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Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Louisville city
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Subject
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Number
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Percent
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Subject
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Number
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Percent
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
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Population 3 years and over
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Total poplulation
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256,420
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100.0
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enrolled in school
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67,243
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100.0
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Native
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246,770
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96.2
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Nursery school, preschool
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4,341
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6.5
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Born in United States
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245,388
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95.7
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Kindergarten
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3,474
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5.2
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State of residence
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193,908
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75.6
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Elementary school (grades 1-8)
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28,689
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42.7
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Different state
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51,480
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20.1
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High school (grades 9-12)
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13,558
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20.2
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Born outside United States
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1,382
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0.5
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College or graduate school
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17,181
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25.6
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Foreign born
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9,650
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3.8
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Entered 1990 to March 2000
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6,915
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2.7
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
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Naturalized citizen
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2,468
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1.0
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Population 25 years and over
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169,442
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100.0
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Not a citizen
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7,182
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2.8
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Less than 9th grade
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12,225
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7.2
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9th to 12th grade, no diploma
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28,348
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16.7
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
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High school graduate (includes equivalency)
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48,937
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28.9
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Total (excluding born at sea)
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9,650
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100.0
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Some college, no degree
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35,724
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21.1
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Europe
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2,595
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26.9
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Associate degree
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8,118
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4.8
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Asia
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3,264
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33.8
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Bachelor's degree
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21,271
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12.6
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Africa
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811
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8.4
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Graduate or professional degree
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14,819
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8.7
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Oceania
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42
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0.4
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Latin America
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2,755
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28.5
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Percent high school graduate or higher
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76.1
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(X)
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Northern America
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183
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1.9
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Percent bachelor's degree or higher
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21.3
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(X)
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
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MARITAL STATUS
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Population 5 years and over
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239,541
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100.0
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Population 15 years and over
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205,336
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100.0
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English only
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224,665
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93.8
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Never married
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72,367
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35.2
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Language other than English
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14,876
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6.2
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Now married, except separated
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78,953
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38.5
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Speak English less than '"very well"'
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7,237
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3.0
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Separated
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6,443
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3.1
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Spanish
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6,452
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2.7
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Widowed
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18,308
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8.9
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Speak English less than '"very well"'
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3,235
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1.4
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Female
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14,972
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7.3
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Other Indo-European languages
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4,512
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1.9
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Divorced
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29,265
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14.3
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Speak English less than '"very well"'
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1,774
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0.7
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Female
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17,021
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8.3
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Asian and Pacific Island languages
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2,662
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1.1
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Speak English less than '"very well"'
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1,615
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0.7
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
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Grandparent living in household
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ANCESTRY (single and multiple)
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with one or more own grandchildren
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Total population
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256,420
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100.0
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under 18 years
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5,748
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100.0
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Total ancestries reported
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236,935
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92.4
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Grandparent responsible for grandchildren
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3,061
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53.3
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Arab
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1,203
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0.5
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Czech¹
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247
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0.1
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VETERAN STATUS
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Danish
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360
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0.1
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Civilian population 18 years and over
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195,564
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100.0
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Dutch
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2,863
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1.1
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Civilian veterans
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24,498
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12.5
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English
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19,923
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7.8
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French (except Basque)¹
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4,464
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1.7
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN
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French Canadian¹
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546
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0.2
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NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
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German
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38,979
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15.2
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Population 5 to 20 years
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54,632
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100.0
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Greek
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377
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0.1
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With a disability
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5,514
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10.1
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Hungarian
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423
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0.2
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Population 21 to 64 years
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145,502
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100.0
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Irish¹
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28,741
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11.2
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With a disability
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35,982
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24.7
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Italian
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4,469
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1.7
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Percent employed
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48.8
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(X)
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Lithuanian
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243
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0.1
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No disability
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109,520
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75.3
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Norwegian
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518
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0.2
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Percent employed
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76.3
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(X)
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Polish
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1,859
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0.7
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Population 65 years and over
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35,494
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100.0
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Portuguese
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166
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0.1
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With a disability
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16,830
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47.4
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Russian
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1,002
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0.4
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Scotch-Irish
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3,833
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1.5
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Scottish
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3,603
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1.4
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RESIDENCE IN 1995
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Slovak
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97
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0.0
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Population 5 years and over
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239,541
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100.0
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Subsaharan African
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2,434
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0.9
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Same house in 1995
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124,348
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51.9
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Swedish
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845
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0.3
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Different house in the U.S. in 1995
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109,359
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45.7
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Swiss
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1,277
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0.5
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Same county
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82,135
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34.3
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Ukrainian
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219
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0.1
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Different county
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27,224
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11.4
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United States or American
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22,380
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8.7
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Same state
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9,420
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3.9
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Welsh
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1,237
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0.5
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Different state
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17,804
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7.4
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West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)
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443
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0.2
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Elsewhere in 1995
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5,834
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2.4
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Other ancestries
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94,184
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36.7
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Date: January 2, 2005
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-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
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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.
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Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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