Oconto, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5559350, place: Oconto city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,153 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 78 (6.76%)
Kindergarten: 53 (4.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 589 (51.08%)
High school (grades 9-12): 326 (28.27%)
College or graduate school: 107 (9.28%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,091 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 188 (6.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 428 (13.85%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,491 (48.24%)
Some college, no degree: 511 (16.53%)
Associate degree: 178 (5.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 215 (6.96%)
Graduate or professional degree: 80 (2.59%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,727 (100%)
Never married: 883 (23.69%)
Now married, except separated: 1,971 (52.88%)
Separated: 53 (1.42%)
Total Widowed: 389 (10.44%)
Widowed Female: 332 (8.91%)
Total Divorced: 431 (11.56%)
Divorced Female: 245 (6.57%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 67 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 23 (34.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,467 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 520 (15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,093 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (7.04%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,486 (100%)
--With a disability: 453 (18.22%)
----Percent employed: 51.9%
--No disability: 2,033 (81.78%)
----Percent employed: 86.1%
Population 65 years and over: 693 (100%)
--With a disability: 278 (40.12%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,401 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,744 (62.35%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,651 (37.51%)
--Same county: 981 (22.29%)
--Different county: 670 (15.22%)
----Same state: 501 (11.38%)
----Different state: 169 (3.84%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.14%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,675 (100%)
Native: 4,655 (99.57%)
--Born in United States: 4,612 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,981 (85.16%)
----Different state: 631 (13.5%)
--Born outside United States: 43 (0.92%)
Foreign born: 20 (0.43%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 16 (0.34%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.09%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 20 (100%)
Europe: 8 (40%)
Asia: 4 (20%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (40%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,401 (100%)
English only: 4,312 (97.98%)
Language other than English: 89 (2.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.75%)
--Spanish: 58 (1.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 19 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,675 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,397% (115.44%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 153 (3.27%)
Danish: 61 (1.3%)
Dutch: 122 (2.61%)
English: 160 (3.42%)
French (except Basque): 793 (16.96%)
French Canadian: 298 (6.37%)
German: 1,848 (39.53%)
Greek: 5 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 58 (1.24%)
Irish: 291 (6.22%)
Italian: 69 (1.48%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 175 (3.74%)
Polish: 376 (8.04%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 17 (0.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 13 (0.28%)
Scottish: 14 (0.3%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 109 (2.33%)
Swiss: 3 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 243 (5.2%)
Welsh: 10 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 579 (12.39%)

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