Medford, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5550425, place: Medford city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 970 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 62 (6.39%)
Kindergarten: 52 (5.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 462 (47.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 281 (28.97%)
College or graduate school: 113 (11.65%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,991 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 264 (8.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 293 (9.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,144 (38.25%)
Some college, no degree: 519 (17.35%)
Associate degree: 201 (6.72%)
Bachelor's degree: 386 (12.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 184 (6.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,546 (100%)
Never married: 891 (25.13%)
Now married, except separated: 1,963 (55.36%)
Separated: 30 (0.85%)
Total Widowed: 343 (9.67%)
Widowed Female: 298 (8.4%)
Total Divorced: 319 (9%)
Divorced Female: 172 (4.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,352 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 477 (14.23%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 942 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (4.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,218 (100%)
--With a disability: 267 (12.04%)
----Percent employed: 52.4%
--No disability: 1,951 (87.96%)
----Percent employed: 87.4%
Population 65 years and over: 879 (100%)
--With a disability: 310 (35.27%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,126 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,287 (55.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,810 (43.87%)
--Same county: 1,039 (25.18%)
--Different county: 771 (18.69%)
----Same state: 575 (13.94%)
----Different state: 196 (4.75%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 29 (0.7%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,373 (100%)
Native: 4,318 (98.74%)
--Born in United States: 4,309 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,587 (82.03%)
----Different state: 722 (16.51%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.21%)
Foreign born: 55 (1.26%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 11 (0.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 38 (0.87%)
--Not a citizen: 17 (0.39%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 55 (100%)
Europe: 14 (25.45%)
Asia: 23 (41.82%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 18 (32.73%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,126 (100%)
English only: 4,017 (97.36%)
Language other than English: 109 (2.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.78%)
--Spanish: 33 (0.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 50 (1.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 17 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.29%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,373 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,253% (120.12%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 166 (3.8%)
Danish: 60 (1.37%)
Dutch: 36 (0.82%)
English: 227 (5.19%)
French (except Basque): 205 (4.69%)
French Canadian: 61 (1.39%)
German: 2,613 (59.75%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 309 (7.07%)
Italian: 71 (1.62%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 351 (8.03%)
Polish: 300 (6.86%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 14 (0.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 25 (0.57%)
Scottish: 11 (0.25%)
Slovak: 7 (0.16%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 166 (3.8%)
Swiss: 80 (1.83%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.14%)
United States or American: 189 (4.32%)
Welsh: 8 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 348 (7.96%)

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