Social Characteristics (SF3)

Subject

Number

Percent

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Population 3 years and over

Total population

91,635

100.0%

enrolled in school

25,930

100.0%

Native

74,361

81.1%

Nursery school, preschool

1,990

7.7%

    Born in United States

73,407

80.1%

Kindergarten

1,414

5.5%

        State of residence

40,216

43.9%

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

10,352

39.9%

        Different state

33,191

36.2%

High school (grades 9-12)

5,039

19.4%

    Born outside United States 

954

1.0%

College or graduate school 

7,135

27.5%

Foreign born

17,274

18.9%

        Entered 1990 to March 2000

9,158

10.0%

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

    Naturalized citizen

6,156

6.7%

Population 25 years and over

60,882

100.0%

    Not a citizen

11,118

12.1%

Less than 9th grade

2,298

3.8%

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

2,884

4.7%

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

8,692

14.3%

Total (excluding born at sea) 

17,274

100.0%

Some college, no degree

14,057

23.1%

Europe

1,616

9.4%

Associate degree

3,891

6.4%

Asia

9,345

54.1%

Bachelor's degree

19,221

31.6%

Africa

769

4.5%

Graduate or professional degree

9,839

16.2%

Oceania

105

0.6%

Latin America

5,068

29.3%

Percent high school graduate or higher

91.5%

(X)

Northern America

371

2.1%

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

47.7%

(X)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

MARITAL STATUS

Population 5 years and over

85,459

100.0%

Population 15 years and over

72,618

100.0%

English only

64,624

75.6%

Never married

17,314

23.8%

Language other than English

20,835

24.4%

Now married, except separated

44,438

61.2%

        Speak English less than "very well"

9,317

10.9%

Separated

955

1.3%

    Spanish

7,616

8.9%

Widowed

3,422

4.7%

        Speak English less than "very well"

4,055

4.7%

    Female

2,930

4.0%

    Other Indo-European languages

4,751

5.6%

Divorced

6,489

8.9%

        Speak English less than "very well"

1,456

1.7%

    Female

4,157

5.7%

    Asian and Pacific Island languages

6,939

8.1%

        Speak English less than "very well"

3,523

4.1%

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household with one or

ANCESTRY (single or multiple) (1)

more own grandchildren under 18 years

1,353

100.0%

Total population

91,635

100.0%

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

573

42.4%

Total ancestries reported

97,123

106.0%

German

12,962

14.1%

VETERAN STATUS

English

11,497

12.5%

Civilian population 18 years and over

68,860

100.0%

Irish

9,407

10.3%

Civilian veterans

8,004

11.6%

United States or American

7,008

7.6%

Scotch-Irish

2,906

3.2%

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN

French (except Basque)

2,889

3.2%

NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Scottish

2,734

3.0%

Population 5 to 20 years

20,008

100.0%

Italian

2,651

2.9%

   With a disability

1,547

7.7%

Polish

1,806

2.0%

Norwegian

1,171

1.3%

Population 21 to 64 years

56,455

100.0%

European

1,152

1.3%

   With a disability

7,872

13.9%

Dutch

1,131

1.2%

        Percent employed

73.7%

(X)

Swedish

1,124

1.2%

    No disability

48,583

86.1%

Welsh

928

1.0%

        Percent employed

80.1%

(X)

Russian

893

1.0%

Arab/Arabic

733

0.8%

Population 65 years and over

8,425

100.0%

Czech

636

0.7%

   With a disability

2,754

32.7%

British

551

0.6%

French Canadian

517

0.6%

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Danish

426

0.5%

Population 5 years and over

85,459

100.0%

African

371

0.4%

Same house in 1995

40,311

47.2%

Iranian

369

0.4%

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

39,882

46.7%

Lebanese

336

0.4%

   Same county

19,809

23.2%

Swiss

318

0.3%

   Different county

20,073

23.5%

Hungarian

313

0.3%

       Same state

12,458

14.6%

Ethiopian

266

0.3%

       Different state

7,615

8.9%

Greek

265

0.3%

Elsewhere in 1995

5,266

6.2%

Other ancestries

31,763

34.7%