General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5508850, place: Boscobel city, Wisconsin)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 658 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 19 (2.89%)
Kindergarten: 52 (7.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 329 (50%)
High school (grades 9-12): 199 (30.24%)
College or graduate school: 59 (8.97%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,993 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 200 (10.04%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 291 (14.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 769 (38.59%)
Some college, no degree: 359 (18.01%)
Associate degree: 136 (6.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 157 (7.88%)
Graduate or professional degree: 81 (4.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.9%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 2,437 (100%)
Never married: 581 (23.84%)
Now married, except separated: 1,325 (54.37%)
Separated: 77 (3.16%)
Total Widowed: 227 (9.31%)
Widowed Female: 186 (7.63%)
Total Divorced: 227 (9.31%)
Divorced Female: 130 (5.33%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 16 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (18.75%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 2,307 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 258 (11.18%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 634 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (6.94%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,514 (100%)
--With a disability: 274 (18.1%)
----Percent employed: 40.5%
--No disability: 1,240 (81.9%)
----Percent employed: 81.5%
Population 65 years and over: 463 (100%)
--With a disability: 223 (48.16%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 2,842 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,260 (44.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,531 (53.87%)
--Same county: 848 (29.84%)
--Different county: 683 (24.03%)
----Same state: 518 (18.23%)
----Different state: 165 (5.81%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 51 (1.79%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 3,058 (100%)
Native: 3,033 (99.18%)
--Born in United States: 3,019 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,463 (80.54%)
----Different state: 556 (18.18%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 25 (0.82%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 19 (0.62%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.2%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 25 (100%)
Europe: 19 (76%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (24%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 2,842 (100%)
English only: 2,795 (98.35%)
Language other than English: 47 (1.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.6%)
--Spanish: 20 (0.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 27 (0.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.42%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 3,058 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,190% (104.32%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 143 (4.68%)
Danish: 8 (0.26%)
Dutch: 75 (2.45%)
English: 316 (10.33%)
French (except Basque): 87 (2.84%)
French Canadian: 13 (0.43%)
German: 1,159 (37.9%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 545 (17.82%)
Italian: 26 (0.85%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 323 (10.56%)
Polish: 53 (1.73%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 45 (1.47%)
Scottish: 70 (2.29%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 41 (1.34%)
Swiss: 38 (1.24%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 70 (2.29%)
Welsh: 10 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 165 (5.4%)
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