Wood County, WI Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wood county wisconsin dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school19,208100.0
Nursery school, preschool1,3236.9
Kindergarten9955.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)9,01646.9
High school (grades 9-12)5,08226.5
College or graduate school2,79214.5
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over50,259100.0
Less than 9th grade3,0496.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma4,6139.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)20,61841.0
Some college, no degree9,44318.8
Associate degree4,0508.1
Bachelor's degree5,93711.8
Graduate or professional degree2,5495.1
Percent high school graduate or higher84.8(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher16.9(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over59,857100.0
Never married13,50522.6
Now married, except separated36,14960.4
Separated6011.0
Widowed4,4317.4
Female
3,7456.3
Divorced5,1718.6
Female
2,8464.8
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years639100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren33852.9
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over56,126100.0
Civilian veterans7,88314.0
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years17,588100.0
With a disability1,3887.9
Population 21 to 64 years41,513100.0
With a disability5,90214.2
Percent employed
63.6(X)
No disability35,61185.8
Percent employed
82.5(X)
Population 65 years and over10,948100.0
With a disability3,99736.5
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over70,880100.0
Same house in 199545,13463.7
Different house in the U.S. in 199525,31435.7
Same county
16,56323.4
Different county
8,75112.3
Same state
5,7848.2
Different state
2,9674.2
Elsewhere in 19954320.6
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population75,555100.0
Native74,00097.9
Born in United States
73,78797.7
State of residence
62,28682.4
Different state
11,50115.2
Born outside United States
2130.3
Foreign born1,5552.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000
6900.9
Naturalized citizen
6790.9
Not a citizen
8761.2
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)1,555100.0
Europe26116.8
Asia79351.0
Africa1036.6
Oceania100.6
Latin America18612.0
Northern America20213.0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over70,880100.0
English only67,69395.5
Language other than English3,1874.5
Speak English less than 'very well
1,1011.6
Spanish
1,1261.6
Speak English less than "very well"
3580.5
Other Indo-European languages
1,0281.5
Speak English less than "very well"
2430.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages
8151.1
Speak English less than "very well"
4760.7
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population75,555100.0

Total ancestries reported

90,185119.4
Arab180.0
Czech11,5752.1
Danish1,0691.4
Dutch2,2543.0
English4,9556.6
French (except Basque)12,8733.8
French Canadian11,1081.5
German38,92451.5
Greek1150.2
Hungarian1580.2
Irish17,2319.6
Italian1,3351.8
Lithuanian970.1
Norwegian5,8807.8
Polish8,44011.2
Portuguese140.0
Russian1780.2
Scotch-Irish4300.6
Scottish6420.8
Slovak1450.2
Subsaharan African1330.2
Swedish1,9712.6
Swiss1,0081.3
Ukrainian740.1
United States or American3,3144.4
Welsh2650.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)70.0
Other ancestries5,9727.9
(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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