| 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 |
28,061 |
100.0 |
| enrolled in school |
6,646 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
27,244 |
97.1 |
| Nursery school, preschool |
431 |
6.5 |
|
Born in United States |
27,101 |
96.6 |
| Kindergarten |
449 |
6.8 |
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State of residence |
22,989 |
81.9 |
| Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
3,042 |
45.8 |
|
Different state |
4,112 |
14.7 |
| High school (grades 9-12) |
1,700 |
25.6 |
|
Born outside United States |
143 |
0.5 |
| College or graduate school |
1,024 |
15.4 |
|
Foreign born |
817 |
2.9 |
| |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
110 |
0.4 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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|
Naturalized citizen |
600 |
2.1 |
| Population 25 years and over |
20,120 |
100.0 |
|
Not a citizen |
217 |
0.8 |
| Less than 9th grade |
525 |
2.6 |
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| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
1,467 |
7.3 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
5,724 |
28.4 |
|
Total (excluding born at sea) |
817 |
100.0 |
| Some college, no degree |
3,769 |
18.7 |
|
Europe |
417 |
51.0 |
| Associate degree |
2,279 |
11.3 |
|
Asia |
178 |
21.8 |
| Bachelor's degree |
3,545 |
17.6 |
|
Africa |
0 |
0.0 |
| Graduate or professional degree |
2,811 |
14.0 |
|
Oceania |
7 |
0.9 |
| |
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Latin America |
123 |
15.1 |
| Percent high school graduate or higher |
90.1 |
(X) |
|
Northern America |
92 |
11.3 |
| Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
31.6 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
26,635 |
100.0 |
| Population 15 years and over |
22,765 |
100.0 |
|
English only |
24,924 |
93.6 |
| Never married |
4,411 |
19.4 |
|
Language other than English |
1,711 |
6.4 |
| Now married, except separated |
14,217 |
62.5 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
338 |
1.3 |
| Separated |
359 |
1.6 |
|
Spanish |
331 |
1.2 |
| Widowed |
2,068 |
9.1 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
73 |
0.3 |
| Female |
1,666 |
7.3 |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
1,232 |
4.6 |
| Divorced |
1,710 |
7.5 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
233 |
0.9 |
| Female |
1,085 |
4.8 |
|
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
94 |
0.4 |
| |
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Speak English less than '"very well"' |
32 |
0.1 |
| 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 |
28,061 |
100.0 |
| under 18 years |
225 |
100.0 |
|
Total ancestries reported |
36,536 |
130.2 |
| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
84 |
37.3 |
|
Arab |
42 |
0.1 |
| |
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Czech¹ |
513 |
1.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS |
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|
Danish |
247 |
0.9 |
| Civilian population 18 years and over |
21,475 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
1,412 |
5.0 |
| Civilian veterans |
3,225 |
15.0 |
|
English |
4,127 |
14.7 |
| |
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French (except Basque)¹ |
2,277 |
8.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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|
French Canadian¹ |
671 |
2.4 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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|
|
German |
5,752 |
20.5 |
| Population 5 to 20 years |
5,801 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
153 |
0.5 |
| With a disability |
360 |
6.2 |
|
Hungarian |
234 |
0.8 |
| Population 21 to 64 years |
15,320 |
100.0 |
|
Irish¹ |
5,877 |
20.9 |
| With a disability |
1,967 |
12.8 |
|
Italian |
5,286 |
18.8 |
| Percent employed |
59.8 |
(X) |
|
Lithuanian |
265 |
0.9 |
| No disability |
13,353 |
87.2 |
|
Norwegian |
246 |
0.9 |
| Percent employed |
82.9 |
(X) |
|
Polish |
2,860 |
10.2 |
| Population 65 years and over |
4,776 |
100.0 |
|
Portuguese |
56 |
0.2 |
| With a disability |
1,493 |
31.3 |
|
Russian |
237 |
0.8 |
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Scotch-Irish |
707 |
2.5 |
| |
|
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Scottish |
1,050 |
3.7 |
| RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
143 |
0.5 |
| Population 5 years and over |
26,635 |
100.0 |
|
Subsaharan African |
24 |
0.1 |
| Same house in 1995 |
18,428 |
69.2 |
|
Swedish |
420 |
1.5 |
| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
7,974 |
29.9 |
|
Swiss |
129 |
0.5 |
| Same county |
5,059 |
19.0 |
|
Ukrainian |
151 |
0.5 |
| Different county |
2,915 |
10.9 |
|
United States or American |
988 |
3.5 |
| Same state |
1,993 |
7.5 |
|
Welsh |
285 |
1.0 |
| Different state |
922 |
3.5 |
|
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
16 |
0.1 |
| Elsewhere in 1995 |
233 |
0.9 |
|
Other ancestries |
2,368 |
8.4 |
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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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