Altoona, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5501550, place: Altoona city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,793 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 133 (7.42%)
Kindergarten: 99 (5.52%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 763 (42.55%)
High school (grades 9-12): 381 (21.25%)
College or graduate school: 417 (23.26%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,503 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 199 (4.42%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 273 (6.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,365 (30.31%)
Some college, no degree: 1,010 (22.43%)
Associate degree: 445 (9.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 875 (19.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 336 (7.46%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,441 (100%)
Never married: 1,340 (24.63%)
Now married, except separated: 2,912 (53.52%)
Separated: 27 (0.5%)
Total Widowed: 518 (9.52%)
Widowed Female: 428 (7.87%)
Total Divorced: 644 (11.84%)
Divorced Female: 369 (6.78%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 63 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (11.11%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,114 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 717 (14.02%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,425 (100%)
--With a disability: 91 (6.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,821 (100%)
--With a disability: 465 (12.17%)
----Percent employed: 56.1%
--No disability: 3,356 (87.83%)
----Percent employed: 86%
Population 65 years and over: 965 (100%)
--With a disability: 402 (41.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,363 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,064 (48.15%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,254 (51.14%)
--Same county: 1,624 (25.52%)
--Different county: 1,630 (25.62%)
----Same state: 986 (15.5%)
----Different state: 644 (10.12%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 45 (0.71%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,821 (100%)
Native: 6,668 (97.76%)
--Born in United States: 6,623 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,679 (68.6%)
----Different state: 1,944 (28.5%)
--Born outside United States: 45 (0.66%)
Foreign born: 153 (2.24%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 72 (1.06%)
--Naturalized citizen: 63 (0.92%)
--Not a citizen: 90 (1.32%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 153 (100%)
Europe: 28 (18.3%)
Asia: 86 (56.21%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 13 (8.5%)
Northern America: 26 (16.99%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,363 (100%)
English only: 6,031 (94.78%)
Language other than English: 332 (5.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 66 (1.04%)
--Spanish: 87 (1.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 132 (2.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 113 (1.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (0.68%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,821 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,844% (129.66%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 140 (2.05%)
Danish: 96 (1.41%)
Dutch: 142 (2.08%)
English: 481 (7.05%)
French (except Basque): 346 (5.07%)
French Canadian: 113 (1.66%)
German: 3,004 (44.04%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.12%)
Irish: 660 (9.68%)
Italian: 180 (2.64%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 1,800 (26.39%)
Polish: 423 (6.2%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 84 (1.23%)
Scottish: 118 (1.73%)
Slovak: 17 (0.25%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 209 (3.06%)
Swiss: 95 (1.39%)
Ukrainian: 10 (0.15%)
United States or American: 121 (1.77%)
Welsh: 70 (1.03%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 727 (10.66%)

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