SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

25,356

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

1,091

4.3

Kindergarten

1,062

4.2

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

8,652

34.1

High school (grades 9-12)

4,056

16.0

College or graduate school

10,495

41.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

43,950

100.0

Less than 9th grade

4,377

10.0

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

4,261

9.7

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

9,766

22.2

Some college, no degree

10,207

23.2

Associate degree

2,841

6.5

Bachelor's degree

7,184

16.3

Graduate or professional degree

5,314

12.1

Percent high school graduate or higher

80.3

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

28.4

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

58,516

100.0

Never married

19,747

33.7

Now married, except separated

27,163

46.4

Separated

1,248

2.1

Widowed

3,580

6.1

Female

2,840

4.9

Divorced

6,778

11.6

Female

3,887

6.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

1,508

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

730

48.4

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

55,653

100.0

Civilian veterans

8,123

14.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

17,992

100.0

With a disability

1,607

8.9

Population 21 to 64 years

40,428

100.0

With a disability

7,373

18.2

Percent employed

48.7

(X)

No disability

33,055

81.8

Percent employed

72.0

(X)

Population 65 years and over

9,488

100.0

With a disability

3,940

41.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

69,162

100.0

Same house in 1995

30,859

44.6

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

36,763

53.2

Same county

20,192

29.2

Different county

16,571

24.0

Same state

7,182

10.4

Different state

9,389

13.6

Elsewhere in 1995

1,540

2.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

74,483

100.0

Native

66,671

89.5

Born in United States

65,675

88.2

State of residence

34,779

46.7

Different state

30,896

41.5

Born outside United States

996

1.3

Foreign born

7,812

10.5

Entered 1990 to March 2000

2,509

3.4

Naturalized citizen

3,371

4.5

Not a citizen

4,441

6.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

7,812

100.0

Europe

641

8.2

Asia

696

8.9

Africa

57

0.7

Oceania

10

0.1

Latin America

6,278

80.4

Northern America

130

1.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

69,162

100.0

English only

41,211

59.6

Language other than English

27,951

40.4

Speak English less than 'very well

8,592

12.4

Spanish

26,139

37.8

Speak English less than "very well"

8,212

11.9

Other Indo-European languages

1,093

1.6

Speak English less than "very well"

151

0.2

Asian and Pacific Island languages

371

0.5

Speak English less than "very well"

152

0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

74,483

100.0

Total ancestries reported

76,146

102.2

Arab

266

0.4

Czech¹

266

0.4

Danish

326

0.4

Dutch

756

1.0

English

5,586

7.5

French (except Basque)¹

1,427

1.9

French Canadian¹

346

0.5

German

7,620

10.2

Greek

100

0.1

Hungarian

222

0.3

Irish¹

5,166

6.9

Italian

1,355

1.8

Lithuanian

58

0.1

Norwegian

788

1.1

Polish

852

1.1

Portuguese

119

0.2

Russian

503

0.7

Scotch-Irish

1,133

1.5

Scottish

1,003

1.3

Slovak

29

0.0

Subsaharan African

203

0.3

Swedish

814

1.1

Swiss

197

0.3

Ukrainian

38

0.1

United States or American

3,069

4.1

Welsh

528

0.7

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

51

0.1

Other ancestries

43,325

58.2