| 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 |
28,387 |
100.0 |
| enrolled in school |
6,813 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
27,485 |
96.8 |
| Nursery school, preschool |
462 |
6.8 |
|
Born in United States |
27,285 |
96.1 |
| Kindergarten |
481 |
7.1 |
|
State of residence |
24,794 |
87.3 |
| Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
3,206 |
47.1 |
|
Different state |
2,491 |
8.8 |
| High school (grades 9-12) |
1,382 |
20.3 |
|
Born outside United States |
200 |
0.7 |
| College or graduate school |
1,282 |
18.8 |
|
Foreign born |
902 |
3.2 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
93 |
0.3 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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|
Naturalized citizen |
729 |
2.6 |
| Population 25 years and over |
20,159 |
100.0 |
|
Not a citizen |
173 |
0.6 |
| Less than 9th grade |
603 |
3.0 |
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| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
2,120 |
10.5 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
8,273 |
41.0 |
|
Total (excluding born at sea) |
902 |
100.0 |
| Some college, no degree |
3,797 |
18.8 |
|
Europe |
666 |
73.8 |
| Associate degree |
2,102 |
10.4 |
|
Asia |
124 |
13.7 |
| Bachelor's degree |
2,163 |
10.7 |
|
Africa |
10 |
1.1 |
| Graduate or professional degree |
1,101 |
5.5 |
|
Oceania |
0 |
0.0 |
| |
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|
|
Latin America |
85 |
9.4 |
| Percent high school graduate or higher |
86.5 |
(X) |
|
Northern America |
17 |
1.9 |
| Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
16.2 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
26,762 |
100.0 |
| Population 15 years and over |
22,829 |
100.0 |
|
English only |
24,872 |
92.9 |
| Never married |
4,930 |
21.6 |
|
Language other than English |
1,890 |
7.1 |
| Now married, except separated |
13,346 |
58.5 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
810 |
3.0 |
| Separated |
536 |
2.3 |
|
Spanish |
278 |
1.0 |
| Widowed |
2,057 |
9.0 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
92 |
0.3 |
| Female |
1,638 |
7.2 |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
1,467 |
5.5 |
| Divorced |
1,960 |
8.6 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
619 |
2.3 |
| Female |
1,111 |
4.9 |
|
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
86 |
0.3 |
| |
|
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Speak English less than '"very well"' |
60 |
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 |
28,387 |
100.0 |
| under 18 years |
476 |
100.0 |
|
Total ancestries reported |
36,705 |
129.3 |
| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
186 |
39.1 |
|
Arab |
97 |
0.3 |
| |
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|
Czech¹ |
197 |
0.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS |
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|
|
Danish |
91 |
0.3 |
| Civilian population 18 years and over |
21,769 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
1,538 |
5.4 |
| Civilian veterans |
3,385 |
15.5 |
|
English |
2,752 |
9.7 |
| |
|
|
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French (except Basque)¹ |
2,428 |
8.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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|
|
French Canadian¹ |
689 |
2.4 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
|
|
|
German |
4,879 |
17.2 |
| Population 5 to 20 years |
5,706 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
135 |
0.5 |
| With a disability |
424 |
7.4 |
|
Hungarian |
193 |
0.7 |
| Population 21 to 64 years |
15,666 |
100.0 |
|
Irish¹ |
5,854 |
20.6 |
| With a disability |
2,291 |
14.6 |
|
Italian |
9,364 |
33.0 |
| Percent employed |
59.2 |
(X) |
|
Lithuanian |
163 |
0.6 |
| No disability |
13,375 |
85.4 |
|
Norwegian |
73 |
0.3 |
| Percent employed |
80.9 |
(X) |
|
Polish |
3,751 |
13.2 |
| Population 65 years and over |
5,289 |
100.0 |
|
Portuguese |
31 |
0.1 |
| With a disability |
1,853 |
35.0 |
|
Russian |
153 |
0.5 |
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Scotch-Irish |
263 |
0.9 |
| |
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Scottish |
557 |
2.0 |
| RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
147 |
0.5 |
| Population 5 years and over |
26,762 |
100.0 |
|
Subsaharan African |
2 |
0.0 |
| Same house in 1995 |
18,659 |
69.7 |
|
Swedish |
313 |
1.1 |
| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
8,010 |
29.9 |
|
Swiss |
49 |
0.2 |
| Same county |
5,552 |
20.7 |
|
Ukrainian |
104 |
0.4 |
| Different county |
2,458 |
9.2 |
|
United States or American |
863 |
3.0 |
| Same state |
1,865 |
7.0 |
|
Welsh |
144 |
0.5 |
| Different state |
593 |
2.2 |
|
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
29 |
0.1 |
| Elsewhere in 1995 |
93 |
0.3 |
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Other ancestries |
1,846 |
6.5 |
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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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