Whitewater, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5586925, place: Whitewater city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,065 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 108 (1.34%)
Kindergarten: 117 (1.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 777 (9.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 434 (5.38%)
College or graduate school: 6,629 (82.19%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,625 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 254 (5.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 612 (13.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,220 (26.38%)
Some college, no degree: 805 (17.41%)
Associate degree: 265 (5.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 896 (19.37%)
Graduate or professional degree: 573 (12.39%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 31.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,038 (100%)
Never married: 6,940 (57.65%)
Now married, except separated: 3,707 (30.79%)
Separated: 141 (1.17%)
Total Widowed: 651 (5.41%)
Widowed Female: 503 (4.18%)
Total Divorced: 599 (4.98%)
Divorced Female: 324 (2.69%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 25 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (56%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,711 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 679 (5.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,154 (100%)
--With a disability: 374 (7.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,604 (100%)
--With a disability: 749 (11.34%)
----Percent employed: 60.1%
--No disability: 5,855 (88.66%)
----Percent employed: 77.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,091 (100%)
--With a disability: 421 (38.59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,003 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,930 (30.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,818 (67.82%)
--Same county: 1,853 (14.25%)
--Different county: 6,965 (53.56%)
----Same state: 6,149 (47.29%)
----Different state: 816 (6.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 255 (1.96%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,432 (100%)
Native: 12,839 (95.59%)
--Born in United States: 12,738 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,885 (73.59%)
----Different state: 2,853 (21.24%)
--Born outside United States: 101 (0.75%)
Foreign born: 593 (4.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 310 (2.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 136 (1.01%)
--Not a citizen: 457 (3.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 593 (100%)
Europe: 92 (15.51%)
Asia: 117 (19.73%)
Africa: 31 (5.23%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 326 (54.97%)
Northern America: 27 (4.55%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,003 (100%)
English only: 11,656 (89.64%)
Language other than English: 1,347 (10.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 447 (3.44%)
--Spanish: 844 (6.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 320 (2.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 357 (2.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 69 (0.53%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 107 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 58 (0.45%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,432 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,632% (116.38%)
Arab: 35 (0.26%)
Czech: 173 (1.29%)
Danish: 153 (1.14%)
Dutch: 389 (2.9%)
English: 1,047 (7.79%)
French (except Basque): 463 (3.45%)
French Canadian: 95 (0.71%)
German: 5,620 (41.84%)
Greek: 43 (0.32%)
Hungarian: 53 (0.39%)
Irish: 1,737 (12.93%)
Italian: 458 (3.41%)
Lithuanian: 63 (0.47%)
Norwegian: 1,207 (8.99%)
Polish: 1,035 (7.71%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.06%)
Russian: 77 (0.57%)
Scotch-Irish: 68 (0.51%)
Scottish: 111 (0.83%)
Slovak: 15 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 74 (0.55%)
Swedish: 502 (3.74%)
Swiss: 207 (1.54%)
Ukrainian: 21 (0.16%)
United States or American: 231 (1.72%)
Welsh: 90 (0.67%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,657 (12.34%)

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