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URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE
     Total population...............................................     17,635
Urban population....................................................     17,635
    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....................      5,478
Preprimary school...................................................        390
Elementary or high school...........................................      3,957
  Percent in private school.........................................        1.4
College.............................................................      1,131
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
  Persons 25 years and over.........................................     10,147
Less than 9th grade.................................................        242
9th to 12th grade, no diploma.......................................        901
High school graduate................................................      3,543
Some college, no degree.............................................      2,828
Associates degree...................................................        817
Bachelor's degree...................................................      1,383
Graduate or professional degree.....................................        433
 
Percent high school graduate or higher..............................       88.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher.................................       17.9
 
RESIDENCE IN 1985
      Persons 5 years and over......................................     15,995
Lived in same house.................................................      6,412
Lived in different house in U.S.....................................      9,508
  Same State........................................................      7,098
    Same county.....................................................      5,388
    Different county................................................      1,710
  Different State...................................................      2,410
Lived abroad........................................................         75
 
DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
      Persons 16 to 64 years........................................     11,312
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        213
  With a mobility limitation........................................        120
  With a self-care limitation.......................................        151
With a work disability..............................................        514
    In labor force..................................................        295
  Prevented from working............................................        187
      Persons 65 years and over.....................................        682
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        107
  With a mobility limitation........................................         90
  With a self-care limitation.......................................         43.
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CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN
Women 15 to 24 years................................................        414
Women 25 to 34 years................................................      1,499
Women 35 to 44 years................................................      2,123
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian veterans 16 years and over.................................      1,686
  65 years and over.................................................        182
 
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Native population...................................................     17,520
    Percent born in state of residence..............................       36.5
Foreign-born population.............................................        115
  Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990.....................................         36
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
    Persons 5 years and over........................................     15,995
Speak a language other than English.................................        548
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................        131
  Speak Spanish.....................................................        234
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................         67
  Speak Asian or Pacific Island language............................         21
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................         10
 
ANCESTRY
  Total ancestries reported.........................................     23,560
Arab................................................................          0
Austrian............................................................         29
Belgian.............................................................         41
Canadian............................................................         14
Czech...............................................................        107
Danish..............................................................        378
Dutch...............................................................        645
English.............................................................      3,089
Finnish.............................................................        155
French (except Basque)..............................................        975
French Canadian.....................................................        101
German..............................................................      7,546
Greek...............................................................         45
Hungarian...........................................................         16
Irish...............................................................      3,006
Italian.............................................................        450
Lithuanian..........................................................          0
Norwegian...........................................................      1,433
Polish..............................................................        235
Portuguese..........................................................         26
Romanian............................................................          0
Russian.............................................................        206
Scotch-Irish........................................................        472
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Scottish............................................................        588
Slovak..............................................................        109
Subsaharan African..................................................          0
Swedish.............................................................        914
Swiss...............................................................         88
Ukrainian...........................................................         13
United States or American...........................................        636
Welsh...............................................................        292
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)......................          6
Yugoslavian.........................................................        112
Other ancestries....................................................      1,833

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