Janesville, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5537825, place: Janesville city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 14,944 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,330 (8.9%)
Kindergarten: 922 (6.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,084 (47.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,314 (22.18%)
College or graduate school: 2,294 (15.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 38,971 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,332 (3.42%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,727 (9.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 15,106 (38.76%)
Some college, no degree: 8,509 (21.83%)
Associate degree: 2,921 (7.5%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,058 (12.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,318 (5.95%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 46,348 (100%)
Never married: 11,272 (24.32%)
Now married, except separated: 25,805 (55.68%)
Separated: 671 (1.45%)
Total Widowed: 2,818 (6.08%)
Widowed Female: 2,358 (5.09%)
Total Divorced: 5,782 (12.48%)
Divorced Female: 3,335 (7.2%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 578 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 256 (44.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 43,950 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,263 (14.25%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 13,247 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,360 (10.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 34,125 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,428 (15.91%)
----Percent employed: 59.4%
--No disability: 28,697 (84.09%)
----Percent employed: 83.8%
Population 65 years and over: 7,198 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,552 (35.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 55,175 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 28,679 (51.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 26,125 (47.35%)
--Same county: 18,458 (33.45%)
--Different county: 7,667 (13.9%)
----Same state: 3,561 (6.45%)
----Different state: 4,106 (7.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 371 (0.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 59,366 (100%)
Native: 57,952 (97.62%)
--Born in United States: 57,682 (100%)
----State of residence: 43,992 (74.1%)
----Different state: 13,690 (23.06%)
--Born outside United States: 270 (0.45%)
Foreign born: 1,414 (2.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 583 (0.98%)
--Naturalized citizen: 660 (1.11%)
--Not a citizen: 754 (1.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,414 (100%)
Europe: 317 (22.42%)
Asia: 409 (28.93%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 629 (44.48%)
Northern America: 59 (4.17%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 55,175 (100%)
English only: 52,509 (95.17%)
Language other than English: 2,666 (4.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,121 (2.03%)
--Spanish: 1,522 (2.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 738 (1.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 689 (1.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 164 (0.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 379 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 210 (0.38%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 59,366 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 73,697% (124.14%)
Arab: 59 (0.1%)
Czech: 1,076 (1.81%)
Danish: 833 (1.4%)
Dutch: 1,237 (2.08%)
English: 6,994 (11.78%)
French (except Basque): 2,188 (3.69%)
French Canadian: 471 (0.79%)
German: 24,329 (40.98%)
Greek: 62 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 274 (0.46%)
Irish: 9,604 (16.18%)
Italian: 1,769 (2.98%)
Lithuanian: 122 (0.21%)
Norwegian: 9,106 (15.34%)
Polish: 2,069 (3.49%)
Portuguese: 46 (0.08%)
Russian: 101 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 787 (1.33%)
Scottish: 855 (1.44%)
Slovak: 99 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 20 (0.03%)
Swedish: 1,565 (2.64%)
Swiss: 1,219 (2.05%)
Ukrainian: 31 (0.05%)
United States or American: 2,589 (4.36%)
Welsh: 486 (0.82%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 5,706 (9.61%)

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