SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

184,513

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

10,231

5.5

Kindergarten

8,855

4.8

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

78,606

42.6

High school (grades 9-12)

38,085

20.6

College or graduate school

48,736

26.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

419,581

100.0

Less than 9th grade

39,507

9.4

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

93,192

22.2

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

118,175

28.2

Some college, no degree

73,677

17.6

Associate degree

14,706

3.5

Bachelor's degree

43,746

10.4

Graduate or professional degree

36,578

8.7

Percent high school graduate or higher

68.4

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

19.1

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

515,550

100.0

Never married

219,273

42.5

Now married, except separated

165,121

32.0

Separated

28,722

5.6

Widowed

48,168

9.3

Female

39,062

7.6

Divorced

54,266

10.5

Female

31,946

6.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

26,277

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

13,707

52.2

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

489,644

100.0

Civilian veterans

55,092

11.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

150,873

100.0

With a disability

17,725

11.7

Population 21 to 64 years

363,171

100.0

With a disability

102,163

28.1

Percent employed

48.8

(X)

No disability

261,008

71.9

Percent employed

69.0

(X)

Population 65 years and over

82,401

100.0

With a disability

42,156

51.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

609,345

100.0

Same house in 1995

347,954

57.1

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

248,735

40.8

Same county

171,684

28.2

Different county

77,051

12.6

Same state

39,630

6.5

Different state

37,421

6.1

Elsewhere in 1995

12,656

2.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

651,154

100.0

Native

621,516

95.4

Born in United States

617,196

94.8

State of residence

463,333

71.2

Different state

153,863

23.6

Born outside United States

4,320

0.7

Foreign born

29,638

4.6

Entered 1990 to March 2000

14,057

2.2

Naturalized citizen

13,521

2.1

Not a citizen

16,117

2.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

29,638

100.0

Europe

7,214

24.3

Asia

7,879

26.6

Africa

3,691

12.5

Oceania

136

0.5

Latin America

10,193

34.4

Northern America

525

1.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

609,345

100.0

English only

562,065

92.2

Language other than English

47,280

7.8

Speak English less than 'very well

18,113

3.0

Spanish

17,805

2.9

Speak English less than "very well"

7,100

1.2

Other Indo-European languages

17,985

3.0

Speak English less than "very well"

6,307

1.0

Asian and Pacific Island languages

6,543

1.1

Speak English less than "very well"

3,522

0.6

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

651,154

100.0

Total ancestries reported

582,123

89.4

Arab

1,298

0.2

Czech¹

2,206

0.3

Danish

488

0.1

Dutch

3,024

0.5

English

21,015

3.2

French (except Basque)¹

4,721

0.7

French Canadian¹

824

0.1

German

48,423

7.4

Greek

2,693

0.4

Hungarian

1,245

0.2

Irish¹

39,045

6.0

Italian

18,492

2.8

Lithuanian

1,519

0.2

Norwegian

1,347

0.2

Polish

18,400

2.8

Portuguese

310

0.0

Russian

5,526

0.8

Scotch-Irish

3,274

0.5

Scottish

4,306

0.7

Slovak

536

0.1

Subsaharan African

10,160

1.6

Swedish

1,439

0.2

Swiss

571

0.1

Ukrainian

1,567

0.2

United States or American

16,056

2.5

Welsh

2,137

0.3

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

6,597

1.0

Other ancestries

364,904

56.0