Oshkosh, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5560500, place: Oshkosh city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 19,453 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 941 (4.84%)
Kindergarten: 734 (3.77%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,880 (30.23%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,247 (16.69%)
College or graduate school: 8,651 (44.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 38,496 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,635 (4.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,526 (11.76%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 13,790 (35.82%)
Some college, no degree: 7,376 (19.16%)
Associate degree: 2,293 (5.96%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,253 (16.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,623 (6.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 52,095 (100%)
Never married: 17,408 (33.42%)
Now married, except separated: 26,021 (49.95%)
Separated: 698 (1.34%)
Total Widowed: 3,205 (6.15%)
Widowed Female: 2,664 (5.11%)
Total Divorced: 4,763 (9.14%)
Divorced Female: 2,673 (5.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 318 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 96 (30.19%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 49,892 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,972 (11.97%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 14,281 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,091 (7.64%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 33,811 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,833 (14.29%)
----Percent employed: 66.3%
--No disability: 28,978 (85.71%)
----Percent employed: 84.8%
Population 65 years and over: 7,595 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,837 (37.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 59,432 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 27,189 (45.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 31,624 (53.21%)
--Same county: 15,913 (26.78%)
--Different county: 15,711 (26.44%)
----Same state: 12,104 (20.37%)
----Different state: 3,607 (6.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 619 (1.04%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 62,943 (100%)
Native: 60,831 (96.64%)
--Born in United States: 60,512 (100%)
----State of residence: 49,967 (79.38%)
----Different state: 10,545 (16.75%)
--Born outside United States: 319 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 2,112 (3.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 748 (1.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 875 (1.39%)
--Not a citizen: 1,237 (1.97%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,112 (100%)
Europe: 495 (23.44%)
Asia: 1,192 (56.44%)
Africa: 27 (1.28%)
Oceania: 7 (0.33%)
Latin America: 348 (16.48%)
Northern America: 43 (2.04%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 59,432 (100%)
English only: 55,386 (93.19%)
Language other than English: 4,046 (6.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,613 (2.71%)
--Spanish: 1,507 (2.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 491 (0.83%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,185 (1.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 320 (0.54%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,223 (2.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 779 (1.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 62,943 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 70,466% (111.95%)
Arab: 130 (0.21%)
Czech: 775 (1.23%)
Danish: 635 (1.01%)
Dutch: 1,665 (2.65%)
English: 4,221 (6.71%)
French (except Basque): 2,485 (3.95%)
French Canadian: 677 (1.08%)
German: 31,287 (49.71%)
Greek: 255 (0.41%)
Hungarian: 214 (0.34%)
Irish: 6,162 (9.79%)
Italian: 1,492 (2.37%)
Lithuanian: 97 (0.15%)
Norwegian: 2,875 (4.57%)
Polish: 4,339 (6.89%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.02%)
Russian: 511 (0.81%)
Scotch-Irish: 391 (0.62%)
Scottish: 647 (1.03%)
Slovak: 115 (0.18%)
Subsaharan African: 92 (0.15%)
Swedish: 1,256 (2%)
Swiss: 436 (0.69%)
Ukrainian: 116 (0.18%)
United States or American: 2,427 (3.86%)
Welsh: 429 (0.68%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.01%)
Other ancestries: 6,720 (10.68%)

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