Prescott, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5565375, place: Prescott city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 991 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (2.32%)
Kindergarten: 54 (5.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 471 (47.53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 276 (27.85%)
College or graduate school: 167 (16.85%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,432 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 46 (1.89%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 85 (3.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 927 (38.12%)
Some college, no degree: 595 (24.47%)
Associate degree: 258 (10.61%)
Bachelor's degree: 383 (15.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 138 (5.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,977 (100%)
Never married: 867 (29.12%)
Now married, except separated: 1,752 (58.85%)
Separated: 15 (0.5%)
Total Widowed: 82 (2.75%)
Widowed Female: 59 (1.98%)
Total Divorced: 261 (8.77%)
Divorced Female: 154 (5.17%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 28 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (14.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,757 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 393 (14.25%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 879 (100%)
--With a disability: 98 (11.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,253 (100%)
--With a disability: 259 (11.5%)
----Percent employed: 69.9%
--No disability: 1,994 (88.5%)
----Percent employed: 86.7%
Population 65 years and over: 348 (100%)
--With a disability: 90 (25.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,541 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,928 (54.45%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,609 (45.44%)
--Same county: 715 (20.19%)
--Different county: 894 (25.25%)
----Same state: 340 (9.6%)
----Different state: 554 (15.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.11%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,776 (100%)
Native: 3,767 (99.76%)
--Born in United States: 3,764 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,174 (31.09%)
----Different state: 2,590 (68.59%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.08%)
Foreign born: 9 (0.24%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 9 (0.24%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 6 (66.67%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (33.33%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,541 (100%)
English only: 3,489 (98.53%)
Language other than English: 52 (1.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.11%)
--Spanish: 43 (1.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,776 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,582% (121.35%)
Arab: 9 (0.24%)
Czech: 165 (4.37%)
Danish: 54 (1.43%)
Dutch: 19 (0.5%)
English: 181 (4.79%)
French (except Basque): 97 (2.57%)
French Canadian: 33 (0.87%)
German: 1,785 (47.27%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 51 (1.35%)
Irish: 399 (10.57%)
Italian: 95 (2.52%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 617 (16.34%)
Polish: 177 (4.69%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 14 (0.37%)
Scotch-Irish: 29 (0.77%)
Scottish: 91 (2.41%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 267 (7.07%)
Swiss: 31 (0.82%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 88 (2.33%)
Welsh: 1 (0.03%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 377 (9.98%)

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