Watertown, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5583975, place: Watertown city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,657 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 392 (6.93%)
Kindergarten: 312 (5.52%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,475 (43.75%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,261 (22.29%)
College or graduate school: 1,217 (21.51%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,793 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,121 (8.13%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,375 (9.97%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,197 (37.68%)
Some college, no degree: 2,687 (19.48%)
Associate degree: 1,181 (8.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,583 (11.48%)
Graduate or professional degree: 649 (4.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,013 (100%)
Never married: 4,042 (23.76%)
Now married, except separated: 9,928 (58.36%)
Separated: 256 (1.5%)
Total Widowed: 1,370 (8.05%)
Widowed Female: 1,161 (6.82%)
Total Divorced: 1,417 (8.33%)
Divorced Female: 827 (4.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 123 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 41 (33.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 15,996 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,040 (12.75%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,128 (100%)
--With a disability: 422 (8.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,534 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,817 (15.75%)
----Percent employed: 69.4%
--No disability: 9,717 (84.25%)
----Percent employed: 85.2%
Population 65 years and over: 2,853 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,076 (37.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,113 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,615 (52.78%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,216 (45.82%)
--Same county: 3,479 (17.3%)
--Different county: 5,737 (28.52%)
----Same state: 4,440 (22.08%)
----Different state: 1,297 (6.45%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 282 (1.4%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 21,597 (100%)
Native: 20,913 (96.83%)
--Born in United States: 20,811 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,836 (77.96%)
----Different state: 3,975 (18.41%)
--Born outside United States: 102 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 684 (3.17%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 399 (1.85%)
--Naturalized citizen: 245 (1.13%)
--Not a citizen: 439 (2.03%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 684 (100%)
Europe: 175 (25.58%)
Asia: 74 (10.82%)
Africa: 14 (2.05%)
Oceania: 6 (0.88%)
Latin America: 398 (58.19%)
Northern America: 17 (2.49%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,113 (100%)
English only: 18,709 (93.02%)
Language other than English: 1,404 (6.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 635 (3.16%)
--Spanish: 865 (4.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 486 (2.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 445 (2.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 127 (0.63%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 69 (0.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 21,597 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 24,065% (111.43%)
Arab: 9 (0.04%)
Czech: 249 (1.15%)
Danish: 198 (0.92%)
Dutch: 427 (1.98%)
English: 1,031 (4.77%)
French (except Basque): 565 (2.62%)
French Canadian: 173 (0.8%)
German: 12,250 (56.72%)
Greek: 72 (0.33%)
Hungarian: 22 (0.1%)
Irish: 1,957 (9.06%)
Italian: 366 (1.69%)
Lithuanian: 59 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 1,003 (4.64%)
Polish: 1,134 (5.25%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 143 (0.66%)
Scotch-Irish: 119 (0.55%)
Scottish: 177 (0.82%)
Slovak: 47 (0.22%)
Subsaharan African: 31 (0.14%)
Swedish: 482 (2.23%)
Swiss: 253 (1.17%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.03%)
United States or American: 953 (4.41%)
Welsh: 119 (0.55%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 2,213 (10.25%)

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