SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

185,384

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

6,833

3.7

Kindergarten

7,934

4.3

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

55,372

29.9

High school (grades 9-12)

29,398

15.9

College or graduate school

85,847

46.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

377,574

100.0

Less than 9th grade

34,321

9.1

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

45,308

12.0

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

90,568

24.0

Some college, no degree

54,809

14.5

Associate degree

18,316

4.9

Bachelor's degree

76,442

20.2

Graduate or professional degree

57,810

15.3

Percent high school graduate or higher

78.9

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

35.6

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

490,749

100.0

Never married

247,903

50.5

Now married, except separated

164,959

33.6

Separated

14,823

3.0

Widowed

28,217

5.7

Female

22,990

4.7

Divorced

34,847

7.1

Female

20,899

4.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

12,126

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

4,142

34.2

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

472,979

100.0

Civilian veterans

30,475

6.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

122,506

100.0

With a disability

13,129

10.7

Population 21 to 64 years

368,831

100.0

With a disability

80,856

21.9

Percent employed

54.2

(X)

No disability

287,975

78.1

Percent employed

74.6

(X)

Population 65 years and over

57,462

100.0

With a disability

26,268

45.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

557,376

100.0

Same house in 1995

266,242

47.8

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

249,805

44.8

Same county

124,778

22.4

Different county

125,027

22.4

Same state

52,090

9.3

Different state

72,937

13.1

Elsewhere in 1995

41,329

7.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

589,141

100.0

Native

437,305

74.2

Born in United States

418,146

71.0

State of residence

279,411

47.4

Different state

138,735

23.5

Born outside United States

19,159

3.3

Foreign born

151,836

25.8

Entered 1990 to March 2000

73,670

12.5

Naturalized citizen

56,681

9.6

Not a citizen

95,155

16.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

151,831

100.0

Europe

26,535

17.5

Asia

36,435

24.0

Africa

13,612

9.0

Oceania

364

0.2

Latin America

72,207

47.6

Northern America

2,678

1.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

557,376

100.0

English only

371,185

66.6

Language other than English

186,191

33.4

Speak English less than 'very well

91,062

16.3

Spanish

75,711

13.6

Speak English less than "very well"

36,310

6.5

Other Indo-European languages

67,706

12.1

Speak English less than "very well"

29,682

5.3

Asian and Pacific Island languages

34,765

6.2

Speak English less than "very well"

22,157

4.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

589,141

100.0

Total ancestries reported

584,135

99.2

Arab

5,955

1.0

Czech¹

1,221

0.2

Danish

931

0.2

Dutch

2,495

0.4

English

26,384

4.5

French (except Basque)¹

10,960

1.9

French Canadian¹

7,186

1.2

German

24,426

4.1

Greek

5,325

0.9

Hungarian

1,236

0.2

Irish¹

93,360

15.8

Italian

49,017

8.3

Lithuanian

2,778

0.5

Norwegian

2,213

0.4

Polish

13,704

2.3

Portuguese

4,513

0.8

Russian

10,267

1.7

Scotch-Irish

5,138

0.9

Scottish

7,340

1.2

Slovak

348

0.1

Subsaharan African

21,176

3.6

Swedish

4,211

0.7

Swiss

824

0.1

Ukrainian

2,337

0.4

United States or American

19,387

3.3

Welsh

1,544

0.3

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

37,614

6.4

Other ancestries

222,245

37.7