SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

5,507

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

304

5.5

Kindergarten

331

6.0

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

2,659

48.3

High school (grades 9-12)

1,436

26.1

College or graduate school

777

14.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

16,023

100.0

Less than 9th grade

977

6.1

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

1,888

11.8

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

5,448

34.0

Some college, no degree

4,158

26.0

Associate degree

1,035

6.5

Bachelor's degree

1,682

10.5

Graduate or professional degree

835

5.2

Percent high school graduate or higher

82.1

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

15.7

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

18,890

100.0

Never married

3,619

19.2

Now married, except separated

11,234

59.5

Separated

256

1.4

Widowed

1,476

7.8

Female

1,167

6.2

Divorced

2,305

12.2

Female

1,204

6.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

376

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

190

50.5

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

17,795

100.0

Civilian veterans

3,355

18.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

5,155

100.0

With a disability

334

6.5

Population 21 to 64 years

12,962

100.0

With a disability

2,405

18.6

Percent employed

50.6

(X)

No disability

10,557

81.4

Percent employed

76.5

(X)

Population 65 years and over

3,773

100.0

With a disability

1,560

41.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

22,260

100.0

Same house in 1995

11,166

50.2

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

10,803

48.5

Same county

5,557

25.0

Different county

5,246

23.6

Same state

2,816

12.7

Different state

2,430

10.9

Elsewhere in 1995

291

1.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

23,791

100.0

Native

22,324

93.8

Born in United States

22,234

93.5

State of residence

11,955

50.3

Different state

10,279

43.2

Born outside United States

90

0.4

Foreign born

1,467

6.2

Entered 1990 to March 2000

544

2.3

Naturalized citizen

545

2.3

Not a citizen

922

3.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

1,467

100.0

Europe

148

10.1

Asia

149

10.2

Africa

14

1.0

Oceania

24

1.6

Latin America

1,057

72.1

Northern America

75

5.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

22,260

100.0

English only

19,928

89.5

Language other than English

2,332

10.5

Speak English less than 'very well

1,147

5.2

Spanish

1,855

8.3

Speak English less than "very well"

1,008

4.5

Other Indo-European languages

239

1.1

Speak English less than "very well"

41

0.2

Asian and Pacific Island languages

87

0.4

Speak English less than "very well"

69

0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

23,791

100.0

Total ancestries reported

25,079

105.4

Arab

18

0.1

Czech¹

138

0.6

Danish

290

1.2

Dutch

683

2.9

English

3,231

13.6

French (except Basque)¹

983

4.1

French Canadian¹

169

0.7

German

4,843

20.4

Greek

50

0.2

Hungarian

46

0.2

Irish¹

2,795

11.7

Italian

590

2.5

Lithuanian

4

0.0

Norwegian

1,176

4.9

Polish

329

1.4

Portuguese

87

0.4

Russian

77

0.3

Scotch-Irish

556

2.3

Scottish

571

2.4

Slovak

16

0.1

Subsaharan African

8

0.0

Swedish

831

3.5

Swiss

139

0.6

Ukrainian

40

0.2

United States or American

1,784

7.5

Welsh

297

1.2

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

3

0.0

Other ancestries

5,325

22.4