Marshfield, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5549675, place: Marshfield city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,381 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 316 (7.21%)
Kindergarten: 233 (5.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,861 (42.48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,122 (25.61%)
College or graduate school: 849 (19.38%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,802 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 938 (7.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,267 (9.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,430 (34.6%)
Some college, no degree: 2,346 (18.33%)
Associate degree: 1,122 (8.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,680 (13.12%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,019 (7.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,311 (100%)
Never married: 3,872 (25.29%)
Now married, except separated: 8,467 (55.3%)
Separated: 133 (0.87%)
Total Widowed: 1,362 (8.9%)
Widowed Female: 1,221 (7.97%)
Total Divorced: 1,477 (9.65%)
Divorced Female: 890 (5.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 185 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 100 (54.05%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,500 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,879 (12.96%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,898 (100%)
--With a disability: 282 (7.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,366 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,312 (12.66%)
----Percent employed: 59.5%
--No disability: 9,054 (87.34%)
----Percent employed: 86.4%
Population 65 years and over: 3,122 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,314 (42.09%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,629 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,709 (55.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,745 (43.93%)
--Same county: 4,275 (24.25%)
--Different county: 3,470 (19.68%)
----Same state: 2,461 (13.96%)
----Different state: 1,009 (5.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 175 (0.99%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,808 (100%)
Native: 18,289 (97.24%)
--Born in United States: 18,225 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,827 (78.83%)
----Different state: 3,398 (18.07%)
--Born outside United States: 64 (0.34%)
Foreign born: 519 (2.76%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 259 (1.38%)
--Naturalized citizen: 245 (1.3%)
--Not a citizen: 274 (1.46%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 519 (100%)
Europe: 77 (14.84%)
Asia: 184 (35.45%)
Africa: 99 (19.08%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 55 (10.6%)
Northern America: 104 (20.04%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,629 (100%)
English only: 16,820 (95.41%)
Language other than English: 809 (4.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 257 (1.46%)
--Spanish: 253 (1.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 110 (0.62%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 318 (1.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 84 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 130 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (0.28%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,808 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 22,041% (117.19%)
Arab: 14 (0.07%)
Czech: 267 (1.42%)
Danish: 315 (1.67%)
Dutch: 354 (1.88%)
English: 1,407 (7.48%)
French (except Basque): 679 (3.61%)
French Canadian: 205 (1.09%)
German: 10,510 (55.88%)
Greek: 27 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 25 (0.13%)
Irish: 1,649 (8.77%)
Italian: 346 (1.84%)
Lithuanian: 26 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 1,487 (7.91%)
Polish: 1,210 (6.43%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 33 (0.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 77 (0.41%)
Scottish: 204 (1.08%)
Slovak: 54 (0.29%)
Subsaharan African: 130 (0.69%)
Swedish: 434 (2.31%)
Swiss: 217 (1.15%)
Ukrainian: 23 (0.12%)
United States or American: 772 (4.1%)
Welsh: 38 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,538 (8.18%)

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