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DP2:Social Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

36,952

Urban population

12,915

Rural population

24,037

Farm population

1,269
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

14,404

Preprimary school

333

Elementary or high school

4,371

Percent in private school

3.4

College

9,700
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

19,905

Less than 9th grade

2,794

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

2,772

High school graduate

4,572

Some college, no degree

3,231

Associate degree

1,084

Bachelor's degree

3,063

Graduate or professional degree

2,389
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

72.0

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

27.4
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

35,234

Lived in same house

16,096

Lived in different house in U.S.

18,873

Same state

14,711

Same county

6,108

Different county

8,603

Different state

4,162

Lived abroad

265
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

27,255

With a mobility or self-care limitation

1,125

With a mobility limitation

626

With a self-care limitation

757

With a work disability

1,980

In labor force

717

Prevented from working

1,086
   

Persons 65 years and over

3,760

With a mobility or self-care limitation

830

With a mobility limitation

681

With a self-care limitation

493
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

62

Women 25 to 34 years

1,136

Women 35 to 44 years

1,667
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

3,543

65 years and over

936
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

36,952

Native population

36,486

Percent born in state of residence

68.4

Foreign-born population

466

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

131
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

35,234

Speak a language other than English

940

Do not speak English "very well"

311

Speak Spanish

446

Do not speak English "very well"

141

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

55

Do not speak English "very well"

20
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

39,959

Arab

109

Austrian

39

Belgian

8

Canadian

72

Czech

90

Danish

44

Dutch

1,346

English

7,122

Finnish

30

French (except Basque)

971

French Canadian

100

German

10,595

Greek

105

Hungarian

59

Irish

5,717

Italian

751

Lithuanian

25

Norwegian

183

Polish

334

Portuguese

42

Romanian

12

Russian

81

Scotch-Irish

2,593

Scottish

1,783

Slovak

141

Subsaharan African

13

Swedish

374

Swiss

85

Ukrainian

2

United States or American

3,303

Welsh

248

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

8

Yugoslavian

18

Other ancestries

3,556
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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