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DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

9,347

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 34 0.4
Kindergarten 27 0.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 335 3.6
High school (grades 9-12) 195 2.1
College or graduate school 8,756 93.7
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

3,866

100.0

Less than 9th grade 271 7.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 258 6.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 686 17.7
Some college, no degree 586 15.2
Associate degree 269 7.0
Bachelor's degree 895 23.2
Graduate or professional degree 901 23.3
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 86.3  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 46.5  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

12,862

100.0

Never married 8,543 66.4
Now married, except separated 3,235 25.2
Separated 117 0.9
Widowed 421 3.3

Female

350 2.7
Divorced 546 4.2

Female

305 2.4
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

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

30

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 0 0.0
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

12,689

100.0

Civilian veterans 673 5.3
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

5,985

100.0

With a disability 561 9.4
     

Population 21 to 64 years

6,187

100.0

With a disability 698 11.3

Percent employed

57.0  
No disability 5,489 88.7

Percent employed

68.8  
     

Population 65 years and over

945

100.0

With a disability 480 50.8
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

13,252

100.0

Same house in 1995 3,123 23.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 9,744 73.5

Same county

1,499 11.3

Different county

8,245 62.2

Same state

6,063 45.8

Different state

2,182 16.5
Elsewhere in 1995 385 2.9
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

13,447

100.0

Native 13,154 97.8

Born in United States

12,952 96.3

State of residence

7,928 59.0

Different state

5,024 37.4

Born outside United States

202 1.5
Foreign born 293 2.2

Entered 1990 to March 2000

215 1.6

Naturalized citizen

21 0.2

Not a citizen

272 2.0
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

293

100.0

Europe 96 32.8
Asia 128 43.7
Africa 6 2.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 35 11.9
Northern America 28 9.6
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

13,252

100.0

English only 12,514 94.4
Language other than English 738 5.6

Speak English less than "very well"

131 1.0

Spanish

293 2.2

Speak English less than "very well"

40 0.3

Other Indo-European languages

300 2.3

Speak English less than "very well"

43 0.3

Asian and Pacific Island languages

95 0.7

Speak English less than "very well"

48 0.4
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

13,447

100.0

Total ancestries reported

12,053 89.6
Arab 25 0.2
Czech1 27 0.2
Danish 42 0.3
Dutch 242 1.8
English 1,663 12.4
French (except Basque)1 257 1.9
French Canadian1 23 0.2
German 2,021 15.0
Greek 105 0.8
Hungarian 14 0.1
Irish1 1,269 9.4
Italian 684 5.1
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 114 0.8
Polish 210 1.6
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 35 0.3
Scotch-Irish 1,039 7.7
Scottish 740 5.5
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 19 0.1
Swedish 231 1.7
Swiss 59 0.4
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 1,080 8.0
Welsh 116 0.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 35 0.3
Other ancestries 2,003 14.9
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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