Potosi, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5564625, place: Potosi village, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 177 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (12.99%)
Kindergarten: 7 (3.95%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 88 (49.72%)
High school (grades 9-12): 45 (25.42%)
College or graduate school: 14 (7.91%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 471 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 44 (9.34%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 40 (8.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 221 (46.92%)
Some college, no degree: 81 (17.2%)
Associate degree: 36 (7.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 38 (8.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11 (2.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 565 (100%)
Never married: 119 (21.06%)
Now married, except separated: 341 (60.35%)
Separated: 9 (1.59%)
Total Widowed: 59 (10.44%)
Widowed Female: 46 (8.14%)
Total Divorced: 37 (6.55%)
Divorced Female: 10 (1.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 530 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 76 (14.34%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 164 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (9.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 385 (100%)
--With a disability: 58 (15.06%)
----Percent employed: 72.4%
--No disability: 327 (84.94%)
----Percent employed: 85%
Population 65 years and over: 122 (100%)
--With a disability: 60 (49.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 671 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 477 (71.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 194 (28.91%)
--Same county: 164 (24.44%)
--Different county: 30 (4.47%)
----Same state: 6 (0.89%)
----Different state: 24 (3.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 711 (100%)
Native: 707 (99.44%)
--Born in United States: 707 (100%)
----State of residence: 451 (63.43%)
----Different state: 256 (36.01%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 4 (0.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.56%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 671 (100%)
English only: 656 (97.76%)
Language other than English: 15 (2.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.3%)
--Spanish: 8 (1.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 711 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 782% (109.99%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 16 (2.25%)
Danish: 2 (0.28%)
Dutch: 15 (2.11%)
English: 50 (7.03%)
French (except Basque): 20 (2.81%)
French Canadian: 19 (2.67%)
German: 408 (57.38%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 109 (15.33%)
Italian: 2 (0.28%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 23 (3.23%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 17 (2.39%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 5 (0.7%)
Swiss: 11 (1.55%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 58 (8.16%)
Welsh: 3 (0.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 24 (3.38%)

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