Tomah, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5580075, place: Tomah city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,915 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 161 (8.41%)
Kindergarten: 116 (6.06%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 954 (49.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 451 (23.55%)
College or graduate school: 233 (12.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,619 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 420 (7.47%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 540 (9.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,395 (42.62%)
Some college, no degree: 1,072 (19.08%)
Associate degree: 452 (8.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 508 (9.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 232 (4.13%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,600 (100%)
Never married: 1,430 (21.67%)
Now married, except separated: 3,499 (53.02%)
Separated: 104 (1.58%)
Total Widowed: 680 (10.3%)
Widowed Female: 607 (9.2%)
Total Divorced: 887 (13.44%)
Divorced Female: 514 (7.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 70 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 45 (64.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,121 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,379 (22.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,764 (100%)
--With a disability: 308 (17.46%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,312 (100%)
--With a disability: 928 (21.52%)
----Percent employed: 52.5%
--No disability: 3,384 (78.48%)
----Percent employed: 84.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,272 (100%)
--With a disability: 596 (46.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,791 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,294 (42.28%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,436 (56.94%)
--Same county: 2,606 (33.45%)
--Different county: 1,830 (23.49%)
----Same state: 971 (12.46%)
----Different state: 859 (11.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 61 (0.78%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,382 (100%)
Native: 8,226 (98.14%)
--Born in United States: 8,141 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,045 (72.12%)
----Different state: 2,096 (25.01%)
--Born outside United States: 85 (1.01%)
Foreign born: 156 (1.86%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 94 (1.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 59 (0.7%)
--Not a citizen: 97 (1.16%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 156 (100%)
Europe: 95 (60.9%)
Asia: 47 (30.13%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 12 (7.69%)
Northern America: 2 (1.28%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,791 (100%)
English only: 7,269 (93.3%)
Language other than English: 522 (6.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 155 (1.99%)
--Spanish: 88 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 365 (4.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 95 (1.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 37 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.3%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,382 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,182% (109.54%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 127 (1.52%)
Danish: 224 (2.67%)
Dutch: 103 (1.23%)
English: 687 (8.2%)
French (except Basque): 190 (2.27%)
French Canadian: 76 (0.91%)
German: 3,438 (41.02%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,014 (12.1%)
Italian: 145 (1.73%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 857 (10.22%)
Polish: 344 (4.1%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.02%)
Russian: 72 (0.86%)
Scotch-Irish: 66 (0.79%)
Scottish: 143 (1.71%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 167 (1.99%)
Swiss: 84 (1%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 522 (6.23%)
Welsh: 25 (0.3%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 889 (10.61%)

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