Palmyra, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5561025, place: Palmyra village, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 444 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 29 (6.53%)
Kindergarten: 11 (2.48%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 214 (48.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 122 (27.48%)
College or graduate school: 68 (15.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,134 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 69 (6.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 135 (11.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 491 (43.3%)
Some college, no degree: 248 (21.87%)
Associate degree: 84 (7.41%)
Bachelor's degree: 80 (7.05%)
Graduate or professional degree: 27 (2.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,361 (100%)
Never married: 342 (25.13%)
Now married, except separated: 759 (55.77%)
Separated: 13 (0.96%)
Total Widowed: 79 (5.8%)
Widowed Female: 68 (5%)
Total Divorced: 168 (12.34%)
Divorced Female: 87 (6.39%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 29 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 22 (75.86%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,271 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 205 (16.13%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 419 (100%)
--With a disability: 41 (9.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 986 (100%)
--With a disability: 163 (16.53%)
----Percent employed: 58.3%
--No disability: 823 (83.47%)
----Percent employed: 82.6%
Population 65 years and over: 213 (100%)
--With a disability: 73 (34.27%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,618 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 903 (55.81%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 715 (44.19%)
--Same county: 282 (17.43%)
--Different county: 433 (26.76%)
----Same state: 381 (23.55%)
----Different state: 52 (3.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,733 (100%)
Native: 1,696 (97.86%)
--Born in United States: 1,683 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,422 (82.05%)
----Different state: 261 (15.06%)
--Born outside United States: 13 (0.75%)
Foreign born: 37 (2.14%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (0.92%)
--Naturalized citizen: 25 (1.44%)
--Not a citizen: 12 (0.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 37 (100%)
Europe: 2 (5.41%)
Asia: 4 (10.81%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 3 (8.11%)
Latin America: 23 (62.16%)
Northern America: 5 (13.51%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,618 (100%)
English only: 1,515 (93.63%)
Language other than English: 103 (6.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (1.73%)
--Spanish: 89 (5.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (1.61%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 14 (0.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,733 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,072% (119.56%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 34 (1.96%)
Danish: 10 (0.58%)
Dutch: 28 (1.62%)
English: 140 (8.08%)
French (except Basque): 85 (4.9%)
French Canadian: 47 (2.71%)
German: 813 (46.91%)
Greek: 7 (0.4%)
Hungarian: 19 (1.1%)
Irish: 182 (10.5%)
Italian: 24 (1.38%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.63%)
Norwegian: 132 (7.62%)
Polish: 141 (8.14%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (0.58%)
Scottish: 16 (0.92%)
Slovak: 4 (0.23%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.12%)
Swedish: 48 (2.77%)
Swiss: 17 (0.98%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 90 (5.19%)
Welsh: 17 (0.98%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 191 (11.02%)

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