SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

6,014

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

371

6.2

Kindergarten

409

6.8

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

3,425

57.0

High school (grades 9-12)

1,253

20.8

College or graduate school

556

9.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

21,222

100.0

Less than 9th grade

4,121

19.4

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

3,615

17.0

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

7,497

35.3

Some college, no degree

3,470

16.4

Associate degree

740

3.5

Bachelor's degree

1,100

5.2

Graduate or professional degree

679

3.2

Percent high school graduate or higher

63.5

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

8.4

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

26,256

100.0

Never married

6,403

24.4

Now married, except separated

15,181

57.8

Separated

739

2.8

Widowed

1,606

6.1

Female

1,178

4.5

Divorced

2,327

8.9

Female

1,031

3.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

631

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

346

54.8

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

24,944

100.0

Civilian veterans

3,740

15.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

6,766

100.0

With a disability

606

9.0

Population 21 to 64 years

15,308

100.0

With a disability

3,608

23.6

Percent employed

59.3

(X)

No disability

11,700

76.4

Percent employed

71.3

(X)

Population 65 years and over

6,042

100.0

With a disability

2,420

40.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

30,331

100.0

Same house in 1995

14,662

48.3

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

13,255

43.7

Same county

6,265

20.7

Different county

6,990

23.0

Same state

3,622

11.9

Different state

3,368

11.1

Elsewhere in 1995

2,414

8.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

32,209

100.0

Native

26,172

81.3

Born in United States

25,763

80.0

State of residence

13,289

41.3

Different state

12,474

38.7

Born outside United States

409

1.3

Foreign born

6,037

18.7

Entered 1990 to March 2000

4,005

12.4

Naturalized citizen

761

2.4

Not a citizen

5,276

16.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

6,037

100.0

Europe

166

2.7

Asia

124

2.1

Africa

15

0.2

Oceania

0

0.0

Latin America

5,445

90.2

Northern America

287

4.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

30,331

100.0

English only

23,008

75.9

Language other than English

7,323

24.1

Speak English less than 'very well

4,719

15.6

Spanish

6,693

22.1

Speak English less than "very well"

4,511

14.9

Other Indo-European languages

511

1.7

Speak English less than "very well"

173

0.6

Asian and Pacific Island languages

60

0.2

Speak English less than "very well"

16

0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

32,209

100.0

Total ancestries reported

28,671

89.0

Arab

16

0.0

Czech¹

92

0.3

Danish

33

0.1

Dutch

390

1.2

English

2,628

8.2

French (except Basque)¹

826

2.6

French Canadian¹

240

0.7

German

2,896

9.0

Greek

11

0.0

Hungarian

51

0.2

Irish¹

2,588

8.0

Italian

722

2.2

Lithuanian

36

0.1

Norwegian

115

0.4

Polish

427

1.3

Portuguese

53

0.2

Russian

48

0.1

Scotch-Irish

326

1.0

Scottish

483

1.5

Slovak

25

0.1

Subsaharan African

156

0.5

Swedish

151

0.5

Swiss

41

0.1

Ukrainian

23

0.1

United States or American

4,040

12.5

Welsh

117

0.4

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

154

0.5

Other ancestries

11,983

37.2