| 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 |
146,555 |
100.0 |
| enrolled in school |
37,662 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
138,744 |
94.7 |
| Nursery school, preschool |
2,410 |
6.4 |
|
Born in United States |
137,087 |
93.5 |
| Kindergarten |
2,145 |
5.7 |
|
State of residence |
117,031 |
79.9 |
| Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
17,071 |
45.3 |
|
Different state |
20,056 |
13.7 |
| High school (grades 9-12) |
7,655 |
20.3 |
|
Born outside United States |
1,657 |
1.1 |
| College or graduate school |
8,381 |
22.3 |
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Foreign born |
7,811 |
5.3 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
2,450 |
1.7 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
4,932 |
3.4 |
| Population 25 years and over |
99,568 |
100.0 |
|
Not a citizen |
2,879 |
2.0 |
| Less than 9th grade |
4,150 |
4.2 |
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| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
10,985 |
11.0 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
30,812 |
30.9 |
|
Total (excluding born at sea) |
7,811 |
100.0 |
| Some college, no degree |
17,608 |
17.7 |
|
Europe |
3,648 |
46.7 |
| Associate degree |
9,795 |
9.8 |
|
Asia |
2,237 |
28.6 |
| Bachelor's degree |
14,506 |
14.6 |
|
Africa |
275 |
3.5 |
| Graduate or professional degree |
11,712 |
11.8 |
|
Oceania |
32 |
0.4 |
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Latin America |
1,305 |
16.7 |
| Percent high school graduate or higher |
84.8 |
(X) |
|
Northern America |
314 |
4.0 |
| Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
26.3 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
137,584 |
100.0 |
| Population 15 years and over |
116,618 |
100.0 |
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English only |
123,984 |
90.1 |
| Never married |
31,007 |
26.6 |
|
Language other than English |
13,600 |
9.9 |
| Now married, except separated |
61,750 |
53.0 |
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Speak English less than '"very well"' |
4,258 |
3.1 |
| Separated |
3,481 |
3.0 |
|
Spanish |
3,756 |
2.7 |
| Widowed |
9,907 |
8.5 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
1,123 |
0.8 |
| Female |
8,028 |
6.9 |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
7,660 |
5.6 |
| Divorced |
10,473 |
9.0 |
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Speak English less than '"very well"' |
2,304 |
1.7 |
| Female |
6,232 |
5.3 |
|
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
1,425 |
1.0 |
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Speak English less than '"very well"' |
519 |
0.4 |
| 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 |
146,555 |
100.0 |
| under 18 years |
1,846 |
100.0 |
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Total ancestries reported |
178,110 |
121.5 |
| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
726 |
39.3 |
|
Arab |
596 |
0.4 |
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Czech¹ |
1,120 |
0.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS |
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Danish |
627 |
0.4 |
| Civilian population 18 years and over |
110,842 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
6,075 |
4.1 |
| Civilian veterans |
15,111 |
13.6 |
|
English |
15,206 |
10.4 |
| |
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French (except Basque)¹ |
9,996 |
6.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French Canadian¹ |
3,021 |
2.1 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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German |
22,897 |
15.6 |
| Population 5 to 20 years |
31,723 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
687 |
0.5 |
| With a disability |
2,740 |
8.6 |
|
Hungarian |
1,247 |
0.9 |
| Population 21 to 64 years |
80,796 |
100.0 |
|
Irish¹ |
27,276 |
18.6 |
| With a disability |
14,927 |
18.5 |
|
Italian |
32,270 |
22.0 |
| Percent employed |
56.3 |
(X) |
|
Lithuanian |
835 |
0.6 |
| No disability |
65,869 |
81.5 |
|
Norwegian |
723 |
0.5 |
| Percent employed |
80.2 |
(X) |
|
Polish |
14,616 |
10.0 |
| Population 65 years and over |
22,792 |
100.0 |
|
Portuguese |
164 |
0.1 |
| With a disability |
8,146 |
35.7 |
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Russian |
1,797 |
1.2 |
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Scotch-Irish |
1,895 |
1.3 |
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Scottish |
3,452 |
2.4 |
| RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
469 |
0.3 |
| Population 5 years and over |
137,584 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan African |
804 |
0.5 |
| Same house in 1995 |
84,091 |
61.1 |
|
Swedish |
1,467 |
1.0 |
| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
51,374 |
37.3 |
|
Swiss |
420 |
0.3 |
| Same county |
31,299 |
22.7 |
|
Ukrainian |
708 |
0.5 |
| Different county |
20,075 |
14.6 |
|
United States or American |
4,696 |
3.2 |
| Same state |
14,662 |
10.7 |
|
Welsh |
978 |
0.7 |
| Different state |
5,413 |
3.9 |
|
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
549 |
0.4 |
| Elsewhere in 1995 |
2,119 |
1.5 |
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Other ancestries |
23,519 |
16.0 |
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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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