reported

27,300

112.5

Arab

14

0.1

Czech¹

91

0.4

Danish

410

1.7

Dutch

702

2.9

English

3,915

16.1

French (except Basque)¹

912

3.8

French Canadian¹

192

0.8

German

5,515

22.7

Greek

35

0.1

Hungarian

49

0.2

Irish¹

3,077

12.7

Italian

576

2.4

Lithuanian

12

0.0

Norwegian

865

3.6

Polish

255

1.1

Portuguese

194

0.8

Russian

141

0.6

Scotch-Irish

657

2.7

Scottish

883

3.6

Slovak

18

0.1

Subsaharan African

0

0.0

Swedish

958

3.9

Swiss

1,152

4.7

Ukrainian

80

0.3

United States or American

2,042

8.4

Welsh

363

1.5

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

0

0.0

Other ancestries

4,192

17.3