Amherst, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5501750, place: Amherst village, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 292 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 19 (6.51%)
Kindergarten: 17 (5.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 130 (44.52%)
High school (grades 9-12): 79 (27.05%)
College or graduate school: 47 (16.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 629 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 30 (4.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 44 (7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 241 (38.31%)
Some college, no degree: 140 (22.26%)
Associate degree: 48 (7.63%)
Bachelor's degree: 101 (16.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 25 (3.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 769 (100%)
Never married: 208 (27.05%)
Now married, except separated: 440 (57.22%)
Separated: 6 (0.78%)
Total Widowed: 50 (6.5%)
Widowed Female: 46 (5.98%)
Total Divorced: 65 (8.45%)
Divorced Female: 44 (5.72%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (33.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 707 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 82 (11.6%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 276 (100%)
--With a disability: 23 (8.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 552 (100%)
--With a disability: 63 (11.41%)
----Percent employed: 60.3%
--No disability: 489 (88.59%)
----Percent employed: 87.3%
Population 65 years and over: 113 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (44.25%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 941 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 528 (56.11%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 413 (43.89%)
--Same county: 277 (29.44%)
--Different county: 136 (14.45%)
----Same state: 100 (10.63%)
----Different state: 36 (3.83%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,008 (100%)
Native: 992 (98.41%)
--Born in United States: 987 (100%)
----State of residence: 835 (82.84%)
----Different state: 152 (15.08%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.5%)
Foreign born: 16 (1.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (1.19%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 16 (100%)
Europe: 16 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 941 (100%)
English only: 912 (96.92%)
Language other than English: 29 (3.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (1.59%)
--Spanish: 9 (0.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 20 (2.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (1.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,008 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,346% (133.53%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 41 (4.07%)
Danish: 27 (2.68%)
Dutch: 12 (1.19%)
English: 80 (7.94%)
French (except Basque): 50 (4.96%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.5%)
German: 427 (42.36%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 67 (6.65%)
Italian: 15 (1.49%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 122 (12.1%)
Polish: 315 (31.25%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 11 (1.09%)
Scottish: 12 (1.19%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 37 (3.67%)
Swiss: 12 (1.19%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.2%)
United States or American: 35 (3.47%)
Welsh: 4 (0.4%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 72 (7.14%)

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