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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

192,695

100.0

enrolled in school

43,393

100.0

Native

172,530

89.5

Nursery school, preschool

2,977

6.9

Born in United States

169,798

88.1

Kindergarten

2,569

5.9

State of residence

59,265

30.8

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

20,979

48.3

Different state

110,533

57.4

High school (grades 9-12)

9,808

22.6

Born outside United States

2,732

1.4

College or graduate school

7,060

16.3

Foreign born

20,165

10.5

Entered 1990 to March 2000

7,333

3.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Naturalized citizen

8,746

4.5

Population 25 years and over

136,448

100.0

Not a citizen

11,419

5.9

Less than 9th grade

9,190

6.7

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

21,273

15.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

44,627

32.7

Total (excluding born at sea)

20,165

100.0

Some college, no degree

31,216

22.9

Europe

4,292

21.3

Associate degree

9,580

7.0

Asia

1,651

8.2

Bachelor's degree

13,432

9.8

Africa

132

0.7

Graduate or professional degree

7,130

5.2

Oceania

35

0.2

Latin America

12,888

63.9

Percent high school graduate or higher

77.7

(X)

Northern America

1,167

5.8

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

15.1

(X)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

MARITAL STATUS

Population 5 years and over

182,029

100.0

Population 15 years and over

156,498

100.0

English only

156,941

86.2

Never married

30,889

19.7

Language other than English

25,088

13.8

Now married, except separated

91,652

58.6

Speak English less than '"very well"'

10,878

6.0

Separated

3,362

2.1

Spanish

13,807

7.6

Widowed

13,791

8.8

Speak English less than '"very well"'

6,786

3.7

Female

10,906

7.0

Other Indo-European languages

9,404

5.2

Divorced

16,804

10.7

Speak English less than '"very well"'

3,353

1.8

Female

9,239

5.9

Asian and Pacific Island languages

1,288

0.7

Speak English less than '"very well"'

564

0.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household

ANCESTRY (single and multiple)

with one or more own grandchildren

Total population

192,695

100.0

under 18 years

4,328

100.0

Total ancestries reported

206,943

107.4

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

1,890

43.7

Arab

513

0.3

Czech¹

901

0.5

VETERAN STATUS

Danish

618

0.3

Civilian population 18 years and over

149,263

100.0

Dutch

3,169

1.6

Civilian veterans

27,002

18.1

English

21,278

11.0

French (except Basque)¹

6,402

3.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN

French Canadian¹

2,500

1.3

NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

German

27,708

14.4

Population 5 to 20 years

38,705

100.0

Greek

1,068

0.6

With a disability

3,542

9.2

Hungarian

1,677

0.9

Population 21 to 64 years

98,695

100.0

Irish¹

28,196

14.6

With a disability

26,006

26.3

Italian

21,034

10.9

Percent employed

57.1

(X)

Lithuanian

555

0.3

No disability

72,689

73.7

Norwegian

1,650

0.9

Percent employed

74.2

(X)

Polish

7,053

3.7

Population 65 years and over

42,935

100.0

Portuguese

981

0.5

With a disability

15,518

36.1

Russian

1,842

1.0

Scotch-Irish

2,985

1.5

Scottish

3,802

2.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Slovak

605

0.3

Population 5 years and over

182,029

100.0

Subsaharan African

1,706

0.9

Same house in 1995

94,514

51.9

Swedish

2,242

1.2

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

83,508

45.9

Swiss

389

0.2

Same county

40,665

22.3

Ukrainian

747

0.4

Different county

42,843

23.5

United States or American

14,452

7.5

Same state

20,538

11.3

Welsh

1,110

0.6

Different state

22,305

12.3

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

6,272

3.3

Elsewhere in 1995

4,007

2.2

Other ancestries

45,488

23.6

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.