Portage County, WI Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Portage county wisconsin dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	21,761	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	955	4.4
Kindergarten	939	4.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	7,367	33.9
High school (grades 9-12)	3,974	18.3
College or graduate school	8,526	39.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	40,143	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,420	6.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,019	7.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	14,952	37.2
Some college, no degree	7,572	18.9
Associate degree	2,802	7.0
Bachelor's degree	6,468	16.1
Graduate or professional degree	2,910	7.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	86.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	23.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	54,141	100.0
Never married	16,842	31.1
Now married, except separated	29,993	55.4
Separated	451	0.8
Widowed	2,906	5.4
Female	2,405	4.4
Divorced	3,949	7.3
Female	2,156	4.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	349	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	111	31.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	51,057	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,841	11.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	17,296	100.0
With a disability	1,128	6.5

Population 21 to 64 years	38,436	100.0
With a disability	4,424	11.5
Percent employed	62.3	(X)
No disability	34,012	88.5
Percent employed	82.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,049	100.0
With a disability	2,542	36.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	63,250	100.0
Same house in 1995	35,506	56.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	27,314	43.2
Same county	13,668	21.6
Different county	13,646	21.6
Same state	10,276	16.2
Different state	3,370	5.3
Elsewhere in 1995	430	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	67,182	100.0
Native	65,724	97.8
Born in United States	65,492	97.5
State of residence	53,824	80.1
Different state	11,668	17.4
Born outside United States	232	0.3
Foreign born	1,458	2.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	689	1.0
Naturalized citizen	624	0.9
Not a citizen	834	1.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,458	100.0
Europe	315	21.6
Asia	803	55.1
Africa	7	0.5
Oceania	16	1.1
Latin America	241	16.5
Northern America	76	5.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	63,250	100.0
English only	59,193	93.6
Language other than English	4,057	6.4
Speak English less than 'very well	1,650	2.6
Spanish	1,062	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	393	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	1,878	3.0
Speak English less than "very well"	617	1.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages	1,091	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	640	1.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	67,182	100.0
Total ancestries reported	82,630	123.0
Arab	82	0.1
Czech¹	1,067	1.6
Danish	827	1.2
Dutch	1,081	1.6
English	4,614	6.9
French (except Basque)¹	2,087	3.1
French Canadian¹	643	1.0
German	26,594	39.6
Greek	115	0.2
Hungarian	175	0.3
Irish¹	6,172	9.2
Italian	1,532	2.3
Lithuanian	150	0.2
Norwegian	4,700	7.0
Polish	22,239	33.1
Portuguese	20	0.0
Russian	215	0.3
Scotch-Irish	298	0.4
Scottish	610	0.9
Slovak	74	0.1
Subsaharan African	39	0.1
Swedish	1,586	2.4
Swiss	466	0.7
Ukrainian	30	0.0
United States or American	1,711	2.5
Welsh	300	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	4	0.0
Other ancestries	5,199	7.7

(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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