Markesan, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5549450, place: Markesan city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 319 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 22 (6.9%)
Kindergarten: 11 (3.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 164 (51.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 84 (26.33%)
College or graduate school: 38 (11.91%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 938 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 80 (8.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 88 (9.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 384 (40.94%)
Some college, no degree: 188 (20.04%)
Associate degree: 71 (7.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 94 (10.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 33 (3.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,108 (100%)
Never married: 226 (20.4%)
Now married, except separated: 677 (61.1%)
Separated: 4 (0.36%)
Total Widowed: 116 (10.47%)
Widowed Female: 87 (7.85%)
Total Divorced: 85 (7.67%)
Divorced Female: 41 (3.7%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,040 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 107 (10.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 308 (100%)
--With a disability: 7 (2.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 708 (100%)
--With a disability: 71 (10.03%)
----Percent employed: 50.7%
--No disability: 637 (89.97%)
----Percent employed: 86.7%
Population 65 years and over: 286 (100%)
--With a disability: 99 (34.62%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,302 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 810 (62.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 485 (37.25%)
--Same county: 307 (23.58%)
--Different county: 178 (13.67%)
----Same state: 142 (10.91%)
----Different state: 36 (2.76%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.54%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,393 (100%)
Native: 1,346 (96.63%)
--Born in United States: 1,344 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,152 (82.7%)
----Different state: 192 (13.78%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.14%)
Foreign born: 47 (3.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (1.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 13 (0.93%)
--Not a citizen: 34 (2.44%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 47 (100%)
Europe: 12 (25.53%)
Asia: 4 (8.51%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 31 (65.96%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,302 (100%)
English only: 1,230 (94.47%)
Language other than English: 72 (5.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (3.07%)
--Spanish: 59 (4.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (2.53%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 11 (0.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,393 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,531% (109.91%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.36%)
Danish: 10 (0.72%)
Dutch: 73 (5.24%)
English: 95 (6.82%)
French (except Basque): 25 (1.79%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.5%)
German: 833 (59.8%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.22%)
Irish: 90 (6.46%)
Italian: 7 (0.5%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 42 (3.02%)
Polish: 105 (7.54%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 9 (0.65%)
Scottish: 12 (0.86%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 36 (2.58%)
Swiss: 4 (0.29%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.36%)
United States or American: 64 (4.59%)
Welsh: 13 (0.93%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 88 (6.32%)

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