Wright, WY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5685015, place: Wright town, Wyoming)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 381 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (6.82%)
Kindergarten: 11 (2.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 230 (60.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 87 (22.83%)
College or graduate school: 27 (7.09%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 758 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3 (0.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 49 (6.46%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 280 (36.94%)
Some college, no degree: 278 (36.68%)
Associate degree: 91 (12.01%)
Bachelor's degree: 44 (5.8%)
Graduate or professional degree: 13 (1.72%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 959 (100%)
Never married: 203 (21.17%)
Now married, except separated: 604 (62.98%)
Separated: 20 (2.09%)
Total Widowed: 9 (0.94%)
Widowed Female: 9 (0.94%)
Total Divorced: 123 (12.83%)
Divorced Female: 47 (4.9%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 877 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 146 (16.65%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 407 (100%)
--With a disability: 28 (6.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 818 (100%)
--With a disability: 146 (17.85%)
----Percent employed: 68.5%
--No disability: 672 (82.15%)
----Percent employed: 85.3%
Population 65 years and over: 6 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (33.33%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,231 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 458 (37.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 773 (62.79%)
--Same county: 305 (24.78%)
--Different county: 468 (38.02%)
----Same state: 230 (18.68%)
----Different state: 238 (19.33%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,297 (100%)
Native: 1,291 (99.54%)
--Born in United States: 1,291 (100%)
----State of residence: 447 (34.46%)
----Different state: 844 (65.07%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 6 (0.46%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.46%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 2 (33.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 4 (66.67%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,231 (100%)
English only: 1,209 (98.21%)
Language other than English: 22 (1.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.81%)
--Spanish: 18 (1.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,297 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,452% (111.95%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 9 (0.69%)
Danish: 26 (2%)
Dutch: 44 (3.39%)
English: 152 (11.72%)
French (except Basque): 85 (6.55%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.54%)
German: 491 (37.86%)
Greek: 6 (0.46%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.31%)
Irish: 194 (14.96%)
Italian: 16 (1.23%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 70 (5.4%)
Polish: 18 (1.39%)
Portuguese: 14 (1.08%)
Russian: 29 (2.24%)
Scotch-Irish: 13 (1%)
Scottish: 33 (2.54%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 31 (2.39%)
Swiss: 2 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 29 (2.24%)
Welsh: 17 (1.31%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 162 (12.49%)

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