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 Vernon township
Note: The 2003 American Community Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters.
TABLE 2. SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  Estimate Lower
Bound
Upper
Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
20,396
18,372
22,420
Nursery school, preschool
942
574
1,310
Kindergarten
1,065
662
1,468
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
9,244
7,872
10,616
High school grade (grades 9-12)
5,297
4,463
6,131
College or graduate school
3,848
2,878
4,818
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
43,094
40,832
45,356
Less than 9th grade
693
266
1,120
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
1,554
844
2,264
High school graduate (including equivalency)
5,158
4,038
6,278
Some college, no degree
7,282
5,988
8,576
Associate degree
2,467
1,843
3,091
Bachelor's degree
14,859
13,348
16,370
Graduate or professional degree
11,081
9,653
12,509
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
94.8
93.1
96.4
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
60.2
56.6
63.8
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
26,547
24,622
28,472
Never married
7,073
5,907
8,239
Now married, except separated
17,244
15,789
18,699
Separated
156
7
305
Widowed
227
57
397
Divorced
1,847
1,246
2,448
 
Females 15 years and over
25,903
24,075
27,731
Never married
6,005
4,859
7,151
Now married, except separated
16,419
15,109
17,729
Separated
184
28
340
Widowed
1,150
820
1,480
Divorced
2,145
1,553
2,737
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
554
305
803
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
53
0
141
Per 1,000 unmarried women
8
0
22
As a percent of all women with a birth
9.6
0.0
25.2
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
30
16
43
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
0
0
202
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
76
35
116
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
15
2
28
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
N
N
N
Responsible for grandchildren
N
N
N
less than 1 year
0
0
489
1 or 2 years
0
0
489
3 or 4 years
0
0
489
5 or more years
0
0
489
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
N
N
N
Percent who are married
N
N
N
Percent who are in labor force
N
N
N
Percent who are in poverty
N
N
N
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
48,466
45,737
51,195
Civilian veterans
2,975
2,306
3,644
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
17,882
15,830
19,934
With a disability
911
476
1,346
 
Population 21 to 64 years
41,695
39,212
44,178
With a disability
1,595
975
2,215
Percent employed
46.8
32.6
61.0
No disability
40,100
37,535
42,665
Percent employed
80.0
77.1
82.8
 
Population 65 years and over
4,387
3,465
5,309
With a disability
988
576
1,400
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
66,405
62,502
70,308
Same house
56,824
53,019
60,629
Different house in the U.S.
9,055
6,907
11,203
Same county
4,832
3,023
6,641
Different county
4,223
2,953
5,493
Same state
2,983
1,899
4,067
Different state
1,240
551
1,929
Abroad
526
179
873
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
67,282
63,310
71,254
Native
50,371
47,043
53,699
Born in United States
50,135
46,796
53,474
State of residence
36,545
33,330
39,760
Different state
13,590
11,852
15,328
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
236
57
415
Foreign born
16,911
14,321
19,501
Naturalized citizen
9,008
7,596
10,420
Not a citizen
7,903
5,494
10,312
Entered 1990 or later
10,535
7,980
13,090
Entered before 1990
6,376
5,229
7,523
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
16,911
14,321
19,501
Europe
6,041
4,812
7,270
Asia
6,664
4,996
8,332
Africa
237
23
451
Oceania
0
0
489
Latin America
3,841
1,830
5,852
Northern America
128
5
251
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
63,964
60,145
67,783
English only
45,521
42,197
48,845
Language other than English
18,443
15,643
21,243
Speak English less than "very well"
7,942
5,982
9,902
Spanish
4,276
2,328
6,224
Speak English less than "very well"
3,384
1,564
5,204
Other Indo-European languages
7,556
5,859
9,253
Speak English less than "very well"
2,262
1,390
3,134
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
5,886
4,117
7,655
Speak English less than "very well"
2,172
1,403
2,941
Other languages
725
217
1,233
Speak English less than "very well"
124
3
245
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
67,282
63,310
71,254
Arab
113
0
251
Czech
765
345
1,185
Danish
318
67
569
Dutch
461
148
774
English
3,664
2,564
4,764
French (except Basque)
1,279
770
1,788
French Canadian
448
8
888
German
11,614
9,917
13,311
Greek
1,037
418
1,656
Hungarian
986
584
1,388
Irish
6,876
5,134
8,618
Italian
3,753
2,540
4,966
Lithuanian
621
255
987
Norwegian
743
356
1,130
Polish
7,869
6,242
9,496
Portuguese
161
0
423
Russian
9,696
7,754
11,638
Scotch-Irish
908
382
1,434
Scottish
762
302
1,222
Slovak
33
0
88
Subsaharan African
53
0
141
Swedish
1,340
731