| 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 |
313,587 |
100.0 |
| enrolled in school |
89,569 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
304,112 |
97.0 |
| Nursery school, preschool |
5,944 |
6.6 |
|
Born in United States |
302,686 |
96.5 |
| Kindergarten |
5,361 |
6.0 |
|
State of residence |
242,629 |
77.4 |
| Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
38,235 |
42.7 |
|
Different state |
60,057 |
19.2 |
| High school (grades 9-12) |
16,060 |
17.9 |
|
Born outside United States |
1,426 |
0.5 |
| College or graduate school |
23,969 |
26.8 |
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Foreign born |
9,475 |
3.0 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
4,048 |
1.3 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
4,487 |
1.4 |
| Population 25 years and over |
197,020 |
100.0 |
|
Not a citizen |
4,988 |
1.6 |
| Less than 9th grade |
9,452 |
4.8 |
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| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
30,554 |
15.5 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
66,377 |
33.7 |
|
Total (excluding born at sea) |
9,475 |
100.0 |
| Some college, no degree |
44,259 |
22.5 |
|
Europe |
2,020 |
21.3 |
| Associate degree |
13,287 |
6.7 |
|
Asia |
3,847 |
40.6 |
| Bachelor's degree |
22,494 |
11.4 |
|
Africa |
638 |
6.7 |
| Graduate or professional degree |
10,597 |
5.4 |
|
Oceania |
28 |
0.3 |
| |
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Latin America |
2,257 |
23.8 |
| Percent high school graduate or higher |
79.7 |
(X) |
|
Northern America |
685 |
7.2 |
| Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
16.8 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
290,942 |
100.0 |
| Population 15 years and over |
243,920 |
100.0 |
|
English only |
269,728 |
92.7 |
| Never married |
80,390 |
33.0 |
|
Language other than English |
21,214 |
7.3 |
| Now married, except separated |
107,141 |
43.9 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
6,812 |
2.3 |
| Separated |
4,887 |
2.0 |
|
Spanish |
9,992 |
3.4 |
| Widowed |
19,050 |
7.8 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
3,340 |
1.1 |
| Female |
15,443 |
6.3 |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
6,546 |
2.2 |
| Divorced |
32,452 |
13.3 |
|
Speak English less than '"very well"' |
1,625 |
0.6 |
| Female |
18,440 |
7.6 |
|
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
2,106 |
0.7 |
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Speak English less than '"very well"' |
1,064 |
0.4 |
| 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 |
313,587 |
100.0 |
| under 18 years |
5,894 |
100.0 |
|
Total ancestries reported |
328,934 |
104.9 |
| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
2,893 |
49.1 |
|
Arab |
3,668 |
1.2 |
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Czech¹ |
1,119 |
0.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS |
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Danish |
467 |
0.1 |
| Civilian population 18 years and over |
231,487 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
4,309 |
1.4 |
| Civilian veterans |
29,067 |
12.6 |
|
English |
18,854 |
6.0 |
| |
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French (except Basque)¹ |
14,410 |
4.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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|
French Canadian¹ |
2,616 |
0.8 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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German |
73,482 |
23.4 |
| Population 5 to 20 years |
73,527 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
1,554 |
0.5 |
| With a disability |
8,264 |
11.2 |
|
Hungarian |
6,188 |
2.0 |
| Population 21 to 64 years |
175,036 |
100.0 |
|
Irish¹ |
33,784 |
10.8 |
| With a disability |
39,441 |
22.5 |
|
Italian |
9,383 |
3.0 |
| Percent employed |
52.0 |
(X) |
|
Lithuanian |
252 |
0.1 |
| No disability |
135,595 |
77.5 |
|
Norwegian |
961 |
0.3 |
| Percent employed |
77.3 |
(X) |
|
Polish |
31,802 |
10.1 |
| Population 65 years and over |
39,612 |
100.0 |
|
Portuguese |
157 |
0.1 |
| With a disability |
17,708 |
44.7 |
|
Russian |
1,291 |
0.4 |
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Scotch-Irish |
2,923 |
0.9 |
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Scottish |
3,419 |
1.1 |
| RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
1,001 |
0.3 |
| Population 5 years and over |
290,942 |
100.0 |
|
Subsaharan African |
2,947 |
0.9 |
| Same house in 1995 |
160,111 |
55.0 |
|
Swedish |
1,640 |
0.5 |
| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
126,981 |
43.6 |
|
Swiss |
1,245 |
0.4 |
| Same county |
94,359 |
32.4 |
|
Ukrainian |
561 |
0.2 |
| Different county |
32,622 |
11.2 |
|
United States or American |
12,242 |
3.9 |
| Same state |
15,285 |
5.3 |
|
Welsh |
1,611 |
0.5 |
| Different state |
17,337 |
6.0 |
|
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
562 |
0.2 |
| Elsewhere in 1995 |
3,850 |
1.3 |
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Other ancestries |
96,486 |
30.8 |
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| Date: August 27, 2004 |
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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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