Shell Lake, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5573200, place: Shell Lake city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 255 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 19 (7.45%)
Kindergarten: 19 (7.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 113 (44.31%)
High school (grades 9-12): 73 (28.63%)
College or graduate school: 31 (12.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 954 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 76 (7.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 103 (10.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 300 (31.45%)
Some college, no degree: 181 (18.97%)
Associate degree: 62 (6.5%)
Bachelor's degree: 162 (16.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 70 (7.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,098 (100%)
Never married: 200 (18.21%)
Now married, except separated: 656 (59.74%)
Separated: 14 (1.28%)
Total Widowed: 121 (11.02%)
Widowed Female: 108 (9.84%)
Total Divorced: 107 (9.74%)
Divorced Female: 54 (4.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 11 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (45.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,045 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 167 (15.98%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 230 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (9.57%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 600 (100%)
--With a disability: 119 (19.83%)
----Percent employed: 51.3%
--No disability: 481 (80.17%)
----Percent employed: 80%
Population 65 years and over: 314 (100%)
--With a disability: 124 (39.49%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,252 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 725 (57.91%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 525 (41.93%)
--Same county: 235 (18.77%)
--Different county: 290 (23.16%)
----Same state: 184 (14.7%)
----Different state: 106 (8.47%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,301 (100%)
Native: 1,286 (98.85%)
--Born in United States: 1,284 (100%)
----State of residence: 839 (64.49%)
----Different state: 445 (34.2%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.15%)
Foreign born: 15 (1.15%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (0.85%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.31%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 15 (100%)
Europe: 13 (86.67%)
Asia: 2 (13.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,252 (100%)
English only: 1,184 (94.57%)
Language other than English: 68 (5.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (1.12%)
--Spanish: 24 (1.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 42 (3.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (1.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,301 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,604% (123.29%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 41 (3.15%)
Danish: 63 (4.84%)
Dutch: 36 (2.77%)
English: 126 (9.68%)
French (except Basque): 40 (3.07%)
French Canadian: 23 (1.77%)
German: 495 (38.05%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.54%)
Irish: 127 (9.76%)
Italian: 36 (2.77%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.15%)
Norwegian: 202 (15.53%)
Polish: 55 (4.23%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 18 (1.38%)
Scottish: 18 (1.38%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 126 (9.68%)
Swiss: 3 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 71 (5.46%)
Welsh: 8 (0.61%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 105 (8.07%)

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