SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

8,892

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

1,240

13.9

Kindergarten

534

6.0

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

3,943

44.3

High school (grades 9-12)

1,576

17.7

College or graduate school

1,599

18.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

18,736

100.0

Less than 9th grade

358

1.9

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

967

5.2

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

4,402

23.5

Some college, no degree

3,364

18.0

Associate degree

1,646

8.8

Bachelor's degree

5,441

29.0

Graduate or professional degree

2,558

13.7

Percent high school graduate or higher

92.9

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

42.7

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

21,674

100.0

Never married

4,726

21.8

Now married, except separated

14,331

66.1

Separated

223

1.0

Widowed

1,113

5.1

Female

897

4.1

Divorced

1,281

5.9

Female

819

3.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

381

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

47

12.3

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

20,537

100.0

Civilian veterans

2,137

10.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

7,364

100.0

With a disability

418

5.7

Population 21 to 64 years

16,807

100.0

With a disability

1,882

11.2

Percent employed

72.2

(X)

No disability

14,925

88.8

Percent employed

83.1

(X)

Population 65 years and over

2,435

100.0

With a disability

985

40.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

26,708

100.0

Same house in 1995

15,706

58.8

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

10,522

39.4

Same county

5,395

20.2

Different county

5,127

19.2

Same state

2,387

8.9

Different state

2,740

10.3

Elsewhere in 1995

480

1.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

29,560

100.0

Native

27,998

94.7

Born in United States

27,822

94.1

State of residence

20,438

69.1

Different state

7,384

25.0

Born outside United States

176

0.6

Foreign born

1,562

5.3

Entered 1990 to March 2000

492

1.7

Naturalized citizen

931

3.1

Not a citizen

631

2.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

1,562

100.0

Europe

670

42.9

Asia

500

32.0

Africa

59

3.8

Oceania

6

0.4

Latin America

111

7.1

Northern America

216

13.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

26,708

100.0

English only

24,548

91.9

Language other than English

2,160

8.1

Speak English less than 'very well

684

2.6

Spanish

444

1.7

Speak English less than "very well"

89

0.3

Other Indo-European languages

1,257

4.7

Speak English less than "very well"

381

1.4

Asian and Pacific Island languages

365

1.4

Speak English less than "very well"

208

0.8

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

29,560

100.0

Total ancestries reported

37,854

128.1

Arab

216

0.7

Czech¹

193

0.7

Danish

139

0.5

Dutch

302

1.0

English

4,303

14.6

French (except Basque)¹

1,938

6.6

French Canadian¹

1,363

4.6

German

2,677

9.1

Greek

258

0.9

Hungarian

90

0.3

Irish¹

9,522

32.2

Italian

7,320

24.8

Lithuanian

220

0.7

Norwegian

223

0.8

Polish

1,298

4.4

Portuguese

368

1.2

Russian

394

1.3

Scotch-Irish

614

2.1

Scottish

905

3.1

Slovak

77

0.3

Subsaharan African

72

0.2

Swedish

704

2.4

Swiss

54

0.2

Ukrainian

220

0.7

United States or American

1,045

3.5

Welsh

129

0.4

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

24

0.1

Other ancestries

3,186

10.8