Colfax, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5516275, place: Colfax village, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 271 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6 (2.21%)
Kindergarten: 29 (10.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 117 (43.17%)
High school (grades 9-12): 79 (29.15%)
College or graduate school: 40 (14.76%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 792 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 97 (12.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 83 (10.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 308 (38.89%)
Some college, no degree: 127 (16.04%)
Associate degree: 57 (7.2%)
Bachelor's degree: 94 (11.87%)
Graduate or professional degree: 26 (3.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 915 (100%)
Never married: 206 (22.51%)
Now married, except separated: 518 (56.61%)
Separated: 13 (1.42%)
Total Widowed: 89 (9.73%)
Widowed Female: 72 (7.87%)
Total Divorced: 89 (9.73%)
Divorced Female: 53 (5.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 864 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 122 (14.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 241 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (12.03%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 552 (100%)
--With a disability: 63 (11.41%)
----Percent employed: 54%
--No disability: 489 (88.59%)
----Percent employed: 84.5%
Population 65 years and over: 216 (100%)
--With a disability: 94 (43.52%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,067 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 644 (60.36%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 421 (39.46%)
--Same county: 237 (22.21%)
--Different county: 184 (17.24%)
----Same state: 128 (12%)
----Different state: 56 (5.25%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,141 (100%)
Native: 1,134 (99.39%)
--Born in United States: 1,124 (100%)
----State of residence: 908 (79.58%)
----Different state: 216 (18.93%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.88%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.61%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.26%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 4 (57.14%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 3 (42.86%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,067 (100%)
English only: 1,029 (96.44%)
Language other than English: 38 (3.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.47%)
--Spanish: 10 (0.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 19 (1.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,141 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,314% (115.16%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.7%)
Danish: 7 (0.61%)
Dutch: 18 (1.58%)
English: 49 (4.29%)
French (except Basque): 20 (1.75%)
French Canadian: 29 (2.54%)
German: 408 (35.76%)
Greek: 2 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.53%)
Irish: 58 (5.08%)
Italian: 22 (1.93%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 482 (42.24%)
Polish: 28 (2.45%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.18%)
Scottish: 8 (0.7%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 26 (2.28%)
Swiss: 14 (1.23%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 36 (3.16%)
Welsh: 6 (0.53%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 81 (7.1%)

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