West Milwaukee, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5585875, place: West Milwaukee village, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 855 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 62 (7.25%)
Kindergarten: 36 (4.21%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 361 (42.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 198 (23.16%)
College or graduate school: 198 (23.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,878 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 246 (8.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 458 (15.91%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 901 (31.31%)
Some college, no degree: 646 (22.45%)
Associate degree: 185 (6.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 299 (10.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 143 (4.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,475 (100%)
Never married: 1,366 (39.31%)
Now married, except separated: 1,257 (36.17%)
Separated: 36 (1.04%)
Total Widowed: 206 (5.93%)
Widowed Female: 146 (4.2%)
Total Divorced: 610 (17.55%)
Divorced Female: 273 (7.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 31 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (38.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,309 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 563 (17.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 760 (100%)
--With a disability: 72 (9.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,535 (100%)
--With a disability: 525 (20.71%)
----Percent employed: 54.7%
--No disability: 2,010 (79.29%)
----Percent employed: 80.5%
Population 65 years and over: 614 (100%)
--With a disability: 287 (46.74%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,909 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,807 (46.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,032 (51.98%)
--Same county: 1,594 (40.78%)
--Different county: 438 (11.2%)
----Same state: 162 (4.14%)
----Different state: 276 (7.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 70 (1.79%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,177 (100%)
Native: 3,807 (91.14%)
--Born in United States: 3,675 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,967 (71.03%)
----Different state: 708 (16.95%)
--Born outside United States: 132 (3.16%)
Foreign born: 370 (8.86%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 167 (4%)
--Naturalized citizen: 165 (3.95%)
--Not a citizen: 205 (4.91%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 370 (100%)
Europe: 66 (17.84%)
Asia: 140 (37.84%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 145 (39.19%)
Northern America: 19 (5.14%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,909 (100%)
English only: 3,278 (83.86%)
Language other than English: 631 (16.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 245 (6.27%)
--Spanish: 360 (9.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 134 (3.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 192 (4.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 71 (1.82%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 70 (1.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (1.02%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,177 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,837% (115.8%)
Arab: 9 (0.22%)
Czech: 63 (1.51%)
Danish: 20 (0.48%)
Dutch: 48 (1.15%)
English: 130 (3.11%)
French (except Basque): 106 (2.54%)
French Canadian: 43 (1.03%)
German: 1,558 (37.3%)
Greek: 20 (0.48%)
Hungarian: 17 (0.41%)
Irish: 467 (11.18%)
Italian: 184 (4.41%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 189 (4.52%)
Polish: 557 (13.33%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 24 (0.57%)
Scotch-Irish: 59 (1.41%)
Scottish: 40 (0.96%)
Slovak: 8 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 73 (1.75%)
Swiss: 47 (1.13%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 56 (1.34%)
Welsh: 12 (0.29%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,107 (26.5%)

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