SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

13,336

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

925

6.9

Kindergarten

706

5.3

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

5,705

42.8

High school (grades 9-12)

2,758

20.7

College or graduate school

3,242

24.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

39,184

100.0

Less than 9th grade

2,740

7.0

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

2,879

7.3

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

9,311

23.8

Some college, no degree

8,097

20.7

Associate degree

2,305

5.9

Bachelor's degree

9,182

23.4

Graduate or professional degree

4,670

11.9

Percent high school graduate or higher

85.7

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

35.4

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

45,891

100.0

Never married

11,655

25.4

Now married, except separated

27,822

60.6

Separated

540

1.2

Widowed

2,809

6.1

Female

2,397

5.2

Divorced

3,065

6.7

Female

1,742

3.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

1,012

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

328

32.4

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

43,796

100.0

Civilian veterans

4,849

11.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

11,051

100.0

With a disability

758

6.9

Population 21 to 64 years

33,570

100.0

With a disability

4,728

14.1

Percent employed

66.1

(X)

No disability

28,842

85.9

Percent employed

80.5

(X)

Population 65 years and over

8,416

100.0

With a disability

2,720

32.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

53,049

100.0

Same house in 1995

31,458

59.3

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

17,320

32.6

Same county

13,137

24.8

Different county

4,183

7.9

Same state

1,836

3.5

Different state

2,347

4.4

Elsewhere in 1995

4,271

8.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

56,706

100.0

Native

41,547

73.3

Born in United States

41,128

72.5

State of residence

33,640

59.3

Different state

7,488

13.2

Born outside United States

419

0.7

Foreign born

15,159

26.7

Entered 1990 to March 2000

7,763

13.7

Naturalized citizen

5,875

10.4

Not a citizen

9,284

16.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

15,159

100.0

Europe

5,213

34.4

Asia

5,305

35.0

Africa

185

1.2

Oceania

35

0.2

Latin America

4,273

28.2

Northern America

148

1.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

53,049

100.0

English only

34,513

65.1

Language other than English

18,536

34.9

Speak English less than 'very well

9,585

18.1

Spanish

5,610

10.6

Speak English less than "very well"

3,778

7.1

Other Indo-European languages

9,073

17.1

Speak English less than "very well"

3,801

7.2

Asian and Pacific Island languages

3,338

6.3

Speak English less than "very well"

1,815

3.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

56,706

100.0

Total ancestries reported

67,672

119.3

Arab

177

0.3

Czech¹

697

1.2

Danish

410

0.7

Dutch

547

1.0

English

3,174

5.6

French (except Basque)¹

1,049

1.8

French Canadian¹

244

0.4

German

11,965

21.1

Greek

1,654

2.9

Hungarian

349

0.6

Irish¹

7,605

13.4

Italian

6,196

10.9

Lithuanian

237

0.4

Norwegian

1,140

2.0

Polish

9,216

16.3

Portuguese

89

0.2

Russian

719

1.3

Scotch-Irish

341

0.6

Scottish

550

1.0

Slovak

321

0.6

Subsaharan African

182

0.3

Swedish

1,594

2.8

Swiss

195

0.3

Ukrainian

421

0.7

United States or American

1,170

2.1

Welsh

203

0.4

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

246

0.4

Other ancestries

16,981

29.9