SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

4,107

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

170

4.1

Kindergarten

129

3.1

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

2,273

55.3

High school (grades 9-12)

1,112

27.1

College or graduate school

423

10.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

12,287

100.0

Less than 9th grade

666

5.4

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

1,203

9.8

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

3,924

31.9

Some college, no degree

3,358

27.3

Associate degree

752

6.1

Bachelor's degree

1,669

13.6

Graduate or professional degree

715

5.8

Percent high school graduate or higher

84.8

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

19.4

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

14,090

100.0

Never married

2,236

15.9

Now married, except separated

9,084

64.5

Separated

236

1.7

Widowed

807

5.7

Female

582

4.1

Divorced

1,727

12.3

Female

860

6.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

391

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

207

52.9

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

13,249

100.0

Civilian veterans

2,761

20.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

3,920

100.0

With a disability

324

8.3

Population 21 to 64 years

9,867

100.0

With a disability

2,060

20.9

Percent employed

61.4

(X)

No disability

7,807

79.1

Percent employed

72.1

(X)

Population 65 years and over

2,804

100.0

With a disability

1,054

37.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

16,690

100.0

Same house in 1995

8,264

49.5

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

8,231

49.3

Same county

1,948

11.7

Different county

6,283

37.6

Same state

5,224

31.3

Different state

1,059

6.3

Elsewhere in 1995

195

1.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

17,645

100.0

Native

16,950

96.1

Born in United States

16,745

94.9

State of residence

11,923

67.6

Different state

4,822

27.3

Born outside United States

205

1.2

Foreign born

695

3.9

Entered 1990 to March 2000

265

1.5

Naturalized citizen

291

1.6

Not a citizen

404

2.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

695

100.0

Europe

282

40.6

Asia

33

4.7

Africa

0

0.0

Oceania

23

3.3

Latin America

328

47.2

Northern America

29

4.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

16,690

100.0

English only

14,438

86.5

Language other than English

2,252

13.5

Speak English less than 'very well

639

3.8

Spanish

1,851

11.1

Speak English less than "very well"

508

3.0

Other Indo-European languages

346

2.1

Speak English less than "very well"

110

0.7

Asian and Pacific Island languages

50

0.3

Speak English less than "very well"

21

0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

17,645

100.0

Total ancestries reported

17,966

101.8

Arab

11

0.1

Czech¹

254

1.4

Danish

49

0.3

Dutch

249

1.4

English

2,159

12.2

French (except Basque)¹

804

4.6

French Canadian¹

92

0.5

German

4,135

23.4

Greek

86

0.5

Hungarian

22

0.1

Irish¹

2,217

12.6

Italian

479

2.7

Lithuanian

6

0.0

Norwegian

193

1.1

Polish

663

3.8

Portuguese

18

0.1

Russian

43

0.2

Scotch-Irish

630

3.6

Scottish

313

1.8

Slovak

19

0.1

Subsaharan African

0

0.0

Swedish

166

0.9

Swiss

72

0.4

Ukrainian

2

0.0

United States or American

1,289

7.3

Welsh

106

0.6

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

15

0.1

Other ancestries

3,874

22.0