Milwaukee, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5553000, place: Milwaukee city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 185,068 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7,997 (4.32%)
Kindergarten: 14,764 (7.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 80,164 (43.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 36,271 (19.6%)
College or graduate school: 45,872 (24.79%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 353,305 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 27,316 (7.73%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 61,631 (17.44%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 106,575 (30.17%)
Some college, no degree: 73,015 (20.67%)
Associate degree: 20,026 (5.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 43,510 (12.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 21,232 (6.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 451,791 (100%)
Never married: 187,048 (41.4%)
Now married, except separated: 172,931 (38.28%)
Separated: 12,154 (2.69%)
Total Widowed: 29,658 (6.56%)
Widowed Female: 23,969 (5.31%)
Total Divorced: 50,000 (11.07%)
Divorced Female: 29,321 (6.49%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 14,401 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7,052 (48.97%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 425,600 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 45,613 (10.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 154,797 (100%)
--With a disability: 17,291 (11.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 326,787 (100%)
--With a disability: 76,969 (23.55%)
----Percent employed: 52.3%
--No disability: 249,818 (76.45%)
----Percent employed: 74.9%
Population 65 years and over: 61,466 (100%)
--With a disability: 26,540 (43.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 549,702 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 269,480 (49.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 263,815 (47.99%)
--Same county: 199,731 (36.33%)
--Different county: 64,084 (11.66%)
----Same state: 28,713 (5.22%)
----Different state: 35,371 (6.43%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 16,407 (2.98%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 596,956 (100%)
Native: 550,834 (92.27%)
--Born in United States: 539,810 (100%)
----State of residence: 389,408 (65.23%)
----Different state: 150,402 (25.19%)
--Born outside United States: 11,024 (1.85%)
Foreign born: 46,122 (7.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 24,073 (4.03%)
--Naturalized citizen: 14,398 (2.41%)
--Not a citizen: 31,724 (5.31%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 46,122 (100%)
Europe: 7,841 (17%)
Asia: 12,114 (26.27%)
Africa: 1,332 (2.89%)
Oceania: 54 (0.12%)
Latin America: 24,329 (52.75%)
Northern America: 452 (0.98%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 549,702 (100%)
English only: 462,414 (84.12%)
Language other than English: 87,288 (15.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41,501 (7.55%)
--Spanish: 55,239 (10.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27,913 (5.08%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16,261 (2.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,760 (1.05%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12,771 (2.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,937 (1.26%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 596,956 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 625,385% (104.76%)
Arab: 1,879 (0.31%)
Czech: 4,904 (0.82%)
Danish: 2,596 (0.43%)
Dutch: 4,097 (0.69%)
English: 15,742 (2.64%)
French (except Basque): 11,785 (1.97%)
French Canadian: 3,230 (0.54%)
German: 124,484 (20.85%)
Greek: 1,576 (0.26%)
Hungarian: 2,798 (0.47%)
Irish: 37,778 (6.33%)
Italian: 17,499 (2.93%)
Lithuanian: 821 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 12,144 (2.03%)
Polish: 57,485 (9.63%)
Portuguese: 143 (0.02%)
Russian: 3,374 (0.57%)
Scotch-Irish: 2,457 (0.41%)
Scottish: 2,889 (0.48%)
Slovak: 1,577 (0.26%)
Subsaharan African: 7,627 (1.28%)
Swedish: 5,693 (0.95%)
Swiss: 1,649 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 948 (0.16%)
United States or American: 11,106 (1.86%)
Welsh: 1,577 (0.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1,600 (0.27%)
Other ancestries: 285,927 (47.9%)

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