| SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population 3 years and over |
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Total poplulation |
147,326 |
100.0 |
| enrolled in school |
50,445 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
136,112 |
92.4 |
| Nursery school, preschool |
2,562 |
5.1 |
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Born in United States |
133,189 |
90.4 |
| Kindergarten |
2,180 |
4.3 |
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State of residence |
105,555 |
71.6 |
| Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
17,595 |
34.9 |
|
Different state |
27,634 |
18.8 |
| High school (grades 9-12) |
7,268 |
14.4 |
|
Born outside United States |
2,923 |
2.0 |
| College or graduate school |
20,840 |
41.3 |
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Foreign born |
11,214 |
7.6 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
6,524 |
4.4 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
4,174 |
2.8 |
| Population 25 years and over |
86,084 |
100.0 |
|
Not a citizen |
7,040 |
4.8 |
| Less than 9th grade |
6,090 |
7.1 |
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| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
14,418 |
16.7 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
25,002 |
29.0 |
|
Total (excluding born at sea) |
11,214 |
100.0 |
| Some college, no degree |
14,170 |
16.5 |
|
Europe |
3,612 |
32.2 |
| Associate degree |
6,394 |
7.4 |
|
Asia |
4,804 |
42.8 |
| Bachelor's degree |
10,608 |
12.3 |
|
Africa |
549 |
4.9 |
| Graduate or professional degree |
9,402 |
10.9 |
|
Oceania |
18 |
0.2 |
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Latin America |
1,718 |
15.3 |
| Percent high school graduate or higher |
76.2 |
(X) |
|
Northern America |
513 |
4.6 |
| Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
23.2 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
137,104 |
100.0 |
| Population 15 years and over |
116,022 |
100.0 |
|
English only |
119,023 |
86.8 |
| Never married |
52,676 |
45.4 |
|
Language other than English |
18,081 |
13.1 |
| Now married, except separated |
38,718 |
33.4 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
8,007 |
5.8 |
| Separated |
4,464 |
3.8 |
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Spanish |
6,656 |
4.9 |
| Widowed |
9,027 |
7.8 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
2,687 |
2.0 |
| Female |
7,500 |
6.5 |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
6,458 |
4.7 |
| Divorced |
11,137 |
9.6 |
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Speak English less than '"very well"' |
2,418 |
1.8 |
| Female |
6,580 |
5.7 |
|
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
3,953 |
2.9 |
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Speak English less than '"very well"' |
2,665 |
1.9 |
| GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent living in household |
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ANCESTRY (single and multiple) |
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| with one or more own grandchildren |
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Total population |
147,326 |
100.0 |
| under 18 years |
2,565 |
100.0 |
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Total ancestries reported |
164,078 |
111.4 |
| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
1,352 |
52.7 |
|
Arab |
1,034 |
0.7 |
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Czech¹ |
324 |
0.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS |
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Danish |
253 |
0.2 |
| Civilian population 18 years and over |
110,498 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
2,244 |
1.5 |
| Civilian veterans |
11,127 |
10.1 |
|
English |
11,140 |
7.6 |
| |
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French (except Basque)¹ |
6,210 |
4.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French Canadian¹ |
2,547 |
1.7 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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German |
17,942 |
12.2 |
| Population 5 to 20 years |
38,360 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
617 |
0.4 |
| With a disability |
4,334 |
11.3 |
|
Hungarian |
597 |
0.4 |
| Population 21 to 64 years |
78,828 |
100.0 |
|
Irish¹ |
23,481 |
15.9 |
| With a disability |
19,058 |
24.2 |
|
Italian |
20,778 |
14.1 |
| Percent employed |
48.6 |
(X) |
|
Lithuanian |
227 |
0.2 |
| No disability |
59,770 |
75.8 |
|
Norwegian |
437 |
0.3 |
| Percent employed |
72.7 |
(X) |
|
Polish |
7,424 |
5.0 |
| Population 65 years and over |
17,416 |
100.0 |
|
Portuguese |
249 |
0.2 |
| With a disability |
7,547 |
43.3 |
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Russian |
1,612 |
1.1 |
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Scotch-Irish |
1,669 |
1.1 |
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Scottish |
2,044 |
1.4 |
| RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
268 |
0.2 |
| Population 5 years and over |
137,104 |
100.0 |
|
Subsaharan African |
2,179 |
1.5 |
| Same house in 1995 |
60,568 |
44.2 |
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Swedish |
958 |
0.7 |
| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
71,418 |
52.1 |
|
Swiss |
282 |
0.2 |
| Same county |
47,727 |
34.8 |
|
Ukrainian |
1,361 |
0.9 |
| Different county |
23,691 |
17.3 |
|
United States or American |
3,489 |
2.4 |
| Same state |
12,441 |
9.1 |
|
Welsh |
938 |
0.6 |
| Different state |
11,250 |
8.2 |
|
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
1,197 |
0.8 |
| Elsewhere in 1995 |
5,118 |
3.7 |
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Other ancestries |
52,577 |
35.7 |
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| Date: May 22, 2003 |
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| -Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. |
| ¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. |
| Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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