Appleton, WI

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5502375, place: Appleton city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 19,977 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,401 (7.01%)
Kindergarten: 979 (4.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 9,073 (45.42%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,485 (22.45%)
College or graduate school: 4,039 (20.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 44,238 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,988 (4.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,955 (6.68%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 13,744 (31.07%)
Some college, no degree: 8,659 (19.57%)
Associate degree: 3,755 (8.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 9,367 (21.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,770 (8.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 54,271 (100%)
Never married: 14,172 (26.11%)
Now married, except separated: 31,602 (58.23%)
Separated: 500 (0.92%)
Total Widowed: 3,014 (5.55%)
Widowed Female: 2,486 (4.58%)
Total Divorced: 4,983 (9.18%)
Divorced Female: 2,810 (5.18%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 514 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 242 (47.08%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 50,958 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,399 (12.56%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 17,413 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,232 (7.08%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 39,301 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,017 (12.77%)
----Percent employed: 66.9%
--No disability: 34,284 (87.23%)
----Percent employed: 85.1%
Population 65 years and over: 7,379 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,400 (32.52%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 65,309 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 34,996 (53.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 28,783 (44.07%)
--Same county: 13,728 (21.02%)
--Different county: 15,055 (23.05%)
----Same state: 9,869 (15.11%)
----Different state: 5,186 (7.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,530 (2.34%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 70,124 (100%)
Native: 66,565 (94.92%)
--Born in United States: 66,157 (100%)
----State of residence: 51,431 (73.34%)
----Different state: 14,726 (21%)
--Born outside United States: 408 (0.58%)
Foreign born: 3,559 (5.08%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,792 (2.56%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,029 (1.47%)
--Not a citizen: 2,530 (3.61%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,559 (100%)
Europe: 474 (13.32%)
Asia: 2,113 (59.37%)
Africa: 59 (1.66%)
Oceania: 13 (0.37%)
Latin America: 577 (16.21%)
Northern America: 323 (9.08%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 65,309 (100%)
English only: 59,752 (91.49%)
Language other than English: 5,557 (8.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,493 (3.82%)
--Spanish: 1,828 (2.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 755 (1.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,084 (1.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 153 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,495 (3.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,579 (2.42%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 70,124 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 86,739% (123.69%)
Arab: 74 (0.11%)
Czech: 1,081 (1.54%)
Danish: 637 (0.91%)
Dutch: 4,977 (7.1%)
English: 4,452 (6.35%)
French (except Basque): 3,433 (4.9%)
French Canadian: 1,360 (1.94%)
German: 34,776 (49.59%)
Greek: 192 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 182 (0.26%)
Irish: 8,353 (11.91%)
Italian: 1,960 (2.8%)
Lithuanian: 176 (0.25%)
Norwegian: 3,889 (5.55%)
Polish: 4,194 (5.98%)
Portuguese: 13 (0.02%)
Russian: 478 (0.68%)
Scotch-Irish: 423 (0.6%)
Scottish: 998 (1.42%)
Slovak: 56 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 103 (0.15%)
Swedish: 1,753 (2.5%)
Swiss: 526 (0.75%)
Ukrainian: 91 (0.13%)
United States or American: 2,794 (3.98%)
Welsh: 282 (0.4%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 14 (0.02%)
Other ancestries: 9,472 (13.51%)

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