Demographics: Education, Nationality and Ancestry

Subject	Number	Percent

School Enrollment
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,353	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	670	8.0
Kindergarten	516	6.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,538	42.4
High school (grades 9-12)	1,735	20.8
College or graduate school	1,894	22.7

Educational Attainment
Population 25 years and over	20,774	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,734	8.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,189	15.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,496	31.3
Some college, no degree	4,125	19.9
Associate degree	1,042	5.0
Bachelor's degree	2,700	13.0
Graduate or professional degree	1,488	7.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	76.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	20.2	(X)

Marital Status
Population 15 years and over	24,854	100.0
Never married	8,925	35.9
Now married, except separated	10,653	42.9
Separated	889	3.6
Widowed	1,595	6.4
Female	1,283	5.2
Divorced	2,792	11.2
Female	1,514	6.1

Grandparents as Caregivers
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	742	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	248	33.4

Veteran Status
Civilian population 18 years and over	23,875	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,367	9.9

Disability Status of the Civilian Non-institutionalized Population
Population 5 to 20 years	6,730	100.0
With a disability	678	10.1

Population 21 to 64 years	18,482	100.0
With a disability	3,975	21.5
Percent employed	56.0	(X)
No disability	14,507	78.5
Percent employed	72.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,021	100.0
With a disability	1,498	37.3

Residence in 1995
Population 5 years and over	29,326	100.0
Same house in 1995	15,494	52.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	11,921	40.6
Same county	9,257	31.6
Different county	2,664	9.1
Same state	1,436	4.9
Different state	1,228	4.2
Elsewhere in 1995	1,911	6.5

Nativity and Place of Birth
Total population	31,340	100.0
Native	25,176	80.3
Born in United States	23,860	76.1
State of residence	17,248	55.0
Different state	6,612	21.1
Born outside United States	1,316	4.2
Foreign born	6,164	19.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	3,154	10.1
Naturalized citizen	1,903	6.1
Not a citizen	4,261	13.6

Region of Birth of Foreign Born
Total (excluding born at sea)	6,164	100.0
Europe	1,463	23.7
Asia	570	9.2
Africa	93	1.5
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	3,995	64.8
Northern America	43	0.7

Language Spoken at Home
Population 5 years and over	29,326	100.0
English only	19,832	67.6
Language other than English	9,494	32.4
Speak English less than "very well"	4,678	16.0
Spanish	5,544	18.9
Speak English less than "very well"	2,854	9.7
Other Indo-European languages	3,181	10.8
Speak English less than "very well"	1,597	5.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	396	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	215	0.7

Ancestry (single or multiple)
Total population	31,340	100.0
Total ancestries reported	32,350	103.2
Arab	312	1.0
Czech1	95	0.3
Danish	77	0.2
Dutch	241	0.8
English	1,276	4.1
French (except Basque)1	397	1.3
French Canadian1	82	0.3
German	2,080	6.6
Greek	179	0.6
Hungarian	210	0.7
Irish1	3,500	11.2
Italian	5,489	17.5
Lithuanian	53	0.2
Norwegian	148	0.5
Polish	771	2.5
Portuguese	1,067	3.4
Russian	495	1.6
Scotch-Irish	205	0.7
Scottish	305	1.0
Slovak	53	0.2
Subsaharan African	202	0.6
Swedish	232	0.7
Swiss	9	0.0
Ukrainian	135	0.4
United States or American	1,011	3.2
Welsh	111	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	447	1.4
Other ancestries	13,168	42.0

(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.
Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB)
Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB)
Language Code List (PDF 17KB)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19