Douglas County, WI Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Douglas county wisconsin dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,211	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	614	5.5
Kindergarten	580	5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,574	40.8
High school (grades 9-12)	2,724	24.3
College or graduate school	2,719	24.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	28,653	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,230	4.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,823	9.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,370	36.2
Some college, no degree	6,388	22.3
Associate degree	2,602	9.1
Bachelor's degree	3,683	12.9
Graduate or professional degree	1,557	5.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	35,001	100.0
Never married	9,299	26.6
Now married, except separated	18,791	53.7
Separated	409	1.2
Widowed	2,565	7.3
Female	2,042	5.8
Divorced	3,937	11.2
Female	2,124	6.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	489	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	262	53.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	33,018	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,243	15.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,496	100.0
With a disability	794	8.4

Population 21 to 64 years	24,645	100.0
With a disability	4,473	18.1
Percent employed	50.4	(X)
No disability	20,172	81.9
Percent employed	80.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,909	100.0
With a disability	2,162	36.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	40,721	100.0
Same house in 1995	24,854	61.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	15,550	38.2
Same county	9,329	22.9
Different county	6,221	15.3
Same state	1,668	4.1
Different state	4,553	11.2
Elsewhere in 1995	317	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	43,287	100.0
Native	42,596	98.4
Born in United States	42,407	98.0
State of residence	21,281	49.2
Different state	21,126	48.8
Born outside United States	189	0.4
Foreign born	691	1.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	268	0.6
Naturalized citizen	391	0.9
Not a citizen	300	0.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	691	100.0
Europe	266	38.5
Asia	254	36.8
Africa	2	0.3
Oceania	5	0.7
Latin America	57	8.2
Northern America	107	15.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	40,721	100.0
English only	39,088	96.0
Language other than English	1,633	4.0
Speak English less than 'very well	556	1.4
Spanish	484	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	139	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	581	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	140	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	196	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	119	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	43,287	100.0
Total ancestries reported	53,848	124.4
Arab	40	0.1
Czech¹	705	1.6
Danish	574	1.3
Dutch	581	1.3
English	2,472	5.7
French (except Basque)¹	2,119	4.9
French Canadian¹	1,129	2.6
German	9,734	22.5
Greek	234	0.5
Hungarian	72	0.2
Irish¹	5,397	12.5
Italian	1,306	3.0
Lithuanian	136	0.3
Norwegian	6,585	15.2
Polish	3,849	8.9
Portuguese	7	0.0
Russian	211	0.5
Scotch-Irish	575	1.3
Scottish	533	1.2
Slovak	318	0.7
Subsaharan African	20	0.0
Swedish	6,705	15.5
Swiss	212	0.5
Ukrainian	91	0.2
United States or American	1,796	4.1
Welsh	160	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	8,287	19.1

(X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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