2000 Census

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

12,261

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

492

4.0

Kindergarten

480

3.9

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

4,246

34.6

High school (grades 9-12)

2,307

18.8

College or graduate school

4,736

38.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

21,542

100.0

Less than 9th grade

944

4.4

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

1,294

6.0

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

7,531

35.0

Some college, no degree

4,854

22.5

Associate degree

1,612

7.5

Bachelor's degree

3,646

16.9

Graduate or professional degree

1,661

7.7

Percent high school graduate or higher

89.6

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

24.6

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

29,537

100.0

Never married

9,451

32.0

Now married, except separated

16,486

55.8

Separated

218

0.7

Widowed

1,274

4.3

Female

1,013

3.4

Divorced

2,108

7.1

Female

1,099

3.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years

316

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

115

36.4

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

27,784

100.0

Civilian veterans

3,085

11.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

10,041

100.0

With a disability

683

6.8

Population 21 to 64 years

21,028

100.0

With a disability

2,716

12.9

Percent employed

67.5

(X)

No disability

18,312

87.1

Percent employed

87.3

(X)

Population 65 years and over

3,350

100.0

With a disability

1,111

33.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

34,716

100.0

Same house in 1995

19,470

56.1

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

15,054

43.4

Same county

5,672

16.3

Different county

9,382

27.0

Same state

4,268

12.3

Different state

5,114

14.7

Elsewhere in 1995

192

0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

36,804

100.0

Native

36,443

99.0

Born in United States

36,292

98.6

State of residence

16,521

44.9

Different state

19,771

53.7

Born outside United States

151

0.4

Foreign born

361

1.0

Entered 1990 to March 2000

127

0.3

Naturalized citizen

164

0.4

Not a citizen

197

0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

361

100.0

Europe

121

33.5

Asia

187

51.8

Africa

6

1.7

Oceania

10

2.8

Latin America

23

6.4

Northern America

14

3.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

34,716

100.0

English only

33,516

96.5

Language other than English

1,200

3.5

Speak English less than "very well"

306

0.9

Spanish

486

1.4

Speak English less than "very well"

126

0.4

Other Indo-European languages

547

1.6

Speak English less than "very well"

108

0.3

Asian and Pacific Island languages

125

0.4

Speak English less than "very well"

69

0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

36,804

100.0

Total ancestries reported

46,823

127.2

Arab

25

0.1

Czech¹

1,243

3.4

Danish

543

1.5

Dutch

699

1.9

English

2,365

6.4

French (except Basque)¹

1,360

3.7

French Canadian¹

480

1.3

German

16,735

45.5

Greek

26

0.1

Hungarian

134

0.4

Irish¹

4,419

12.0

Italian

752

2.0

Lithuanian

33

0.1

Norwegian

7,080

19.2

Polish

1,569

4.3

Portuguese

32

0.1

Russian

137

0.4

Scotch-Irish

327

0.9

Scottish

543

1.5

Slovak

27

0.1

Subsaharan African

22

0.1

Swedish

3,622

9.8

Swiss

275

0.7

Ukrainian

16

0.0

United States or American

966

2.6

Welsh

246

0.7

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

2

0.0

Other ancestries

3,145

8.5