SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

3,611

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

252

7.0

Kindergarten

191

5.3

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

1,653

45.8

High school (grades 9-12)

916

25.4

College or graduate school

599

16.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

11,730

100.0

Less than 9th grade

487

4.2

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

780

6.6

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

4,136

35.3

Some college, no degree

2,883

24.6

Associate degree

940

8.0

Bachelor's degree

1,865

15.9

Graduate or professional degree

639

5.4

Percent high school graduate or higher

89.2

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

21.3

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

13,518

100.0

Never married

2,620

19.4

Now married, except separated

8,451

62.5

Separated

76

0.6

Widowed

1,161

8.6

Female

971

7.2

Divorced

1,210

9.0

Female

696

5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

89

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

48

53.9

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

12,829

100.0

Civilian veterans

1,982

15.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

3,185

100.0

With a disability

169

5.3

Population 21 to 64 years

8,948

100.0

With a disability

1,245

13.9

Percent employed

67.5

(X)

No disability

7,703

86.1

Percent employed

85.0

(X)

Population 65 years and over

3,149

100.0

With a disability

993

31.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

15,558

100.0

Same house in 1995

9,190

59.1

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

6,339

40.7

Same county

2,976

19.1

Different county

3,363

21.6

Same state

2,044

13.1

Different state

1,319

8.5

Elsewhere in 1995

29

0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

16,424

100.0

Native

16,308

99.3

Born in United States

16,257

99.0

State of residence

12,035

73.3

Different state

4,222

25.7

Born outside United States

51

0.3

Foreign born

116

0.7

Entered 1990 to March 2000

37

0.2

Naturalized citizen

76

0.5

Not a citizen

40

0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

116

100.0

Europe

33

28.4

Asia

36

31.0

Africa

0

0.0

Oceania

0

0.0

Latin America

30

25.9

Northern America

17

14.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

15,558

100.0

English only

15,196

97.7

Language other than English

362

2.3

Speak English less than 'very well

132

0.8

Spanish

226

1.5

Speak English less than "very well"

91

0.6

Other Indo-European languages

102

0.7

Speak English less than "very well"

25

0.2

Asian and Pacific Island languages

25

0.2

Speak English less than "very well"

16

0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

16,424

100.0

Total ancestries reported

17,755

108.1

Arab

3

0.0

Czech¹

232

1.4

Danish

656

4.0

Dutch

850

5.2

English

1,687

10.3

French (except Basque)¹

390

2.4

French Canadian¹

55

0.3

German

6,839

41.6

Greek

33

0.2

Hungarian

2

0.0

Irish¹

1,852

11.3

Italian

142

0.9

Lithuanian

14

0.1

Norwegian

1,835

11.2

Polish

141

0.9

Portuguese

0

0.0

Russian

22

0.1

Scotch-Irish

176

1.1

Scottish

172

1.0

Slovak

11

0.1

Subsaharan African

0

0.0

Swedish

729

4.4

Swiss

81

0.5

Ukrainian

1

0.0

United States or American

902

5.5

Welsh

114

0.7

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

6

0.0

Other ancestries

810

4.9