SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

7,398

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

892

12.1

Kindergarten

644

8.7

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

3,456

46.7

High school (grades 9-12)

1,252

16.9

College or graduate school

1,154

15.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

18,261

100.0

Less than 9th grade

707

3.9

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

1,161

6.4

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

3,514

19.2

Some college, no degree

4,046

22.2

Associate degree

1,290

7.1

Bachelor's degree

5,161

28.3

Graduate or professional degree

2,382

13.0

Percent high school graduate or higher

89.8

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

41.3

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

20,956

100.0

Never married

4,672

22.3

Now married, except separated

12,450

59.4

Separated

636

3.0

Widowed

926

4.4

Female

764

3.6

Divorced

2,272

10.8

Female

1,413

6.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

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

448

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

220

49.1

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

19,929

100.0

Civilian veterans

2,646

13.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

6,141

100.0

With a disability

377

6.1

Population 21 to 64 years

17,451

100.0

With a disability

2,094

12.0

Percent employed

78.6

(X)

No disability

15,357

88.0

Percent employed

84.3

(X)

Population 65 years and over

1,361

100.0

With a disability

456

33.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

25,520

100.0

Same house in 1995

9,964

39.0

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

14,620

57.3

Same county

5,864

23.0

Different county

8,756

34.3

Same state

3,865

15.1

Different state

4,891

19.2

Elsewhere in 1995

936

3.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

28,237

100.0

Native

25,798

91.4

Born in United States

25,269

89.5

State of residence

10,265

36.4

Different state

15,004

53.1

Born outside United States

529

1.9

Foreign born

2,439

8.6

Entered 1990 to March 2000

1,062

3.8

Naturalized citizen

922

3.3

Not a citizen

1,517

5.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

2,439

100.0

Europe

596

24.4

Asia

720

29.5

Africa

87

3.6

Oceania

21

0.9

Latin America

915

37.5

Northern America

100

4.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

25,520

100.0

English only

22,705

89.0

Language other than English

2,815

11.0

Speak English less than 'very well

1,182

4.6

Spanish

1,369

5.4

Speak English less than "very well"

583

2.3

Other Indo-European languages

879

3.4

Speak English less than "very well"

269

1.1

Asian and Pacific Island languages

450

1.8

Speak English less than "very well"

282

1.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

28,237

100.0

Total ancestries reported

31,937

113.1

Arab

162

0.6

Czech¹

211

0.7

Danish

153

0.5

Dutch

256

0.9

English

3,824

13.5

French (except Basque)¹

633

2.2

French Canadian¹

217

0.8

German

6,057

21.5

Greek

121

0.4

Hungarian

211

0.7

Irish¹

4,419

15.6

Italian

1,777

6.3

Lithuanian

124

0.4

Norwegian

339

1.2

Polish

1,016

3.6

Portuguese

55

0.2

Russian

364

1.3

Scotch-Irish

587

2.1

Scottish

1,024

3.6

Slovak

140

0.5

Subsaharan African

132

0.5

Swedish

365

1.3

Swiss

101

0.4

Ukrainian

135

0.5

United States or American

2,091

7.4

Welsh

344

1.2

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

117

0.4

Other ancestries

6,962

24.7