Algoma, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5501000, place: Algoma city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 702 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (1.42%)
Kindergarten: 28 (3.99%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 319 (45.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 231 (32.91%)
College or graduate school: 114 (16.24%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,386 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 205 (8.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 252 (10.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 997 (41.79%)
Some college, no degree: 469 (19.66%)
Associate degree: 117 (4.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 203 (8.51%)
Graduate or professional degree: 143 (5.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,796 (100%)
Never married: 648 (23.18%)
Now married, except separated: 1,516 (54.22%)
Separated: 40 (1.43%)
Total Widowed: 371 (13.27%)
Widowed Female: 286 (10.23%)
Total Divorced: 221 (7.9%)
Divorced Female: 138 (4.94%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 30 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (26.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,646 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 341 (12.89%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 674 (100%)
--With a disability: 60 (8.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,772 (100%)
--With a disability: 320 (18.06%)
----Percent employed: 63.4%
--No disability: 1,452 (81.94%)
----Percent employed: 87.8%
Population 65 years and over: 677 (100%)
--With a disability: 330 (48.74%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,181 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,826 (57.4%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,350 (42.44%)
--Same county: 639 (20.09%)
--Different county: 711 (22.35%)
----Same state: 409 (12.86%)
----Different state: 302 (9.49%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,353 (100%)
Native: 3,309 (98.69%)
--Born in United States: 3,302 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,557 (76.26%)
----Different state: 745 (22.22%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.21%)
Foreign born: 44 (1.31%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 21 (0.63%)
--Naturalized citizen: 29 (0.86%)
--Not a citizen: 15 (0.45%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 44 (100%)
Europe: 9 (20.45%)
Asia: 11 (25%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 18 (40.91%)
Northern America: 6 (13.64%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,181 (100%)
English only: 3,021 (94.97%)
Language other than English: 160 (5.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 54 (1.7%)
--Spanish: 69 (2.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.72%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 62 (1.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.63%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 29 (0.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.35%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,353 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,015% (119.74%)
Arab: 7 (0.21%)
Czech: 217 (6.47%)
Danish: 48 (1.43%)
Dutch: 33 (0.98%)
English: 162 (4.83%)
French (except Basque): 121 (3.61%)
French Canadian: 33 (0.98%)
German: 1,478 (44.08%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 1 (0.03%)
Irish: 270 (8.05%)
Italian: 50 (1.49%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.33%)
Norwegian: 193 (5.76%)
Polish: 244 (7.28%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (0.21%)
Scottish: 17 (0.51%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 61 (1.82%)
Swiss: 4 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 1 (0.03%)
United States or American: 204 (6.08%)
Welsh: 2 (0.06%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 847 (25.26%)

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