ForeSt. County, WI Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Forest county wisconsin dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,407	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	140	5.8
Kindergarten	143	5.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,212	50.4
High school (grades 9-12)	690	28.7
College or graduate school	222	9.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	6,694	100.0
Less than 9th grade	428	6.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,011	15.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,859	42.7
Some college, no degree	1,403	21.0
Associate degree	322	4.8
Bachelor's degree	478	7.1
Graduate or professional degree	193	2.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	7,971	100.0
Never married	1,779	22.3
Now married, except separated	4,623	58.0
Separated	140	1.8
Widowed	702	8.8
Female	557	7.0
Divorced	727	9.1
Female	365	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	130	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	73	56.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	7,472	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,297	17.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,322	100.0
With a disability	259	11.2

Population 21 to 64 years	5,134	100.0
With a disability	1,092	21.3
Percent employed	52.0	(X)
No disability	4,042	78.7
Percent employed	73.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,778	100.0
With a disability	684	38.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	9,456	100.0
Same house in 1995	5,874	62.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	3,558	37.6
Same county	1,744	18.4
Different county	1,814	19.2
Same state	1,387	14.7
Different state	427	4.5
Elsewhere in 1995	24	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	10,024	100.0
Native	9,914	98.9
Born in United States	9,883	98.6
State of residence	8,299	82.8
Different state	1,584	15.8
Born outside United States	31	0.3
Foreign born	110	1.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	43	0.4
Naturalized citizen	75	0.7
Not a citizen	35	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	110	100.0
Europe	60	54.5
Asia	30	27.3
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	3	2.7
Latin America	6	5.5
Northern America	11	10.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	9,456	100.0
English only	8,963	94.8
Language other than English	493	5.2
Speak English less than 'very well	167	1.8
Spanish	133	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	53	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	178	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	40	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	35	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	13	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	10,024	100.0
Total ancestries reported	11,479	114.5
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	107	1.1
Danish	93	0.9
Dutch	228	2.3
English	659	6.6
French (except Basque)¹	521	5.2
French Canadian¹	386	3.9
German	3,676	36.7
Greek	36	0.4
Hungarian	38	0.4
Irish¹	1,234	12.3
Italian	157	1.6
Lithuanian	27	0.3
Norwegian	298	3.0
Polish	1,261	12.6
Portuguese	6	0.1
Russian	36	0.4
Scotch-Irish	83	0.8
Scottish	100	1.0
Slovak	27	0.3
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	266	2.7
Swiss	28	0.3
Ukrainian	14	0.1
United States or American	435	4.3
Welsh	19	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,744	17.4

(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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