Menasha, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5550825, place: Menasha city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,039 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 271 (6.71%)
Kindergarten: 299 (7.4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,860 (46.05%)
High school (grades 9-12): 909 (22.51%)
College or graduate school: 700 (17.33%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,667 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 520 (4.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,004 (9.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,310 (40.4%)
Some college, no degree: 2,209 (20.71%)
Associate degree: 751 (7.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,386 (12.99%)
Graduate or professional degree: 487 (4.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,948 (100%)
Never married: 3,655 (28.23%)
Now married, except separated: 6,736 (52.02%)
Separated: 182 (1.41%)
Total Widowed: 825 (6.37%)
Widowed Female: 696 (5.38%)
Total Divorced: 1,550 (11.97%)
Divorced Female: 829 (6.4%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 112 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (16.07%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,272 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,800 (14.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,650 (100%)
--With a disability: 307 (8.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,745 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,297 (13.31%)
----Percent employed: 64.5%
--No disability: 8,448 (86.69%)
----Percent employed: 85.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,938 (100%)
--With a disability: 823 (42.47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,333 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,762 (50.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,291 (47.55%)
--Same county: 3,431 (22.38%)
--Different county: 3,860 (25.17%)
----Same state: 2,840 (18.52%)
----Different state: 1,020 (6.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 280 (1.83%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,385 (100%)
Native: 15,852 (96.75%)
--Born in United States: 15,764 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,022 (79.48%)
----Different state: 2,742 (16.73%)
--Born outside United States: 88 (0.54%)
Foreign born: 533 (3.25%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 327 (2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 145 (0.88%)
--Not a citizen: 388 (2.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 533 (100%)
Europe: 93 (17.45%)
Asia: 171 (32.08%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 215 (40.34%)
Northern America: 54 (10.13%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,333 (100%)
English only: 14,166 (92.39%)
Language other than English: 1,167 (7.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 436 (2.84%)
--Spanish: 505 (3.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 202 (1.32%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 288 (1.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 83 (0.54%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 369 (2.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 151 (0.98%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,385 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,847% (127.23%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 265 (1.62%)
Danish: 265 (1.62%)
Dutch: 875 (5.34%)
English: 762 (4.65%)
French (except Basque): 897 (5.47%)
French Canadian: 417 (2.55%)
German: 8,718 (53.21%)
Greek: 17 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 37 (0.23%)
Irish: 1,727 (10.54%)
Italian: 403 (2.46%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 987 (6.02%)
Polish: 1,899 (11.59%)
Portuguese: 29 (0.18%)
Russian: 114 (0.7%)
Scotch-Irish: 103 (0.63%)
Scottish: 138 (0.84%)
Slovak: 23 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 13 (0.08%)
Swedish: 422 (2.58%)
Swiss: 72 (0.44%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 554 (3.38%)
Welsh: 82 (0.5%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,012 (12.28%)

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