SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

6,978

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

303

4.3

Kindergarten

354

5.1

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

3,620

51.9

High school (grades 9-12)

1,686

24.2

College or graduate school

1,015

14.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

20,004

100.0

Less than 9th grade

1,583

7.9

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

2,572

12.9

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

8,719

43.6

Some college, no degree

3,227

16.1

Associate degree

1,133

5.7

Bachelor's degree

1,636

8.2

Graduate or professional degree

1,134

5.7

Percent high school graduate or higher

79.2

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

13.8

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

23,739

100.0

Never married

4,656

19.6

Now married, except separated

15,048

63.4

Separated

532

2.2

Widowed

1,658

7.0

Female

1,375

5.8

Divorced

1,845

7.8

Female

951

4.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

421

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

194

46.1

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

22,343

100.0

Civilian veterans

2,980

13.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

6,794

100.0

With a disability

504

7.4

Population 21 to 64 years

16,589

100.0

With a disability

3,159

19.0

Percent employed

51.6

(X)

No disability

13,430

81.0

Percent employed

75.3

(X)

Population 65 years and over

4,126

100.0

With a disability

1,836

44.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

28,033

100.0

Same house in 1995

18,790

67.0

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

9,193

32.8

Same county

5,240

18.7

Different county

3,953

14.1

Same state

1,862

6.6

Different state

2,091

7.5

Elsewhere in 1995

50

0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

29,846

100.0

Native

29,595

99.2

Born in United States

29,510

98.9

State of residence

19,083

63.9

Different state

10,427

34.9

Born outside United States

85

0.3

Foreign born

251

0.8

Entered 1990 to March 2000

76

0.3

Naturalized citizen

158

0.5

Not a citizen

93

0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

251

100.0

Europe

157

62.5

Asia

27

10.8

Africa

0

0.0

Oceania

0

0.0

Latin America

18

7.2

Northern America

49

19.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

28,033

100.0

English only

27,017

96.4

Language other than English

1,016

3.6

Speak English less than 'very well

276

1.0

Spanish

197

0.7

Speak English less than "very well"

47

0.2

Other Indo-European languages

789

2.8

Speak English less than "very well"

215

0.8

Asian and Pacific Island languages

30

0.1

Speak English less than "very well"

14

0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

29,846

100.0

Total ancestries reported

23,975

80.3

Arab

5

0.0

Czech¹

32

0.1

Danish

2

0.0

Dutch

796

2.7

English

2,541

8.5

French (except Basque)¹

294

1.0

French Canadian¹

82

0.3

German

8,104

27.2

Greek

52

0.2

Hungarian

38

0.1

Irish¹

2,647

8.9

Italian

777

2.6

Lithuanian

58

0.2

Norwegian

82

0.3

Polish

395

1.3

Portuguese

24

0.1

Russian

41

0.1

Scotch-Irish

383

1.3

Scottish

590

2.0

Slovak

61

0.2

Subsaharan African

0

0.0

Swedish

177

0.6

Swiss

286

1.0

Ukrainian

72

0.2

United States or American

4,259

14.3

Welsh

223

0.7

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

0

0.0

Other ancestries

1,954

6.5