Portage, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5564100, place: Portage city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,251 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 145 (6.44%)
Kindergarten: 136 (6.04%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 973 (43.23%)
High school (grades 9-12): 608 (27.01%)
College or graduate school: 389 (17.28%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,444 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 292 (4.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 851 (13.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,630 (40.81%)
Some college, no degree: 1,277 (19.82%)
Associate degree: 442 (6.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 638 (9.9%)
Graduate or professional degree: 314 (4.87%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,890 (100%)
Never married: 1,826 (23.14%)
Now married, except separated: 4,321 (54.77%)
Separated: 122 (1.55%)
Total Widowed: 711 (9.01%)
Widowed Female: 572 (7.25%)
Total Divorced: 910 (11.53%)
Divorced Female: 506 (6.41%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 76 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (15.79%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,458 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,061 (14.23%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,981 (100%)
--With a disability: 130 (6.56%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,797 (100%)
--With a disability: 947 (19.74%)
----Percent employed: 68.6%
--No disability: 3,850 (80.26%)
----Percent employed: 85.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,342 (100%)
--With a disability: 475 (35.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,162 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,517 (49.3%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,552 (49.68%)
--Same county: 2,091 (22.82%)
--Different county: 2,461 (26.86%)
----Same state: 1,996 (21.79%)
----Different state: 465 (5.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 93 (1.02%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,734 (100%)
Native: 9,602 (98.64%)
--Born in United States: 9,541 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,536 (77.42%)
----Different state: 2,005 (20.6%)
--Born outside United States: 61 (0.63%)
Foreign born: 132 (1.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 102 (1.05%)
--Naturalized citizen: 36 (0.37%)
--Not a citizen: 96 (0.99%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 132 (100%)
Europe: 44 (33.33%)
Asia: 50 (37.88%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 38 (28.79%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,162 (100%)
English only: 8,632 (94.22%)
Language other than English: 530 (5.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 167 (1.82%)
--Spanish: 322 (3.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (0.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 130 (1.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 54 (0.59%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 58 (0.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 42 (0.46%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,734 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,858% (111.55%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 172 (1.77%)
Danish: 70 (0.72%)
Dutch: 196 (2.01%)
English: 945 (9.71%)
French (except Basque): 317 (3.26%)
French Canadian: 67 (0.69%)
German: 4,298 (44.15%)
Greek: 33 (0.34%)
Hungarian: 23 (0.24%)
Irish: 1,266 (13.01%)
Italian: 173 (1.78%)
Lithuanian: 25 (0.26%)
Norwegian: 826 (8.49%)
Polish: 699 (7.18%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.06%)
Scotch-Irish: 133 (1.37%)
Scottish: 195 (2%)
Slovak: 5 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.09%)
Swedish: 160 (1.64%)
Swiss: 102 (1.05%)
Ukrainian: 19 (0.2%)
United States or American: 339 (3.48%)
Welsh: 129 (1.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 651 (6.69%)

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