Greenfield, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5531175, place: Greenfield city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,704 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 387 (5.02%)
Kindergarten: 406 (5.27%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,135 (40.69%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,743 (22.62%)
College or graduate school: 2,033 (26.39%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 25,877 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,114 (4.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,780 (10.74%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,649 (33.42%)
Some college, no degree: 6,297 (24.33%)
Associate degree: 1,807 (6.98%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,827 (14.79%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,403 (5.42%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 30,021 (100%)
Never married: 8,242 (27.45%)
Now married, except separated: 15,534 (51.74%)
Separated: 228 (0.76%)
Total Widowed: 3,093 (10.3%)
Widowed Female: 2,619 (8.72%)
Total Divorced: 2,924 (9.74%)
Divorced Female: 1,737 (5.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 372 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 122 (32.8%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 28,695 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,922 (13.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,209 (100%)
--With a disability: 550 (8.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 20,314 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,906 (14.31%)
----Percent employed: 63.5%
--No disability: 17,408 (85.69%)
----Percent employed: 86.1%
Population 65 years and over: 6,585 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,622 (39.82%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 33,781 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 19,510 (57.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,811 (40.88%)
--Same county: 10,526 (31.16%)
--Different county: 3,285 (9.72%)
----Same state: 1,882 (5.57%)
----Different state: 1,403 (4.15%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 460 (1.36%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 35,478 (100%)
Native: 33,432 (94.23%)
--Born in United States: 33,261 (100%)
----State of residence: 28,449 (80.19%)
----Different state: 4,812 (13.56%)
--Born outside United States: 171 (0.48%)
Foreign born: 2,046 (5.77%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 769 (2.17%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,073 (3.02%)
--Not a citizen: 973 (2.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,046 (100%)
Europe: 978 (47.8%)
Asia: 631 (30.84%)
Africa: 90 (4.4%)
Oceania: 6 (0.29%)
Latin America: 301 (14.71%)
Northern America: 40 (1.96%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 33,781 (100%)
English only: 30,740 (91%)
Language other than English: 3,041 (9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,061 (3.14%)
--Spanish: 894 (2.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 309 (0.91%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,485 (4.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 512 (1.52%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 525 (1.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 215 (0.64%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 35,478 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 44,954% (126.71%)
Arab: 134 (0.38%)
Czech: 686 (1.93%)
Danish: 272 (0.77%)
Dutch: 431 (1.21%)
English: 1,620 (4.57%)
French (except Basque): 1,536 (4.33%)
French Canadian: 307 (0.87%)
German: 15,390 (43.38%)
Greek: 279 (0.79%)
Hungarian: 246 (0.69%)
Irish: 3,768 (10.62%)
Italian: 1,489 (4.2%)
Lithuanian: 60 (0.17%)
Norwegian: 1,461 (4.12%)
Polish: 9,310 (26.24%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 308 (0.87%)
Scotch-Irish: 143 (0.4%)
Scottish: 240 (0.68%)
Slovak: 124 (0.35%)
Subsaharan African: 45 (0.13%)
Swedish: 644 (1.82%)
Swiss: 207 (0.58%)
Ukrainian: 86 (0.24%)
United States or American: 549 (1.55%)
Welsh: 136 (0.38%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 10 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 5,473 (15.43%)

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