Jefferson, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5537900, place: Jefferson city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,654 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 135 (8.16%)
Kindergarten: 74 (4.47%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 814 (49.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 376 (22.73%)
College or graduate school: 255 (15.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,997 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 584 (11.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 501 (10.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,029 (40.6%)
Some college, no degree: 955 (19.11%)
Associate degree: 284 (5.68%)
Bachelor's degree: 488 (9.77%)
Graduate or professional degree: 156 (3.12%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,981 (100%)
Never married: 1,546 (25.85%)
Now married, except separated: 3,185 (53.25%)
Separated: 79 (1.32%)
Total Widowed: 565 (9.45%)
Widowed Female: 509 (8.51%)
Total Divorced: 606 (10.13%)
Divorced Female: 324 (5.42%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 93 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (27.96%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,676 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 688 (12.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,500 (100%)
--With a disability: 177 (11.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,063 (100%)
--With a disability: 763 (18.78%)
----Percent employed: 63.2%
--No disability: 3,300 (81.22%)
----Percent employed: 86.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,004 (100%)
--With a disability: 395 (39.34%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,922 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,595 (51.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,302 (47.7%)
--Same county: 1,994 (28.81%)
--Different county: 1,308 (18.9%)
----Same state: 999 (14.43%)
----Different state: 309 (4.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 25 (0.36%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,388 (100%)
Native: 7,115 (96.3%)
--Born in United States: 7,053 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,663 (76.65%)
----Different state: 1,390 (18.81%)
--Born outside United States: 62 (0.84%)
Foreign born: 273 (3.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 138 (1.87%)
--Naturalized citizen: 105 (1.42%)
--Not a citizen: 168 (2.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 273 (100%)
Europe: 74 (27.11%)
Asia: 3 (1.1%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 196 (71.79%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,922 (100%)
English only: 6,317 (91.26%)
Language other than English: 605 (8.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 220 (3.18%)
--Spanish: 454 (6.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 187 (2.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 145 (2.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,388 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,237% (111.49%)
Arab: 5 (0.07%)
Czech: 103 (1.39%)
Danish: 59 (0.8%)
Dutch: 92 (1.25%)
English: 390 (5.28%)
French (except Basque): 135 (1.83%)
French Canadian: 43 (0.58%)
German: 3,960 (53.6%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 21 (0.28%)
Irish: 780 (10.56%)
Italian: 141 (1.91%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 614 (8.31%)
Polish: 344 (4.66%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 53 (0.72%)
Scottish: 51 (0.69%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 93 (1.26%)
Swiss: 78 (1.06%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.04%)
United States or American: 416 (5.63%)
Welsh: 50 (0.68%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 806 (10.91%)

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