SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

19,006

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

1,226

6.5

Kindergarten

1,048

5.5

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

9,412

49.5

High school (grades 9-12)

4,879

25.7

College or graduate school

2,441

12.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

52,549

100.0

Less than 9th grade

3,764

7.2

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

4,719

9.0

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

14,948

28.4

Some college, no degree

12,672

24.1

Associate degree

2,694

5.1

Bachelor's degree

9,180

17.5

Graduate or professional degree

4,572

8.7

Percent high school graduate or higher

83.9

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

26.2

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

61,687

100.0

Never married

11,795

19.1

Now married, except separated

39,015

63.2

Separated

863

1.4

Widowed

4,182

6.8

Female

3,398

5.5

Divorced

5,832

9.5

Female

3,157

5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

1,533

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

650

42.4

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

57,801

100.0

Civilian veterans

9,977

17.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

17,808

100.0

With a disability

1,414

7.9

Population 21 to 64 years

43,341

100.0

With a disability

7,209

16.6

Percent employed

61.3

(X)

No disability

36,132

83.4

Percent employed

77.1

(X)

Population 65 years and over

10,903

100.0

With a disability

4,314

39.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

73,182

100.0

Same house in 1995

37,654

51.5

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

34,354

46.9

Same county

12,535

17.1

Different county

21,819

29.8

Same state

16,906

23.1

Different state

4,913

6.7

Elsewhere in 1995

1,174

1.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

78,021

100.0

Native

74,300

95.2

Born in United States

73,113

93.7

State of residence

52,259

67.0

Different state

20,854

26.7

Born outside United States

1,187

1.5

Foreign born

3,721

4.8

Entered 1990 to March 2000

1,271

1.6

Naturalized citizen

1,540

2.0

Not a citizen

2,181

2.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

3,721

100.0

Europe

728

19.6

Asia

314

8.4

Africa

55

1.5

Oceania

36

1.0

Latin America

2,506

67.3

Northern America

82

2.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

73,182

100.0

English only

58,857

80.4

Language other than English

14,325

19.6

Speak English less than 'very well

4,596

6.3

Spanish

11,986

16.4

Speak English less than "very well"

4,077

5.6

Other Indo-European languages

1,990

2.7

Speak English less than "very well"

377

0.5

Asian and Pacific Island languages

324

0.4

Speak English less than "very well"

134

0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

78,021

100.0

Total ancestries reported

77,381

99.2

Arab

147

0.2

Czech¹

1,130

1.4

Danish

231

0.3

Dutch

867

1.1

English

7,354

9.4

French (except Basque)¹

2,246

2.9

French Canadian¹

523

0.7

German

19,309

24.7

Greek

128

0.2

Hungarian

346

0.4

Irish¹

7,767

10.0

Italian

1,486

1.9

Lithuanian

64

0.1

Norwegian

699

0.9

Polish

1,822

2.3

Portuguese

75

0.1

Russian

74

0.1

Scotch-Irish

2,010

2.6

Scottish

1,421

1.8

Slovak

58

0.1

Subsaharan African

94

0.1

Swedish

824

1.1

Swiss

136

0.2

Ukrainian

51

0.1

United States or American

5,710

7.3

Welsh

408

0.5

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

47

0.1

Other ancestries

22,354

28.7