SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

7,440

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

561

7.5

Kindergarten

442

5.9

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

3,619

48.6

High school (grades 9-12)

1,580

21.2

College or graduate school

1,238

16.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

20,092

100.0

Less than 9th grade

1,524

7.6

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

4,194

20.9

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

7,252

36.1

Some college, no degree

3,299

16.4

Associate degree

1,143

5.7

Bachelor's degree

1,836

9.1

Graduate or professional degree

844

4.2

Percent high school graduate or higher

71.5

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

13.3

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

24,776

100.0

Never married

9,665

39.0

Now married, except separated

9,797

39.5

Separated

870

3.5

Widowed

1,969

7.9

Female

1,576

6.4

Divorced

2,475

10.0

Female

1,327

5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

987

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

430

43.6

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

23,540

100.0

Civilian veterans

3,022

12.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

6,899

100.0

With a disability

522

7.6

Population 21 to 64 years

18,116

100.0

With a disability

3,893

21.5

Percent employed

47.4

(X)

No disability

14,223

78.5

Percent employed

80.2

(X)

Population 65 years and over

3,453

100.0

With a disability

1,381

40.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

29,235

100.0

Same house in 1995

16,007

54.8

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

11,963

40.9

Same county

7,405

25.3

Different county

4,558

15.6

Same state

3,026

10.4

Different state

1,532

5.2

Elsewhere in 1995

1,265

4.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

31,284

100.0

Native

28,105

89.8

Born in United States

27,569

88.1

State of residence

22,489

71.9

Different state

5,080

16.2

Born outside United States

536

1.7

Foreign born

3,179

10.2

Entered 1990 to March 2000

1,946

6.2

Naturalized citizen

948

3.0

Not a citizen

2,231

7.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

3,179

100.0

Europe

405

12.7

Asia

802

25.2

Africa

124

3.9

Oceania

17

0.5

Latin America

1,813

57.0

Northern America

18

0.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

29,235

100.0

English only

24,772

84.7

Language other than English

4,463

15.3

Speak English less than 'very well

2,622

9.0

Spanish

2,791

9.5

Speak English less than "very well"

1,827

6.2

Other Indo-European languages

875

3.0

Speak English less than "very well"

285

1.0

Asian and Pacific Island languages

735

2.5

Speak English less than "very well"

506

1.7

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

31,284

100.0

Total ancestries reported

33,001

105.5

Arab

27

0.1

Czech¹

58

0.2

Danish

7

0.0

Dutch

485

1.6

English

1,479

4.7

French (except Basque)¹

272

0.9

French Canadian¹

56

0.2

German

3,063

9.8

Greek

97

0.3

Hungarian

120

0.4

Irish¹

3,835

12.3

Italian

5,198

16.6

Lithuanian

60

0.2

Norwegian

56

0.2

Polish

1,043

3.3

Portuguese

27

0.1

Russian

179

0.6

Scotch-Irish

185

0.6

Scottish

257

0.8

Slovak

177

0.6

Subsaharan African

660

2.1

Swedish

82

0.3

Swiss

31

0.1

Ukrainian

137

0.4

United States or American

678

2.2

Welsh

169

0.5

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

440

1.4

Other ancestries

14,123

45.1