SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

13,324

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

749

5.6

Kindergarten

540

4.1

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

5,461

41.0

High school (grades 9-12)

2,828

21.2

College or graduate school

3,746

28.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

34,239

100.0

Less than 9th grade

1,265

3.7

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

2,078

6.1

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

7,182

21.0

Some college, no degree

9,426

27.5

Associate degree

3,218

9.4

Bachelor's degree

7,181

21.0

Graduate or professional degree

3,889

11.4

Percent high school graduate or higher

90.2

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

32.3

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

40,400

100.0

Never married

9,913

24.5

Now married, except separated

21,155

52.4

Separated

714

1.8

Widowed

3,011

7.5

Female

2,472

6.1

Divorced

5,607

13.9

Female

3,352

8.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

818

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

300

36.7

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

38,218

100.0

Civilian veterans

6,089

15.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

10,630

100.0

With a disability

888

8.4

Population 21 to 64 years

27,898

100.0

With a disability

4,466

16.0

Percent employed

52.0

(X)

No disability

23,432

84.0

Percent employed

80.8

(X)

Population 65 years and over

7,993

100.0

With a disability

3,287

41.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

47,150

100.0

Same house in 1995

24,071

51.1

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

21,955

46.6

Same county

15,232

32.3

Different county

6,723

14.3

Same state

4,851

10.3

Different state

1,872

4.0

Elsewhere in 1995

1,124

2.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

49,742

100.0

Native

45,269

91.0

Born in United States

44,689

89.8

State of residence

28,613

57.5

Different state

16,076

32.3

Born outside United States

580

1.2

Foreign born

4,473

9.0

Entered 1990 to March 2000

1,948

3.9

Naturalized citizen

2,000

4.0

Not a citizen

2,473

5.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

4,473

100.0

Europe

1,820

40.7

Asia

1,673

37.4

Africa

69

1.5

Oceania

92

2.1

Latin America

611

13.7

Northern America

208

4.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

47,150

100.0

English only

41,366

87.7

Language other than English

5,784

12.3

Speak English less than 'very well

2,475

5.2

Spanish

1,791

3.8

Speak English less than "very well"

648

1.4

Other Indo-European languages

2,813

6.0

Speak English less than "very well"

1,283

2.7

Asian and Pacific Island languages

976

2.1

Speak English less than "very well"

496

1.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

49,742

100.0

Total ancestries reported

58,560

117.7

Arab

171

0.3

Czech¹

270

0.5

Danish

409

0.8

Dutch

1,193

2.4

English

7,447

15.0

French (except Basque)¹

2,251

4.5

French Canadian¹

303

0.6

German

9,515

19.1

Greek

425

0.9

Hungarian

286

0.6

Irish¹

7,002

14.1

Italian

3,370

6.8

Lithuanian

109

0.2

Norwegian

1,077

2.2

Polish

887

1.8

Portuguese

818

1.6

Russian

852

1.7

Scotch-Irish

1,304

2.6

Scottish

1,520

3.1

Slovak

90

0.2

Subsaharan African

248

0.5

Swedish

1,360

2.7

Swiss

278

0.6

Ukrainian

750

1.5

United States or American

2,282

4.6

Welsh

598

1.2

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

60

0.1

Other ancestries

13,685

27.5