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American Community Survey Profile Report | 2017-2021 (5-year estimates)

Senate District 66

Social Characteristics

District Demographics Table
Subject District Percent
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE - Total households 33,227 (X)
Married-couple household 12,911 38.9
With children of the householder under 18 years 5,626 16.9
Cohabiting couple household 2,921 8.8
With children of the householder under 18 years 1,179 3.5
Male householder, no spouse/partner present 7,074 21.3
With children of the householder under 18 years 474 1.4
Householder living alone 4,979 15
65 years and over 1,063 3.2
Female householder, no spouse/partner present 10,321 31.1
With children of the householder under 18 years 1,699 5.1
Householder living alone 6,117 18.4
65 years and over 2,198 6.6
Households with one or more people under 18 years 9,849 29.6
Households with one or more people 65 years and over 7,485 22.5
Average household size 2.5 (X)
Average family size 3.3 (X)
RELATIONSHIP - Population in households 83,972 (X)
Householder 33,227 39.6
Spouse 12,787 15.2
Unmarried partner 2,958 3.5
Child 24,265 28.9
Other relatives 5,405 6.4
Other nonrelatives 5,330 6.3
MARITAL STATUS - Males 15 years and over 33,400 (X)
Never married 15,371 46
Now married, except separated 14,217 42.6
Separated 475 1.4
Widowed 709 2.1
Divorced 2,628 7.9
Females 15 years and over 35,955 (X)
Never married 15,625 43.5
Now married, except separated 14,022 39
Separated 411 1.1
Widowed 1,921 5.3
Divorced 3,976 11.1
FERTILITY - Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months 1,366 (X)
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) 434 31.8
Per 1,000 unmarried women 29 (X)
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old 58 (X)
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old 5 (X)
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old 73 (X)
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old 56 (X)
GRANDPARENTS - Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years 1,103 (X)
Grandparents responsible for grandchildren 174 15.8
Less than 1 year 37 3.4
1 or 2 years 67 6.1
3 or 4 years 9 0.8
5 or more years 61 5.5
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years 174 (X)
Who are female 130 74.7
Who are married 65 37.4
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT - Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 25,930 (X)
Nursery school, preschool 957 3.7
Kindergarten 1,314 5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 9,920 38.3
High school (grades 9-12) 4,731 18.2
College or graduate school 9,008 34.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT - Population 25 years and over 56,409 (X)
Less than 9th grade 4,329 7.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 1,972 3.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 10,391 18.4
Some college, no degree 9,147 16.2
Associate's degree 4,697 8.3
Bachelor's degree 14,111 25
Graduate or professional degree 11,762 20.9
High school graduate or higher 50,108 88.8
Bachelor's degree or higher 25,873 45.9
VETERAN STATUS - Civilian population 18 years and over 66,197 (X)
Civilian veterans 2,699 4.1
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION - Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population 86,098 (X)
With a disability 9,583 11.1
Under 18 years 20,436 (X)
With a disability 905 4.4
18 to 64 years 55,903 (X)
With a disability 5,889 10.5
65 years and over 9,759 (X)
With a disability 2,789 28.6
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO - Population 1 year and over 85,623 (X)
Same house 70,425 82.3
Different house (in the U.S. or abroad) 15,198 17.7
Different house in the U.S. 14,388 16.8
Same county 6,615 7.7
Different county 7,773 9.1
Same state 4,612 5.4
Different state 3,161 3.7
Abroad 810 0.9
PLACE OF BIRTH - Total population 86,753 (X)
Native 70,001 80.7
Born in United States 69,074 79.6
State of residence 46,687 53.8
Different state 22,387 25.8
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) 927 1.1
Foreign born 16,752 19.3
U.S. CITIZENSHIP STATUS - Foreign-born population 16,752 (X)
Naturalized U.S. citizen 9,382 56
Not a U.S. citizen 7,370 44
YEAR OF ENTRY - Population born outside the United States 17,679 (X)
Native 927 (X)
Entered 2010 or later 196 21.1
Entered before 2010 731 78.9
Foreign born 16,752 (X)
Entered 2010 or later 5,993 35.8
Entered before 2010 10,759 64.2
WORLD REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN - Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea 16,752 (X)
Europe 674 4
Asia 10,681 63.8
Africa 3,126 18.7
Oceania 32 0.2
Latin America 2,085 12.4
Northern America 154 0.9
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME - Population 5 years and over 81,787 (X)
English only 59,057 72.2
Language other than English 22,730 27.8
Speak English less than very well 10,965 13.4
Spanish 3,989 4.9
Speak English less than very well 1,354 1.7
Other Indo-European languages 2,844 3.5
Speak English less than very well 788 1
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 12,937 15.8
Speak English less than very well 7,176 8.8
Other languages 2,960 3.6
Speak English less than very well 1,647 2
ANCESTRY - Total population 86,753 (X)
American 1,636 1.9
Arab 275 0.3
Czech 642 0.7
Danish 817 0.9
Dutch 1,099 1.3
English 5,012 5.8
French (except Basque) 1,782 2.1
French Canadian 579 0.7
German 17,003 19.6
Greek 271 0.3
Hungarian 376 0.4
Irish 7,512 8.7
Italian 1,914 2.2
Lithuanian 155 0.2
Norwegian 7,348 8.5
Polish 2,275 2.6
Portuguese 74 0.1
Russian 430 0.5
Scotch-Irish 644 0.7
Scottish 1,002 1.2
Slovak 118 0.1
Subsaharan African 3,374 3.9
Swedish 4,682 5.4
Swiss 322 0.4
Ukrainian 134 0.2
Welsh 454 0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) 230 0.3
COMPUTERS AND INTERNET USE - Total households 33,227 (X)
With a computer 31,455 94.7
With a broadband Internet subscription 29,929 90.1