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[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject

Number

Percent

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Population 3 years and over

Total poplulation

135,758

100.0

enrolled in school

56,564

100.0

Native

127,929

94.2

Nursery school, preschool

1,902

3.4

Born in United States

126,578

93.2

Kindergarten

1,214

2.1

State of residence

97,505

71.8

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

11,225

19.8

Different state

29,073

21.4

High school (grades 9-12)

5,867

10.4

Born outside United States

1,351

1.0

College or graduate school

36,356

64.3

Foreign born

7,829

5.8

Entered 1990 to March 2000

5,167

3.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Naturalized citizen

1,963

1.4

Population 25 years and over

74,785

100.0

Not a citizen

5,866

4.3

Less than 9th grade

2,884

3.9

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

5,947

8.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

25,292

33.8

Total (excluding born at sea)

7,829

100.0

Some college, no degree

9,960

13.3

Europe

1,876

24.0

Associate degree

3,571

4.8

Asia

4,679

59.8

Bachelor's degree

14,039

18.8

Africa

304

3.9

Graduate or professional degree

13,092

17.5

Oceania

55

0.7

Latin America

559

7.1

Percent high school graduate or higher

88.2

(X)

Northern America

356

4.5

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

36.3

(X)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

MARITAL STATUS

Population 5 years and over

129,506

100.0

Population 15 years and over

115,572

100.0

English only

118,308

91.4

Never married

49,343

42.7

Language other than English

11,198

8.6

Now married, except separated

53,256

46.1

Speak English less than '"very well"'

4,176

3.2

Separated

1,117

1.0

Spanish

2,317

1.8

Widowed

5,141

4.4

Speak English less than '"very well"'

590

0.5

Female

4,232

3.7

Other Indo-European languages

4,767

3.7

Divorced

6,715

5.8

Speak English less than '"very well"'

1,664

1.3

Female

3,593

3.1

Asian and Pacific Island languages

3,635

2.8

Speak English less than '"very well"'

1,759

1.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household

ANCESTRY (single and multiple)

with one or more own grandchildren

Total population

135,758

100.0

under 18 years

1,211

100.0

Total ancestries reported

140,819

103.7

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

466

38.5

Arab

514

0.4

Czech¹

1,143

0.8

VETERAN STATUS

Danish

246

0.2

Civilian population 18 years and over

111,255

100.0

Dutch

3,513

2.6

Civilian veterans

11,027

9.9

English

12,822

9.4

French (except Basque)¹

2,751

2.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN

French Canadian¹

523

0.4

NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

German

36,843

27.1

Population 5 to 20 years

33,911

100.0

Greek

461

0.3

With a disability

1,522

4.5

Hungarian

963

0.7

Population 21 to 64 years

79,178

100.0

Irish¹

16,316

12.0

With a disability

7,979

10.1

Italian

10,775

7.9

Percent employed

58.9

(X)

Lithuanian

513

0.4

No disability

71,199

89.9

Norwegian

772

0.6

Percent employed

73.0

(X)

Polish

6,421

4.7

Population 65 years and over

13,208

100.0

Portuguese

197

0.1

With a disability

4,706

35.6

Russian

2,105

1.6

Scotch-Irish

2,877

2.1

Scottish

2,869

2.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Slovak

2,453

1.8

Population 5 years and over

129,506

100.0

Subsaharan African

292

0.2

Same house in 1995

60,754

46.9

Swedish

2,060

1.5

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

64,125

49.5

Swiss

685

0.5

Same county

22,493

17.4

Ukrainian

1,001

0.7

Different county

41,632

32.1

United States or American

9,420

6.9

Same state

28,049

21.7

Welsh

1,758

1.3

Different state

13,583

10.5

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

283

0.2

Elsewhere in 1995

4,627

3.6

Other ancestries

20,243

14.9

Date: July 7, 2006

-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.