Oak Creek, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5558800, place: Oak Creek city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,565 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 630 (8.33%)
Kindergarten: 426 (5.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,077 (40.67%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,653 (21.85%)
College or graduate school: 1,779 (23.52%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,810 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 536 (2.85%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,613 (8.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,064 (32.24%)
Some college, no degree: 4,253 (22.61%)
Associate degree: 1,747 (9.29%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,558 (18.92%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,039 (5.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 22,703 (100%)
Never married: 5,984 (26.36%)
Now married, except separated: 13,507 (59.49%)
Separated: 184 (0.81%)
Total Widowed: 918 (4.04%)
Widowed Female: 732 (3.22%)
Total Divorced: 2,110 (9.29%)
Divorced Female: 1,196 (5.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 288 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 60 (20.83%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 21,385 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,618 (12.24%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,193 (100%)
--With a disability: 373 (6.02%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 17,719 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,038 (11.5%)
----Percent employed: 63.9%
--No disability: 15,681 (88.5%)
----Percent employed: 86.6%
Population 65 years and over: 2,538 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,058 (41.69%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 26,536 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 13,774 (51.91%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 12,389 (46.69%)
--Same county: 8,515 (32.09%)
--Different county: 3,874 (14.6%)
----Same state: 2,232 (8.41%)
----Different state: 1,642 (6.19%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 373 (1.41%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 28,456 (100%)
Native: 27,209 (95.62%)
--Born in United States: 27,054 (100%)
----State of residence: 22,545 (79.23%)
----Different state: 4,509 (15.85%)
--Born outside United States: 155 (0.54%)
Foreign born: 1,247 (4.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 402 (1.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 685 (2.41%)
--Not a citizen: 562 (1.97%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,247 (100%)
Europe: 269 (21.57%)
Asia: 587 (47.07%)
Africa: 51 (4.09%)
Oceania: 9 (0.72%)
Latin America: 218 (17.48%)
Northern America: 113 (9.06%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 26,536 (100%)
English only: 24,282 (91.51%)
Language other than English: 2,254 (8.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 582 (2.19%)
--Spanish: 871 (3.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 196 (0.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 919 (3.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 243 (0.92%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 324 (1.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 114 (0.43%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 28,456 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 37,915% (133.24%)
Arab: 116 (0.41%)
Czech: 607 (2.13%)
Danish: 227 (0.8%)
Dutch: 296 (1.04%)
English: 1,473 (5.18%)
French (except Basque): 1,314 (4.62%)
French Canadian: 388 (1.36%)
German: 12,926 (45.42%)
Greek: 183 (0.64%)
Hungarian: 235 (0.83%)
Irish: 2,829 (9.94%)
Italian: 1,878 (6.6%)
Lithuanian: 128 (0.45%)
Norwegian: 1,144 (4.02%)
Polish: 7,485 (26.3%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 141 (0.5%)
Scotch-Irish: 153 (0.54%)
Scottish: 205 (0.72%)
Slovak: 254 (0.89%)
Subsaharan African: 39 (0.14%)
Swedish: 554 (1.95%)
Swiss: 142 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 21 (0.07%)
United States or American: 772 (2.71%)
Welsh: 104 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 16 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 4,285 (15.06%)

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