Fort Atkinson, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5526675, place: Fort Atkinson city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,786 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 295 (10.59%)
Kindergarten: 151 (5.42%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,312 (47.09%)
High school (grades 9-12): 690 (24.77%)
College or graduate school: 338 (12.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,786 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 312 (4.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 696 (8.94%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,811 (36.1%)
Some college, no degree: 1,776 (22.81%)
Associate degree: 642 (8.25%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,027 (13.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 522 (6.7%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,329 (100%)
Never married: 2,275 (24.39%)
Now married, except separated: 5,320 (57.03%)
Separated: 120 (1.29%)
Total Widowed: 677 (7.26%)
Widowed Female: 594 (6.37%)
Total Divorced: 937 (10.04%)
Divorced Female: 499 (5.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 35 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 19 (54.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,801 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,164 (13.23%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,471 (100%)
--With a disability: 233 (9.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,820 (100%)
--With a disability: 980 (14.37%)
----Percent employed: 71.1%
--No disability: 5,840 (85.63%)
----Percent employed: 84.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,575 (100%)
--With a disability: 509 (32.32%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,950 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,555 (50.73%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,163 (47.15%)
--Same county: 3,197 (29.2%)
--Different county: 1,966 (17.95%)
----Same state: 1,340 (12.24%)
----Different state: 626 (5.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 232 (2.12%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,708 (100%)
Native: 11,213 (95.77%)
--Born in United States: 11,169 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,475 (72.39%)
----Different state: 2,694 (23.01%)
--Born outside United States: 44 (0.38%)
Foreign born: 495 (4.23%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 384 (3.28%)
--Naturalized citizen: 72 (0.61%)
--Not a citizen: 423 (3.61%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 495 (100%)
Europe: 102 (20.61%)
Asia: 79 (15.96%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 301 (60.81%)
Northern America: 13 (2.63%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,950 (100%)
English only: 10,124 (92.46%)
Language other than English: 826 (7.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 447 (4.08%)
--Spanish: 564 (5.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 321 (2.93%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 196 (1.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 89 (0.81%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 63 (0.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 34 (0.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,708 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,771% (117.62%)
Arab: 35 (0.3%)
Czech: 148 (1.26%)
Danish: 45 (0.38%)
Dutch: 209 (1.79%)
English: 1,169 (9.98%)
French (except Basque): 358 (3.06%)
French Canadian: 68 (0.58%)
German: 5,850 (49.97%)
Greek: 48 (0.41%)
Hungarian: 28 (0.24%)
Irish: 1,300 (11.1%)
Italian: 325 (2.78%)
Lithuanian: 23 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 963 (8.23%)
Polish: 619 (5.29%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.03%)
Russian: 6 (0.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 64 (0.55%)
Scottish: 118 (1.01%)
Slovak: 29 (0.25%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 336 (2.87%)
Swiss: 155 (1.32%)
Ukrainian: 14 (0.12%)
United States or American: 493 (4.21%)
Welsh: 75 (0.64%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,289 (11.01%)

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