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URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE
     Total population...............................................     50,008
Urban population....................................................     50,008
    Percent of total population.....................................      100.0
Rural population....................................................          0
    Percent of total population.....................................        0.0
  Farm population...................................................          0
 
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
     Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school....................     13,518
Preprimary school...................................................        891
Elementary or high school...........................................      8,823
  Percent in private school.........................................        4.3
College.............................................................      3,804
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
  Persons 25 years and over.........................................     32,216
Less than 9th grade.................................................      1,726
9th to 12th grade, no diploma.......................................      3,238
High school graduate................................................      9,279
Some college, no degree.............................................      8,454
Associates degree...................................................      2,385
Bachelor's degree...................................................      4,822
Graduate or professional degree.....................................      2,312
 
Percent high school graduate or higher..............................       84.6
Percent bachelor's degree or higher.................................       22.1
 
RESIDENCE IN 1985
      Persons 5 years and over......................................     46,220
Lived in same house.................................................     21,957
Lived in different house in U.S.....................................     23,719
  Same State........................................................     15,269
    Same county.....................................................     12,716
    Different county................................................      2,553
  Different State...................................................      8,450
Lived abroad........................................................        544
 
DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
      Persons 16 to 64 years........................................     30,614
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        882
  With a mobility limitation........................................        455
  With a self-care limitation.......................................        604
With a work disability..............................................      2,565
    In labor force..................................................      1,136
  Prevented from working............................................      1,126
      Persons 65 years and over.....................................      5,580
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................      1,052
  With a mobility limitation........................................        763
  With a self-care limitation.......................................        594.


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CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN
Women 15 to 24 years................................................        312
Women 25 to 34 years................................................      1,411
Women 35 to 44 years................................................      1,944
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian veterans 16 years and over.................................      7,599
  65 years and over.................................................      1,528
 
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Native population...................................................     48,814
    Percent born in state of residence..............................       37.0
Foreign-born population.............................................      1,194
  Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990.....................................        208
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
    Persons 5 years and over........................................     46,220
Speak a language other than English.................................      3,615
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................      1,089
  Speak Spanish.....................................................      2,642
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................        857
  Speak Asian or Pacific Island language............................        206
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................         83
 
ANCESTRY
  Total ancestries reported.........................................     66,417
Arab................................................................         58
Austrian............................................................        183
Belgian.............................................................         66
Canadian............................................................         70
Czech...............................................................        478
Danish..............................................................        907
Dutch...............................................................      1,440
English.............................................................      9,573
Finnish.............................................................         97
French (except Basque)..............................................      2,457
French Canadian.....................................................        381
German..............................................................     17,505
Greek...............................................................        261
Hungarian...........................................................        153
Irish...............................................................      8,752
Italian.............................................................      1,605
Lithuanian..........................................................         64
Norwegian...........................................................      1,550
Polish..............................................................      1,374
Portuguese..........................................................        138
Romanian............................................................         22
Russian.............................................................        391
Scotch-Irish........................................................      1,597


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Scottish............................................................      1,533
Slovak..............................................................        222
Subsaharan African..................................................         90
Swedish.............................................................      1,965
Swiss...............................................................        240
Ukrainian...........................................................         50
United States or American...........................................      1,661
Welsh...............................................................        666
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)......................         12
Yugoslavian.........................................................         70
Other ancestries....................................................     10,786.

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