SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

3,884

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

203

5.2

Kindergarten

212

5.5

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

1,903

49.0

High school (grades 9-12)

876

22.6

College or graduate school

690

17.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

11,675

100.0

Less than 9th grade

512

4.4

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

1,394

11.9

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

4,021

34.4

Some college, no degree

2,825

24.2

Associate degree

709

6.1

Bachelor's degree

1,452

12.4

Graduate or professional degree

762

6.5

Percent high school graduate or higher

83.7

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

19.0

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

13,780

100.0

Never married

3,022

21.9

Now married, except separated

7,537

54.7

Separated

391

2.8

Widowed

1,290

9.4

Female

1,166

8.5

Divorced

1,540

11.2

Female

911

6.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

292

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

109

37.3

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

12,991

100.0

Civilian veterans

2,256

17.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

3,670

100.0

With a disability

385

10.5

Population 21 to 64 years

9,147

100.0

With a disability

1,709

18.7

Percent employed

67.7

(X)

No disability

7,438

81.3

Percent employed

81.1

(X)

Population 65 years and over

2,923

100.0

With a disability

1,190

40.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

16,072

100.0

Same house in 1995

9,436

58.7

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

6,359

39.6

Same county

2,307

14.4

Different county

4,052

25.2

Same state

3,044

18.9

Different state

1,008

6.3

Elsewhere in 1995

277

1.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

16,897

100.0

Native

16,061

95.1

Born in United States

15,822

93.6

State of residence

10,749

63.6

Different state

5,073

30.0

Born outside United States

239

1.4

Foreign born

836

4.9

Entered 1990 to March 2000

298

1.8

Naturalized citizen

528

3.1

Not a citizen

308

1.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

836

100.0

Europe

292

34.9

Asia

323

38.6

Africa

88

10.5

Oceania

10

1.2

Latin America

118

14.1

Northern America

5

0.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

16,072

100.0

English only

14,862

92.5

Language other than English

1,210

7.5

Speak English less than 'very well

358

2.2

Spanish

430

2.7

Speak English less than "very well"

120

0.7

Other Indo-European languages

409

2.5

Speak English less than "very well"

57

0.4

Asian and Pacific Island languages

258

1.6

Speak English less than "very well"

181

1.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

16,897

100.0

Total ancestries reported

15,401

91.1

Arab

86

0.5

Czech¹

180

1.1

Danish

19

0.1

Dutch

306

1.8

English

2,974

17.6

French (except Basque)¹

387

2.3

French Canadian¹

76

0.4

German

2,024

12.0

Greek

13

0.1

Hungarian

79

0.5

Irish¹

1,705

10.1

Italian

567

3.4

Lithuanian

5

0.0

Norwegian

42

0.2

Polish

207

1.2

Portuguese

26

0.2

Russian

43

0.3

Scotch-Irish

408

2.4

Scottish

430

2.5

Slovak

31

0.2

Subsaharan African

100

0.6

Swedish

42

0.2

Swiss

8

0.0

Ukrainian

34

0.2

United States or American

2,448

14.5

Welsh

169

1.0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

45

0.3

Other ancestries

2,947

17.4