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URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE
     Total population...............................................     73,142
Urban population....................................................     65,780
    Percent of total population.....................................       89.9
Rural population....................................................      7,362
    Percent of total population.....................................       10.1
  Farm population...................................................        862
 
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
     Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school....................     20,076
Preprimary school...................................................      1,329
Elementary or high school...........................................     13,271
  Percent in private school.........................................        3.9
College.............................................................      5,476
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
  Persons 25 years and over.........................................     45,754
Less than 9th grade.................................................      2,373
9th to 12th grade, no diploma.......................................      4,868
High school graduate................................................     13,283
Some college, no degree.............................................     12,278
Associates degree...................................................      3,485
Bachelor's degree...................................................      6,421
Graduate or professional degree.....................................      3,046
 
Percent high school graduate or higher..............................       84.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher.................................       20.7
 
RESIDENCE IN 1985
      Persons 5 years and over......................................     67,235
Lived in same house.................................................     31,102
Lived in different house in U.S.....................................     35,008
  Same State........................................................     21,480
    Same county.....................................................     18,061
    Different county................................................      3,419
  Different State...................................................     13,528
Lived abroad........................................................      1,125
 
DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
      Persons 16 to 64 years........................................     44,002
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................      1,181
  With a mobility limitation........................................        628
  With a self-care limitation.......................................        773
With a work disability..............................................      3,550
    In labor force..................................................      1,555
  Prevented from working............................................      1,602
      Persons 65 years and over.....................................      7,082
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................      1,205
  With a mobility limitation........................................        908
  With a self-care limitation.......................................        686


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CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN
Women 15 to 24 years................................................        364
Women 25 to 34 years................................................      1,522
Women 35 to 44 years................................................      2,005
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian veterans 16 years and over.................................     10,627
  65 years and over.................................................      1,957
 
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Native population...................................................     71,470
    Percent born in state of residence..............................       36.3
Foreign-born population.............................................      1,672
  Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990.....................................        388
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
    Persons 5 years and over........................................     67,235
Speak a language other than English.................................      4,811
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................      1,501
  Speak Spanish.....................................................      3,434
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................      1,116
  Speak Asian or Pacific Island language............................        326
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................        129
 
ANCESTRY
  Total ancestries reported.........................................     96,483
Arab................................................................         58
Austrian............................................................        217
Belgian.............................................................         78
Canadian............................................................        101
Czech...............................................................        670
Danish..............................................................      1,249
Dutch...............................................................      2,058
English.............................................................     13,891
Finnish.............................................................        147
French (except Basque)..............................................      3,627
French Canadian.....................................................        626
German..............................................................     26,250
Greek...............................................................        348
Hungarian...........................................................        218
Irish...............................................................     12,865
Italian.............................................................      2,267
Lithuanian..........................................................         74
Norwegian...........................................................      2,247
Polish..............................................................      1,728
Portuguese..........................................................        212
Romanian............................................................         40
Russian.............................................................        426
Scotch-Irish........................................................      2,455


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Scottish............................................................      2,103
Slovak..............................................................        271
Subsaharan African..................................................         98
Swedish.............................................................      3,217
Swiss...............................................................        308
Ukrainian...........................................................         96
United States or American...........................................      2,883
Welsh...............................................................        876
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)......................         22
Yugoslavian.........................................................         88
Other ancestries....................................................     14,669.