| 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 |
294,565 |
100.0 |
| enrolled in school |
83,713 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
275,337 |
93.5 |
| Nursery school, preschool |
4,848 |
5.8 |
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Born in United States |
272,811 |
92.6 |
| Kindergarten |
3,581 |
4.3 |
|
State of residence |
232,729 |
79.0 |
| Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
31,402 |
37.5 |
|
Different state |
40,082 |
13.6 |
| High school (grades 9-12) |
15,565 |
18.6 |
|
Born outside United States |
2,526 |
0.9 |
| College or graduate school |
28,317 |
33.8 |
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Foreign born |
19,228 |
6.5 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
7,567 |
2.6 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
11,141 |
3.8 |
| Population 25 years and over |
195,381 |
100.0 |
|
Not a citizen |
8,087 |
2.7 |
| Less than 9th grade |
7,925 |
4.1 |
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| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
18,792 |
9.6 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
52,796 |
27.0 |
|
Total (excluding born at sea) |
19,228 |
100.0 |
| Some college, no degree |
32,121 |
16.4 |
|
Europe |
6,798 |
35.4 |
| Associate degree |
18,661 |
9.6 |
|
Asia |
6,657 |
34.6 |
| Bachelor's degree |
34,288 |
17.5 |
|
Africa |
1,201 |
6.2 |
| Graduate or professional degree |
30,798 |
15.8 |
|
Oceania |
77 |
0.4 |
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Latin America |
3,407 |
17.7 |
| Percent high school graduate or higher |
86.3 |
(X) |
|
Northern America |
1,088 |
5.7 |
| Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
33.3 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
278,018 |
100.0 |
| Population 15 years and over |
239,699 |
100.0 |
|
English only |
250,439 |
90.1 |
| Never married |
77,156 |
32.2 |
|
Language other than English |
27,579 |
9.9 |
| Now married, except separated |
117,405 |
49.0 |
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Speak English less than '"very well"' |
9,176 |
3.3 |
| Separated |
6,788 |
2.8 |
|
Spanish |
7,507 |
2.7 |
| Widowed |
18,665 |
7.8 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
2,297 |
0.8 |
| Female |
14,975 |
6.2 |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
13,715 |
4.9 |
| Divorced |
19,685 |
8.2 |
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Speak English less than '"very well"' |
4,275 |
1.5 |
| Female |
11,593 |
4.8 |
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Asian and Pacific Island languages |
4,549 |
1.6 |
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Speak English less than '"very well"' |
2,028 |
0.7 |
| 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 |
294,565 |
100.0 |
| under 18 years |
3,392 |
100.0 |
|
Total ancestries reported |
348,703 |
118.4 |
| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
1,292 |
38.1 |
|
Arab |
1,452 |
0.5 |
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Czech¹ |
1,264 |
0.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS |
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Danish |
776 |
0.3 |
| Civilian population 18 years and over |
228,206 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
10,687 |
3.6 |
| Civilian veterans |
27,969 |
12.3 |
|
English |
26,347 |
8.9 |
| |
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French (except Basque)¹ |
17,881 |
6.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French Canadian¹ |
6,977 |
2.4 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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German |
47,216 |
16.0 |
| Population 5 to 20 years |
64,959 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
1,962 |
0.7 |
| With a disability |
5,623 |
8.7 |
|
Hungarian |
1,550 |
0.5 |
| Population 21 to 64 years |
168,444 |
100.0 |
|
Irish¹ |
69,191 |
23.5 |
| With a disability |
28,879 |
17.1 |
|
Italian |
47,760 |
16.2 |
| Percent employed |
58.9 |
(X) |
|
Lithuanian |
1,246 |
0.4 |
| No disability |
139,565 |
82.9 |
|
Norwegian |
1,434 |
0.5 |
| Percent employed |
80.8 |
(X) |
|
Polish |
19,035 |
6.5 |
| Population 65 years and over |
39,755 |
100.0 |
|
Portuguese |
560 |
0.2 |
| With a disability |
14,361 |
36.1 |
|
Russian |
5,707 |
1.9 |
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Scotch-Irish |
3,114 |
1.1 |
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Scottish |
5,126 |
1.7 |
| RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
678 |
0.2 |
| Population 5 years and over |
278,018 |
100.0 |
|
Subsaharan African |
2,142 |
0.7 |
| Same house in 1995 |
157,709 |
56.7 |
|
Swedish |
2,159 |
0.7 |
| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
115,141 |
41.4 |
|
Swiss |
524 |
0.2 |
| Same county |
66,573 |
23.9 |
|
Ukrainian |
3,118 |
1.1 |
| Different county |
48,568 |
17.5 |
|
United States or American |
10,240 |
3.5 |
| Same state |
37,050 |
13.3 |
|
Welsh |
2,195 |
0.7 |
| Different state |
11,518 |
4.1 |
|
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
2,116 |
0.7 |
| Elsewhere in 1995 |
5,168 |
1.9 |
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Other ancestries |
56,246 |
19.1 |
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| Date: September 10, 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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