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URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE
     Total population...............................................    453,588
Urban population....................................................    294,465
    Percent of total population.....................................       64.9
Rural population....................................................    159,123
    Percent of total population.....................................       35.1
  Farm population...................................................     15,919
 
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
     Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school....................    134,739
Preprimary school...................................................      8,944
Elementary or high school...........................................     92,157
  Percent in private school.........................................        2.7
College.............................................................     33,638
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
  Persons 25 years and over.........................................    277,769
Less than 9th grade.................................................     15,919
9th to 12th grade, no diploma.......................................     31,194
High school graduate................................................     92,081
Some college, no degree.............................................     67,231
Associates degree...................................................     19,149
Bachelor's degree...................................................     36,354
Graduate or professional degree.....................................     15,841
 
Percent high school graduate or higher..............................       83.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher.................................       18.8
 
RESIDENCE IN 1985
      Persons 5 years and over......................................    418,713
Lived in same house.................................................    207,433
Lived in different house in U.S.....................................    208,293
  Same State........................................................    146,007
    Same county.....................................................    111,000
    Different county................................................     35,007
  Different State...................................................     62,286
Lived abroad........................................................      2,987
 
DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
      Persons 16 to 64 years........................................    278,646
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................      6,402
  With a mobility limitation........................................      3,353
  With a self-care limitation.......................................      4,458
With a work disability..............................................     20,268
    In labor force..................................................      9,799
  Prevented from working............................................      8,376
      Persons 65 years and over.....................................     44,386
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................      6,760
  With a mobility limitation........................................      5,385
  With a self-care limitation.......................................      3,645.

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CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN
Women 15 to 24 years................................................        324
Women 25 to 34 years................................................      1,684
Women 35 to 44 years................................................      2,162
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian veterans 16 years and over.................................     54,457
  65 years and over.................................................     11,757
 
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Native population...................................................    445,941
    Percent born in state of residence..............................       43.4
Foreign-born population.............................................      7,647
  Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990.....................................      2,424
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
    Persons 5 years and over........................................    418,713
Speak a language other than English.................................     23,809
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................      7,266
  Speak Spanish.....................................................     13,790
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................      4,403
  Speak Asian or Pacific Island language............................      1,210
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................        583
 
ANCESTRY
  Total ancestries reported.........................................    597,199
Arab................................................................        256
Austrian............................................................      1,787
Belgian.............................................................        790
Canadian............................................................        630
Czech...............................................................      4,535
Danish..............................................................     10,889
Dutch...............................................................     15,648
English.............................................................    101,408
Finnish.............................................................      2,408
French (except Basque)..............................................     21,774
French Canadian.....................................................      3,337
German..............................................................    158,543
Greek...............................................................      1,681
Hungarian...........................................................      1,374
Irish...............................................................     72,967
Italian.............................................................     13,108
Lithuanian..........................................................        332
Norwegian...........................................................     18,047
Polish..............................................................      9,764
Portuguese..........................................................        882
Romanian............................................................        169
Russian.............................................................      2,955
Scotch-Irish........................................................     15,227

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Scottish............................................................     17,097
Slovak..............................................................      2,872
Subsaharan African..................................................        226
Swedish.............................................................     20,885
Swiss...............................................................      3,401
Ukrainian...........................................................        405
United States or American...........................................     18,105
Welsh...............................................................      6,674
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)......................         89
Yugoslavian.........................................................      1,404
Other ancestries....................................................     67,530.
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