Avoca, WI

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5504025, place: Avoca village, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 146 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (8.22%)
Kindergarten: 13 (8.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 90 (61.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 25 (17.12%)
College or graduate school: 6 (4.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 405 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 36 (8.89%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 51 (12.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 221 (54.57%)
Some college, no degree: 57 (14.07%)
Associate degree: 25 (6.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 11 (2.72%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4 (0.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 467 (100%)
Never married: 123 (26.34%)
Now married, except separated: 197 (42.18%)
Separated: 2 (0.43%)
Total Widowed: 41 (8.78%)
Widowed Female: 39 (8.35%)
Total Divorced: 104 (22.27%)
Divorced Female: 43 (9.21%)

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

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 456 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 73 (16.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 150 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (24%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 321 (100%)
--With a disability: 94 (29.28%)
----Percent employed: 58.5%
--No disability: 227 (70.72%)
----Percent employed: 81.1%
Population 65 years and over: 103 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (38.83%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 574 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 322 (56.1%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 252 (43.9%)
--Same county: 79 (13.76%)
--Different county: 173 (30.14%)
----Same state: 141 (24.56%)
----Different state: 32 (5.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 601 (100%)
Native: 601 (100%)
--Born in United States: 601 (100%)
----State of residence: 535 (89.02%)
----Different state: 66 (10.98%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 574 (100%)
English only: 568 (98.95%)
Language other than English: 6 (1.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 4 (0.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 601 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 599% (99.67%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 34 (5.66%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 4 (0.67%)
English: 60 (9.98%)
French (except Basque): 23 (3.83%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.33%)
German: 247 (41.1%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 69 (11.48%)
Italian: 4 (0.67%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 68 (11.31%)
Polish: 28 (4.66%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 4 (0.67%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 11 (1.83%)
Swiss: 2 (0.33%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 15 (2.5%)
Welsh: 7 (1.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 21 (3.49%)

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