Columbia County, WI Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Columbia county wisconsin dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	12,494	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	772	6.2
Kindergarten	612	4.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,150	49.2
High school (grades 9-12)	3,292	26.3
College or graduate school	1,668	13.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	35,529	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,654	4.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,250	9.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	14,108	39.7
Some college, no degree	7,717	21.7
Associate degree	2,859	8.0
Bachelor's degree	4,074	11.5
Graduate or professional degree	1,867	5.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	86.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	41,727	100.0
Never married	8,975	21.5
Now married, except separated	25,684	61.6
Separated	449	1.1
Widowed	2,935	7.0
Female	2,382	5.7
Divorced	3,684	8.8
Female	1,881	4.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	427	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	117	27.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	39,224	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,616	14.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,567	100.0
With a disability	757	6.5

Population 21 to 64 years	29,133	100.0
With a disability	4,434	15.2
Percent employed	68.9	(X)
No disability	24,699	84.8
Percent employed	85.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,055	100.0
With a disability	2,458	34.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	49,239	100.0
Same house in 1995	29,105	59.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	19,886	40.4
Same county	9,038	18.4
Different county	10,848	22.0
Same state	8,472	17.2
Different state	2,376	4.8
Elsewhere in 1995	248	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	52,468	100.0
Native	51,775	98.7
Born in United States	51,570	98.3
State of residence	41,919	79.9
Different state	9,651	18.4
Born outside United States	205	0.4
Foreign born	693	1.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	273	0.5
Naturalized citizen	293	0.6
Not a citizen	400	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	693	100.0
Europe	333	48.1
Asia	137	19.8
Africa	14	2.0
Oceania	5	0.7
Latin America	150	21.6
Northern America	54	7.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	49,239	100.0
English only	46,995	95.4
Language other than English	2,244	4.6
Speak English less than 'very well	782	1.6
Spanish	1,095	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	336	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	940	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	354	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	145	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	62	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	52,468	100.0
Total ancestries reported	62,454	119.0
Arab	19	0.0
Czech¹	1,010	1.9
Danish	553	1.1
Dutch	1,990	3.8
English	4,960	9.5
French (except Basque)¹	1,468	2.8
French Canadian¹	370	0.7
German	25,255	48.1
Greek	60	0.1
Hungarian	136	0.3
Irish¹	6,578	12.5
Italian	973	1.9
Lithuanian	137	0.3
Norwegian	6,463	12.3
Polish	2,759	5.3
Portuguese	14	0.0
Russian	104	0.2
Scotch-Irish	544	1.0
Scottish	924	1.8
Slovak	26	0.0
Subsaharan African	35	0.1
Swedish	1,000	1.9
Swiss	821	1.6
Ukrainian	63	0.1
United States or American	2,130	4.1
Welsh	676	1.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	3	0.0
Other ancestries	3,383	6.4

(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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