SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

8,385

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

1,019

12.2

Kindergarten

494

5.9

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

3,922

46.8

High school (grades 9-12)

1,798

21.4

College or graduate school

1,152

13.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

21,499

100.0

Less than 9th grade

1,004

4.7

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

782

3.6

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

2,193

10.2

Some college, no degree

3,596

16.7

Associate degree

678

3.2

Bachelor's degree

7,125

33.1

Graduate or professional degree

6,121

28.5

Percent high school graduate or higher

91.7

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

61.6

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

24,175

100.0

Never married

4,145

17.1

Now married, except separated

17,240

71.3

Separated

153

0.6

Widowed

1,356

5.6

Female

1,124

4.6

Divorced

1,281

5.3

Female

856

3.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

222

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

34

15.3

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

22,716

100.0

Civilian veterans

2,321

10.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

6,913

100.0

With a disability

502

7.3

Population 21 to 64 years

17,319

100.0

With a disability

1,808

10.4

Percent employed

72.5

(X)

No disability

15,511

89.6

Percent employed

79.1

(X)

Population 65 years and over

4,705

100.0

With a disability

1,132

24.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

29,071

100.0

Same house in 1995

18,876

64.9

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

9,161

31.5

Same county

4,222

14.5

Different county

4,939

17.0

Same state

3,019

10.4

Different state

1,920

6.6

Elsewhere in 1995

1,034

3.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

31,379

100.0

Native

26,581

84.7

Born in United States

26,343

84.0

State of residence

19,248

61.3

Different state

7,095

22.6

Born outside United States

238

0.8

Foreign born

4,798

15.3

Entered 1990 to March 2000

1,991

6.3

Naturalized citizen

2,098

6.7

Not a citizen

2,700

8.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

4,798

100.0

Europe

1,786

37.2

Asia

782

16.3

Africa

122

2.5

Oceania

7

0.1

Latin America

1,979

41.2

Northern America

122

2.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

29,071

100.0

English only

23,389

80.5

Language other than English

5,682

19.5

Speak English less than 'very well

2,852

9.8

Spanish

2,587

8.9

Speak English less than "very well"

1,852

6.4

Other Indo-European languages

2,330

8.0

Speak English less than "very well"

714

2.5

Asian and Pacific Island languages

453

1.6

Speak English less than "very well"

252

0.9

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

31,379

100.0

Total ancestries reported

33,948

108.2

Arab

122

0.4

Czech¹

351

1.1

Danish

184

0.6

Dutch

253

0.8

English

1,613

5.1

French (except Basque)¹

259

0.8

French Canadian¹

97

0.3

German

3,948

12.6

Greek

152

0.5

Hungarian

439

1.4

Irish¹

1,848

5.9

Italian

2,447

7.8

Lithuanian

398

1.3

Norwegian

314

1.0

Polish

2,742

8.7

Portuguese

16

0.1

Russian

5,157

16.4

Scotch-Irish

202

0.6

Scottish

358

1.1

Slovak

65

0.2

Subsaharan African

99

0.3

Swedish

434

1.4

Swiss

121

0.4

Ukrainian

465

1.5

United States or American

2,751

8.8

Welsh

70

0.2

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

12

0.0

Other ancestries

9,031

28.8