Jackson County, WI Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Jackson county wisconsin dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,439	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	218	4.9
Kindergarten	256	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,289	51.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,183	26.7
College or graduate school	493	11.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,779	100.0
Less than 9th grade	913	7.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,773	13.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,333	41.7
Some college, no degree	2,386	18.7
Associate degree	932	7.3
Bachelor's degree	1,023	8.0
Graduate or professional degree	419	3.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	15,317	100.0
Never married	3,169	20.7
Now married, except separated	9,419	61.5
Separated	171	1.1
Widowed	1,142	7.5
Female	935	6.1
Divorced	1,416	9.2
Female	692	4.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	198	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	79	39.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	14,474	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,141	14.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,145	100.0
With a disability	352	8.5

Population 21 to 64 years	10,136	100.0
With a disability	2,088	20.6
Percent employed	54.1	(X)
No disability	8,048	79.4
Percent employed	83.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,682	100.0
With a disability	1,091	40.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	18,037	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,902	60.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,928	38.4
Same county	3,155	17.5
Different county	3,773	20.9
Same state	2,827	15.7
Different state	946	5.2
Elsewhere in 1995	207	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	19,100	100.0
Native	18,731	98.1
Born in United States	18,640	97.6
State of residence	15,072	78.9
Different state	3,568	18.7
Born outside United States	91	0.5
Foreign born	369	1.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	163	0.9
Naturalized citizen	145	0.8
Not a citizen	224	1.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	369	100.0
Europe	78	21.1
Asia	89	24.1
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	3	0.8
Latin America	184	49.9
Northern America	15	4.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	18,037	100.0
English only	16,966	94.1
Language other than English	1,071	5.9
Speak English less than 'very well	427	2.4
Spanish	396	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	238	1.3
Other Indo-European languages	294	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	96	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	63	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	43	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	19,100	100.0
Total ancestries reported	22,378	117.2
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	487	2.5
Danish	201	1.1
Dutch	283	1.5
English	1,222	6.4
French (except Basque)¹	490	2.6
French Canadian¹	184	1.0
German	6,834	35.8
Greek	67	0.4
Hungarian	29	0.2
Irish¹	1,798	9.4
Italian	266	1.4
Lithuanian	10	0.1
Norwegian	5,756	30.1
Polish	1,006	5.3
Portuguese	6	0.0
Russian	29	0.2
Scotch-Irish	143	0.7
Scottish	170	0.9
Slovak	13	0.1
Subsaharan African	8	0.0
Swedish	469	2.5
Swiss	272	1.4
Ukrainian	17	0.1
United States or American	589	3.1
Welsh	104	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	1,923	10.1

(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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