SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

54,048

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

3,408

6.3

Kindergarten

2,610

4.8

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

20,092

37.2

High school (grades 9-12)

8,822

16.3

College or graduate school

19,116

35.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

128,555

100.0

Less than 9th grade

9,859

7.7

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

22,048

17.2

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

30,314

23.6

Some college, no degree

24,224

18.8

Associate degree

4,249

3.3

Bachelor's degree

23,951

18.6

Graduate or professional degree

13,910

10.8

Percent high school graduate or higher

75.2

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

29.5

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

160,809

100.0

Never married

65,838

40.9

Now married, except separated

55,793

34.7

Separated

6,803

4.2

Widowed

13,853

8.6

Female

11,343

7.1

Divorced

18,522

11.5

Female

10,877

6.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

4,971

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

2,272

45.7

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

154,222

100.0

Civilian veterans

17,936

11.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

42,153

100.0

With a disability

4,971

11.8

Population 21 to 64 years

114,487

100.0

With a disability

26,981

23.6

Percent employed

54.6

(X)

No disability

87,506

76.4

Percent employed

76.0

(X)

Population 65 years and over

25,532

100.0

With a disability

12,275

48.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

185,379

100.0

Same house in 1995

88,927

48.0

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

92,197

49.7

Same county

46,847

25.3

Different county

45,350

24.5

Same state

29,174

15.7

Different state

16,176

8.7

Elsewhere in 1995

4,255

2.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

197,790

100.0

Native

190,147

96.1

Born in United States

188,271

95.2

State of residence

132,899

67.2

Different state

55,372

28.0

Born outside United States

1,876

0.9

Foreign born

7,643

3.9

Entered 1990 to March 2000

4,238

2.1

Naturalized citizen

2,715

1.4

Not a citizen

4,928

2.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

7,643

100.0

Europe

1,288

16.9

Asia

1,993

26.1

Africa

649

8.5

Oceania

30

0.4

Latin America

3,513

46.0

Northern America

170

2.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

185,379

100.0

English only

172,876

93.3

Language other than English

12,503

6.7

Speak English less than 'very well

5,219

2.8

Spanish

6,483

3.5

Speak English less than "very well"

3,223

1.7

Other Indo-European languages

3,595

1.9

Speak English less than "very well"

1,104

0.6

Asian and Pacific Island languages

1,507

0.8

Speak English less than "very well"

710

0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

197,790

100.0

Total ancestries reported

177,556

89.8

Arab

639

0.3

Czech¹

404

0.2

Danish

248

0.1

Dutch

1,156

0.6

English

16,881

8.5

French (except Basque)¹

2,580

1.3

French Canadian¹

625

0.3

German

12,006

6.1

Greek

409

0.2

Hungarian

482

0.2

Irish¹

10,769

5.4

Italian

3,838

1.9

Lithuanian

211

0.1

Norwegian

619

0.3

Polish

1,841

0.9

Portuguese

157

0.1

Russian

937

0.5

Scotch-Irish

3,371

1.7

Scottish

3,861

2.0

Slovak

196

0.1

Subsaharan African

2,833

1.4

Swedish

823

0.4

Swiss

226

0.1

Ukrainian

277

0.1

United States or American

7,575

3.8

Welsh

1,131

0.6

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

933

0.5

Other ancestries

102,528

51.8