Viroqua, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5582925, place: Viroqua city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 914 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 59 (6.46%)
Kindergarten: 56 (6.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 397 (43.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 257 (28.12%)
College or graduate school: 145 (15.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,065 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 368 (12.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 323 (10.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,159 (37.81%)
Some college, no degree: 584 (19.05%)
Associate degree: 171 (5.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 294 (9.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 166 (5.42%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,569 (100%)
Never married: 769 (21.55%)
Now married, except separated: 1,744 (48.87%)
Separated: 46 (1.29%)
Total Widowed: 651 (18.24%)
Widowed Female: 511 (14.32%)
Total Divorced: 359 (10.06%)
Divorced Female: 204 (5.72%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 40 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 16 (40%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,374 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 411 (12.18%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 848 (100%)
--With a disability: 123 (14.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,055 (100%)
--With a disability: 373 (18.15%)
----Percent employed: 55%
--No disability: 1,682 (81.85%)
----Percent employed: 82.2%
Population 65 years and over: 970 (100%)
--With a disability: 360 (37.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,054 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,240 (55.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,766 (43.56%)
--Same county: 1,125 (27.75%)
--Different county: 641 (15.81%)
----Same state: 463 (11.42%)
----Different state: 178 (4.39%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 48 (1.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,288 (100%)
Native: 4,249 (99.09%)
--Born in United States: 4,212 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,503 (81.69%)
----Different state: 709 (16.53%)
--Born outside United States: 37 (0.86%)
Foreign born: 39 (0.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 39 (0.91%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 39 (100%)
Europe: 27 (69.23%)
Asia: 1 (2.56%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 11 (28.21%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,054 (100%)
English only: 3,890 (95.95%)
Language other than English: 164 (4.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (0.89%)
--Spanish: 33 (0.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 131 (3.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.76%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,288 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,120% (119.4%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 110 (2.57%)
Danish: 4 (0.09%)
Dutch: 59 (1.38%)
English: 377 (8.79%)
French (except Basque): 97 (2.26%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.05%)
German: 1,157 (26.98%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 563 (13.13%)
Italian: 112 (2.61%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 2,070 (48.27%)
Polish: 96 (2.24%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.19%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (0.19%)
Scottish: 67 (1.56%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 71 (1.66%)
Swiss: 30 (0.7%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 120 (2.8%)
Welsh: 31 (0.72%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 136 (3.17%)

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