Grant County, WI Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Grant county wisconsin dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	15,315	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	673	4.4
Kindergarten	621	4.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,532	36.1
High school (grades 9-12)	3,166	20.7
College or graduate school	5,323	34.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	30,625	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,346	7.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,713	8.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	12,255	40.0
Some college, no degree	5,828	19.0
Associate degree	2,230	7.3
Bachelor's degree	3,332	10.9
Graduate or professional degree	1,921	6.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	40,259	100.0
Never married	11,854	29.4
Now married, except separated	22,518	55.9
Separated	384	1.0
Widowed	2,800	7.0
Female	2,348	5.8
Divorced	2,703	6.7
Female	1,384	3.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	290	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	141	48.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	37,846	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,382	11.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	12,771	100.0
With a disability	904	7.1

Population 21 to 64 years	26,355	100.0
With a disability	4,296	16.3
Percent employed	66.3	(X)
No disability	22,059	83.7
Percent employed	83.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,054	100.0
With a disability	2,684	38.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	47,004	100.0
Same house in 1995	27,936	59.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	18,796	40.0
Same county	9,716	20.7
Different county	9,080	19.3
Same state	5,952	12.7
Different state	3,128	6.7
Elsewhere in 1995	272	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	49,597	100.0
Native	49,121	99.0
Born in United States	48,960	98.7
State of residence	35,161	70.9
Different state	13,799	27.8
Born outside United States	161	0.3
Foreign born	476	1.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	202	0.4
Naturalized citizen	242	0.5
Not a citizen	234	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	476	100.0
Europe	142	29.8
Asia	198	41.6
Africa	33	6.9
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	77	16.2
Northern America	26	5.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	47,004	100.0
English only	45,251	96.3
Language other than English	1,753	3.7
Speak English less than 'very well	629	1.3
Spanish	695	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	307	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	910	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	273	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	93	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	25	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	49,597	100.0
Total ancestries reported	55,830	112.6
Arab	15	0.0
Czech¹	1,497	3.0
Danish	272	0.5
Dutch	1,087	2.2
English	6,157	12.4
French (except Basque)¹	1,234	2.5
French Canadian¹	302	0.6
German	24,694	49.8
Greek	38	0.1
Hungarian	39	0.1
Irish¹	7,186	14.5
Italian	467	0.9
Lithuanian	23	0.0
Norwegian	3,531	7.1
Polish	1,240	2.5
Portuguese	13	0.0
Russian	67	0.1
Scotch-Irish	374	0.8
Scottish	582	1.2
Slovak	22	0.0
Subsaharan African	52	0.1
Swedish	599	1.2
Swiss	750	1.5
Ukrainian	14	0.0
United States or American	2,610	5.3
Welsh	297	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	20	0.0
Other ancestries	2,648	5.3

(X) Not applicable.
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.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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