SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

6,818

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

366

5.4

Kindergarten

329

4.8

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

2,664

39.1

High school (grades 9-12)

1,358

19.9

College or graduate school

2,101

30.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

17,033

100.0

Less than 9th grade

919

5.4

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

2,192

12.9

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

4,563

26.8

Some college, no degree

5,012

29.4

Associate degree

1,475

8.7

Bachelor's degree

1,937

11.4

Graduate or professional degree

935

5.5

Percent high school graduate or higher

81.7

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

16.9

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

21,055

100.0

Never married

6,901

32.8

Now married, except separated

8,643

41.0

Separated

658

3.1

Widowed

1,610

7.6

Female

1,335

6.3

Divorced

3,243

15.4

Female

1,852

8.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

362

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

188

51.9

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

20,163

100.0

Civilian veterans

3,210

15.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

5,492

100.0

With a disability

453

8.2

Population 21 to 64 years

14,887

100.0

With a disability

4,416

29.7

Percent employed

38.2

(X)

No disability

10,471

70.3

Percent employed

74.3

(X)

Population 65 years and over

3,530

100.0

With a disability

1,697

48.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

24,421

100.0

Same house in 1995

10,611

43.5

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

13,539

55.4

Same county

8,745

35.8

Different county

4,794

19.6

Same state

3,336

13.7

Different state

1,458

6.0

Elsewhere in 1995

271

1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

25,929

100.0

Native

24,499

94.5

Born in United States

24,305

93.7

State of residence

17,142

66.1

Different state

7,163

27.6

Born outside United States

194

0.7

Foreign born

1,430

5.5

Entered 1990 to March 2000

536

2.1

Naturalized citizen

654

2.5

Not a citizen

776

3.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

1,430

100.0

Europe

273

19.1

Asia

481

33.6

Africa

38

2.7

Oceania

42

2.9

Latin America

543

38.0

Northern America

53

3.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

24,421

100.0

English only

22,124

90.6

Language other than English

2,297

9.4

Speak English less than 'very well

1,101

4.5

Spanish

1,155

4.7

Speak English less than "very well"

539

2.2

Other Indo-European languages

506

2.1

Speak English less than "very well"

109

0.4

Asian and Pacific Island languages

547

2.2

Speak English less than "very well"

412

1.7

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

25,929

100.0

Total ancestries reported

29,974

115.6

Arab

40

0.2

Czech¹

83

0.3

Danish

397

1.5

Dutch

595

2.3

English

3,404

13.1

French (except Basque)¹

1,060

4.1

French Canadian¹

195

0.8

German

4,362

16.8

Greek

87

0.3

Hungarian

55

0.2

Irish¹

3,886

15.0

Italian

1,459

5.6

Lithuanian

8

0.0

Norwegian

971

3.7

Polish

505

1.9

Portuguese

506

2.0

Russian

163

0.6

Scotch-Irish

574

2.2

Scottish

686

2.6

Slovak

19

0.1

Subsaharan African

40

0.2

Swedish

765

3.0

Swiss

258

1.0

Ukrainian

13

0.1

United States or American

1,395

5.4

Welsh

409

1.6

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

36

0.1

Other ancestries

8,003

30.9