SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

70,940

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

6,132

8.6

Kindergarten

4,366

6.2

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

33,922

47.8

High school (grades 9-12)

15,084

21.3

College or graduate school

11,436

16.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

155,565

100.0

Less than 9th grade

7,418

4.8

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

9,946

6.4

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

34,524

22.2

Some college, no degree

41,031

26.4

Associate degree

10,337

6.6

Bachelor's degree

38,013

24.4

Graduate or professional degree

14,296

9.2

Percent high school graduate or higher

88.8

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

33.6

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

186,702

100.0

Never married

39,843

21.3

Now married, except separated

120,250

64.4

Separated

2,494

1.3

Widowed

7,226

3.9

Female

5,934

3.2

Divorced

16,889

9.0

Female

9,889

5.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

3,873

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

1,570

40.5

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

174,993

100.0

Civilian veterans

23,644

13.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

62,228

100.0

With a disability

3,949

6.3

Population 21 to 64 years

146,112

100.0

With a disability

19,381

13.3

Percent employed

69.7

(X)

No disability

126,731

86.7

Percent employed

82.2

(X)

Population 65 years and over

16,641

100.0

With a disability

6,488

39.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

228,851

100.0

Same house in 1995

90,533

39.6

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

133,699

58.4

Same county

43,589

19.0

Different county

90,110

39.4

Same state

60,127

26.3

Different state

29,983

13.1

Elsewhere in 1995

4,619

2.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

249,967

100.0

Native

231,518

92.6

Born in United States

227,824

91.1

State of residence

146,623

58.7

Different state

81,201

32.5

Born outside United States

3,694

1.5

Foreign born

18,449

7.4

Entered 1990 to March 2000

8,130

3.3

Naturalized citizen

7,485

3.0

Not a citizen

10,964

4.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

18,449

100.0

Europe

2,113

11.5

Asia

5,400

29.3

Africa

664

3.6

Oceania

37

0.2

Latin America

9,681

52.5

Northern America

554

3.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

228,851

100.0

English only

189,447

82.8

Language other than English

39,404

17.2

Speak English less than 'very well

13,312

5.8

Spanish

29,188

12.8

Speak English less than "very well"

10,362

4.5

Other Indo-European languages

5,352

2.3

Speak English less than "very well"

1,010

0.4

Asian and Pacific Island languages

3,881

1.7

Speak English less than "very well"

1,784

0.8

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

249,967

100.0

Total ancestries reported

258,616

103.5

Arab

1,098

0.4

Czech¹

6,652

2.7

Danish

1,278

0.5

Dutch

3,427

1.4

English

27,959

11.2

French (except Basque)¹

8,290

3.3

French Canadian¹

1,869

0.7

German

47,712

19.1

Greek

571

0.2

Hungarian

545

0.2

Irish¹

26,952

10.8

Italian

7,301

2.9

Lithuanian

221

0.1

Norwegian

2,866

1.1

Polish

4,188

1.7

Portuguese

461

0.2

Russian

912

0.4

Scotch-Irish

6,145

2.5

Scottish

6,317

2.5

Slovak

239

0.1

Subsaharan African

1,266

0.5

Swedish

4,548

1.8

Swiss

716

0.3

Ukrainian

165

0.1

United States or American

17,437

7.0

Welsh

1,732

0.7

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

391

0.2

Other ancestries

77,358

30.9