Eau Claire County, WI Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Eau claire county wisconsin dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	30,324	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,510	5.0
Kindergarten	1,226	4.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	9,897	32.6
High school (grades 9-12)	5,354	17.7
College or graduate school	12,337	40.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	55,290	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,780	5.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,353	6.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	17,212	31.1
Some college, no degree	11,672	21.1
Associate degree	5,337	9.7
Bachelor's degree	10,138	18.3
Graduate or professional degree	4,798	8.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	88.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	27.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	75,336	100.0
Never married	25,220	33.5
Now married, except separated	38,796	51.5
Separated	620	0.8
Widowed	4,357	5.8
Female	3,556	4.7
Divorced	6,343	8.4
Female	3,497	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	622	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	312	50.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	71,299	100.0
Civilian veterans	8,772	12.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	23,815	100.0
With a disability	1,919	8.1

Population 21 to 64 years	52,063	100.0
With a disability	7,081	13.6
Percent employed	60.4	(X)
No disability	44,982	86.4
Percent employed	84.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	10,723	100.0
With a disability	4,131	38.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	87,682	100.0
Same house in 1995	44,555	50.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	42,509	48.5
Same county	20,883	23.8
Different county	21,626	24.7
Same state	13,870	15.8
Different state	7,756	8.8
Elsewhere in 1995	618	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	93,142	100.0
Native	91,050	97.8
Born in United States	90,693	97.4
State of residence	67,105	72.0
Different state	23,588	25.3
Born outside United States	357	0.4
Foreign born	2,092	2.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	838	0.9
Naturalized citizen	908	1.0
Not a citizen	1,184	1.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,092	100.0
Europe	389	18.6
Asia	1,357	64.9
Africa	63	3.0
Oceania	11	0.5
Latin America	164	7.8
Northern America	108	5.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	87,682	100.0
English only	82,293	93.9
Language other than English	5,389	6.1
Speak English less than 'very well	1,903	2.2
Spanish	1,385	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	436	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	1,828	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	531	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	2,030	2.3
Speak English less than "very well"	862	1.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	93,142	100.0
Total ancestries reported	118,492	127.2
Arab	116	0.1
Czech¹	1,886	2.0
Danish	1,128	1.2
Dutch	1,635	1.8
English	6,573	7.1
French (except Basque)¹	3,750	4.0
French Canadian¹	1,181	1.3
German	40,654	43.6
Greek	196	0.2
Hungarian	195	0.2
Irish¹	10,653	11.4
Italian	1,935	2.1
Lithuanian	102	0.1
Norwegian	22,936	24.6
Polish	5,438	5.8
Portuguese	55	0.1
Russian	271	0.3
Scotch-Irish	828	0.9
Scottish	1,100	1.2
Slovak	144	0.2
Subsaharan African	70	0.1
Swedish	3,626	3.9
Swiss	1,075	1.2
Ukrainian	97	0.1
United States or American	2,668	2.9
Welsh	475	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	4	0.0
Other ancestries	9,701	10.4

(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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