SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

8,874

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

689

7.8

Kindergarten

656

7.4

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

4,508

50.8

High school (grades 9-12)

2,007

22.6

College or graduate school

1,014

11.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

18,987

100.0

Less than 9th grade

1,606

8.5

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

3,591

18.9

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

5,548

29.2

Some college, no degree

3,744

19.7

Associate degree

1,134

6.0

Bachelor's degree

2,206

11.6

Graduate or professional degree

1,158

6.1

Percent high school graduate or higher

72.6

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

17.7

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

22,737

100.0

Never married

7,337

32.3

Now married, except separated

9,692

42.6

Separated

852

3.7

Widowed

1,941

8.5

Female

1,542

6.8

Divorced

2,915

12.8

Female

1,644

7.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

1,253

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

729

58.2

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

21,400

100.0

Civilian veterans

3,070

14.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

7,789

100.0

With a disability

702

9.0

Population 21 to 64 years

15,574

100.0

With a disability

4,586

29.4

Percent employed

59.3

(X)

No disability

10,988

70.6

Percent employed

68.2

(X)

Population 65 years and over

4,661

100.0

With a disability

1,722

36.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

28,174

100.0

Same house in 1995

14,788

52.5

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

12,721

45.2

Same county

9,245

32.8

Different county

3,476

12.3

Same state

1,188

4.2

Different state

2,288

8.1

Elsewhere in 1995

665

2.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

30,414

100.0

Native

27,343

89.9

Born in United States

26,936

88.6

State of residence

16,311

53.6

Different state

10,625

34.9

Born outside United States

407

1.3

Foreign born

3,071

10.1

Entered 1990 to March 2000

1,246

4.1

Naturalized citizen

1,280

4.2

Not a citizen

1,791

5.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

3,071

100.0

Europe

448

14.6

Asia

409

13.3

Africa

77

2.5

Oceania

11

0.4

Latin America

2,023

65.9

Northern America

103

3.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

28,174

100.0

English only

25,080

89.0

Language other than English

3,094

11.0

Speak English less than 'very well

1,416

5.0

Spanish

1,313

4.7

Speak English less than "very well"

648

2.3

Other Indo-European languages

1,391

4.9

Speak English less than "very well"

589

2.1

Asian and Pacific Island languages

272

1.0

Speak English less than "very well"

106

0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

30,414

100.0

Total ancestries reported

27,756

91.3

Arab

68

0.2

Czech¹

64

0.2

Danish

26

0.1

Dutch

108

0.4

English

1,244

4.1

French (except Basque)¹

378

1.2

French Canadian¹

142

0.5

German

1,331

4.4

Greek

80

0.3

Hungarian

65

0.2

Irish¹

1,150

3.8

Italian

752

2.5

Lithuanian

43

0.1

Norwegian

136

0.4

Polish

389

1.3

Portuguese

71

0.2

Russian

200

0.7

Scotch-Irish

154

0.5

Scottish

239

0.8

Slovak

34

0.1

Subsaharan African

344

1.1

Swedish

189

0.6

Swiss

30

0.1

Ukrainian

48

0.2

United States or American

1,032

3.4

Welsh

94

0.3

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

1,533

5.0

Other ancestries

17,812

58.6