Cottage Grove, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5517175, place: Cottage Grove village, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,089 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 91 (8.36%)
Kindergarten: 88 (8.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 584 (53.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 172 (15.79%)
College or graduate school: 154 (14.14%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,484 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 31 (1.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 97 (3.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 496 (19.97%)
Some college, no degree: 604 (24.32%)
Associate degree: 308 (12.4%)
Bachelor's degree: 729 (29.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 219 (8.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 38.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,798 (100%)
Never married: 551 (19.69%)
Now married, except separated: 1,870 (66.83%)
Separated: 46 (1.64%)
Total Widowed: 113 (4.04%)
Widowed Female: 102 (3.65%)
Total Divorced: 218 (7.79%)
Divorced Female: 133 (4.75%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 44 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,662 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 194 (7.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 914 (100%)
--With a disability: 27 (2.95%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,348 (100%)
--With a disability: 107 (4.56%)
----Percent employed: 73.8%
--No disability: 2,241 (95.44%)
----Percent employed: 91.1%
Population 65 years and over: 270 (100%)
--With a disability: 115 (42.59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,532 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,395 (39.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,065 (58.47%)
--Same county: 1,465 (41.48%)
--Different county: 600 (16.99%)
----Same state: 278 (7.87%)
----Different state: 322 (9.12%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 72 (2.04%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,962 (100%)
Native: 3,843 (97%)
--Born in United States: 3,814 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,916 (73.6%)
----Different state: 898 (22.67%)
--Born outside United States: 29 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 119 (3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 48 (1.21%)
--Naturalized citizen: 56 (1.41%)
--Not a citizen: 63 (1.59%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 119 (100%)
Europe: 33 (27.73%)
Asia: 30 (25.21%)
Africa: 43 (36.13%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (4.2%)
Northern America: 8 (6.72%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,532 (100%)
English only: 3,321 (94.03%)
Language other than English: 211 (5.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (1.5%)
--Spanish: 59 (1.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 105 (2.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.4%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 47 (1.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.85%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,962 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,278% (133.22%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 41 (1.03%)
Danish: 30 (0.76%)
Dutch: 126 (3.18%)
English: 292 (7.37%)
French (except Basque): 145 (3.66%)
French Canadian: 59 (1.49%)
German: 1,947 (49.14%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 14 (0.35%)
Irish: 500 (12.62%)
Italian: 73 (1.84%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 762 (19.23%)
Polish: 184 (4.64%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 18 (0.45%)
Scotch-Irish: 140 (3.53%)
Scottish: 81 (2.04%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 43 (1.09%)
Swedish: 108 (2.73%)
Swiss: 102 (2.57%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 94 (2.37%)
Welsh: 95 (2.4%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 424 (10.7%)

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