Beaver Dam, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5505900, place: Beaver Dam city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,503 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 244 (6.97%)
Kindergarten: 178 (5.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,722 (49.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 928 (26.49%)
College or graduate school: 431 (12.3%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,007 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 686 (6.86%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,033 (10.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,196 (41.93%)
Some college, no degree: 1,848 (18.47%)
Associate degree: 647 (6.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,101 (11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 496 (4.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,973 (100%)
Never married: 2,872 (23.99%)
Now married, except separated: 6,376 (53.25%)
Separated: 154 (1.29%)
Total Widowed: 1,106 (9.24%)
Widowed Female: 926 (7.73%)
Total Divorced: 1,465 (12.24%)
Divorced Female: 816 (6.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 103 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 38 (36.89%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,294 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,466 (12.98%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,369 (100%)
--With a disability: 296 (8.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,178 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,128 (13.79%)
----Percent employed: 55.9%
--No disability: 7,050 (86.21%)
----Percent employed: 85.5%
Population 65 years and over: 2,293 (100%)
--With a disability: 782 (34.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,045 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,766 (55.29%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,209 (44.21%)
--Same county: 4,028 (28.68%)
--Different county: 2,181 (15.53%)
----Same state: 1,602 (11.41%)
----Different state: 579 (4.12%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 70 (0.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,042 (100%)
Native: 14,625 (97.23%)
--Born in United States: 14,579 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,298 (81.76%)
----Different state: 2,281 (15.16%)
--Born outside United States: 46 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 417 (2.77%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 196 (1.3%)
--Naturalized citizen: 190 (1.26%)
--Not a citizen: 227 (1.51%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 417 (100%)
Europe: 83 (19.9%)
Asia: 83 (19.9%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 16 (3.84%)
Latin America: 204 (48.92%)
Northern America: 31 (7.43%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,045 (100%)
English only: 13,273 (94.5%)
Language other than English: 772 (5.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 330 (2.35%)
--Spanish: 449 (3.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 238 (1.69%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 212 (1.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (0.4%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 87 (0.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,042 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,749% (118%)
Arab: 22 (0.15%)
Czech: 174 (1.16%)
Danish: 73 (0.49%)
Dutch: 514 (3.42%)
English: 899 (5.98%)
French (except Basque): 728 (4.84%)
French Canadian: 76 (0.51%)
German: 8,278 (55.03%)
Greek: 38 (0.25%)
Hungarian: 151 (1%)
Irish: 1,706 (11.34%)
Italian: 188 (1.25%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 700 (4.65%)
Polish: 1,239 (8.24%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 47 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 105 (0.7%)
Scottish: 168 (1.12%)
Slovak: 33 (0.22%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.05%)
Swedish: 193 (1.28%)
Swiss: 228 (1.52%)
Ukrainian: 30 (0.2%)
United States or American: 616 (4.1%)
Welsh: 110 (0.73%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 14 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 1,412 (9.39%)

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