| 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 |
17,954 |
100.0 |
| enrolled in school |
5,904 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
17,471 |
97.3 |
| Nursery school, preschool |
249 |
4.2 |
|
Born in United States |
17,371 |
96.8 |
| Kindergarten |
158 |
2.7 |
|
State of residence |
15,772 |
87.8 |
| Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
2,013 |
34.1 |
|
Different state |
1,599 |
8.9 |
| High school (grades 9-12) |
850 |
14.4 |
|
Born outside United States |
100 |
0.6 |
| College or graduate school |
2,634 |
44.6 |
|
Foreign born |
483 |
2.7 |
| |
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|
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
101 |
0.6 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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|
|
Naturalized citizen |
297 |
1.7 |
| Population 25 years and over |
11,000 |
100.0 |
|
Not a citizen |
186 |
1.0 |
| Less than 9th grade |
860 |
7.8 |
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| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
1,404 |
12.8 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
3,761 |
34.2 |
|
Total (excluding born at sea) |
483 |
100.0 |
| Some college, no degree |
1,997 |
18.2 |
|
Europe |
145 |
30.0 |
| Associate degree |
650 |
5.9 |
|
Asia |
171 |
35.4 |
| Bachelor's degree |
1,326 |
12.1 |
|
Africa |
13 |
2.7 |
| Graduate or professional degree |
1,002 |
9.1 |
|
Oceania |
0 |
0.0 |
| |
|
|
|
Latin America |
82 |
17.0 |
| Percent high school graduate or higher |
79.4 |
(X) |
|
Northern America |
72 |
14.9 |
| Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
21.2 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL STATUS |
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|
|
Population 5 years and over |
16,971 |
100.0 |
| Population 15 years and over |
14,639 |
100.0 |
|
English only |
15,907 |
93.7 |
| Never married |
5,060 |
34.6 |
|
Language other than English |
1,064 |
6.3 |
| Now married, except separated |
6,659 |
45.5 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
187 |
1.1 |
| Separated |
433 |
3.0 |
|
Spanish |
396 |
2.3 |
| Widowed |
1,329 |
9.1 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
81 |
0.5 |
| Female |
1,113 |
7.6 |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
533 |
3.1 |
| Divorced |
1,158 |
7.9 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
73 |
0.4 |
| Female |
738 |
5.0 |
|
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
86 |
0.5 |
| |
|
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|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
33 |
0.2 |
| 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 |
17,954 |
100.0 |
| under 18 years |
161 |
100.0 |
|
Total ancestries reported |
20,500 |
114.2 |
| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
95 |
59.0 |
|
Arab |
74 |
0.4 |
| |
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|
Czech¹ |
6 |
0.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS |
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|
|
Danish |
35 |
0.2 |
| Civilian population 18 years and over |
13,933 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
328 |
1.8 |
| Civilian veterans |
1,898 |
13.6 |
|
English |
2,176 |
12.1 |
| |
|
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|
French (except Basque)¹ |
1,570 |
8.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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|
|
French Canadian¹ |
496 |
2.8 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
|
|
|
German |
2,828 |
15.8 |
| Population 5 to 20 years |
3,918 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
45 |
0.3 |
| With a disability |
322 |
8.2 |
|
Hungarian |
76 |
0.4 |
| Population 21 to 64 years |
9,935 |
100.0 |
|
Irish¹ |
4,693 |
26.1 |
| With a disability |
1,696 |
17.1 |
|
Italian |
3,311 |
18.4 |
| Percent employed |
52.0 |
(X) |
|
Lithuanian |
49 |
0.3 |
| No disability |
8,239 |
82.9 |
|
Norwegian |
55 |
0.3 |
| Percent employed |
69.5 |
(X) |
|
Polish |
1,152 |
6.4 |
| Population 65 years and over |
2,455 |
100.0 |
|
Portuguese |
4 |
0.0 |
| With a disability |
932 |
38.0 |
|
Russian |
130 |
0.7 |
| |
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Scotch-Irish |
227 |
1.3 |
| |
|
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Scottish |
310 |
1.7 |
| RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
0 |
0.0 |
| Population 5 years and over |
16,971 |
N/A |
|
Subsaharan African |
31 |
0.2 |
| Same house in 1995 |
8,535 |
50.3 |
|
Swedish |
104 |
0.6 |
| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
8,373 |
49.3 |
|
Swiss |
36 |
0.2 |
| Same county |
5,462 |
32.2 |
|
Ukrainian |
99 |
0.6 |
| Different county |
2,911 |
17.2 |
|
United States or American |
880 |
4.9 |
| Same state |
2,394 |
14.1 |
|
Welsh |
192 |
1.1 |
| Different state |
517 |
3.0 |
|
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
5 |
0.0 |
| Elsewhere in 1995 |
63 |
0.4 |
|
Other ancestries |
1,588 |
8.8 |
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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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