Richland County, WI Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Richland county wisconsin dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,510	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	264	5.9
Kindergarten	249	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,129	47.2
High school (grades 9-12)	1,242	27.5
College or graduate school	626	13.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,896	100.0
Less than 9th grade	901	7.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,233	10.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,851	40.8
Some college, no degree	2,554	21.5
Associate degree	681	5.7
Bachelor's degree	1,145	9.6
Graduate or professional degree	531	4.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,303	100.0
Never married	3,222	22.5
Now married, except separated	8,366	58.5
Separated	216	1.5
Widowed	1,215	8.5
Female	1,033	7.2
Divorced	1,284	9.0
Female	687	4.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	122	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	44	36.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,431	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,710	12.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,279	100.0
With a disability	345	8.1

Population 21 to 64 years	9,530	100.0
With a disability	1,392	14.6
Percent employed	59.1	(X)
No disability	8,138	85.4
Percent employed	83.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,925	100.0
With a disability	1,158	39.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	16,908	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,482	62.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,371	37.7
Same county	3,144	18.6
Different county	3,227	19.1
Same state	2,283	13.5
Different state	944	5.6
Elsewhere in 1995	55	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	17,924	100.0
Native	17,741	99.0
Born in United States	17,678	98.6
State of residence	14,432	80.5
Different state	3,246	18.1
Born outside United States	63	0.4
Foreign born	183	1.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	81	0.5
Naturalized citizen	98	0.5
Not a citizen	85	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	183	100.0
Europe	69	37.7
Asia	36	19.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	63	34.4
Northern America	15	8.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	16,908	100.0
English only	16,321	96.5
Language other than English	587	3.5
Speak English less than 'very well	193	1.1
Spanish	185	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	81	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	372	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	100	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	19	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	5	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	17,924	100.0
Total ancestries reported	20,210	112.8
Arab	5	0.0
Czech¹	798	4.5
Danish	106	0.6
Dutch	427	2.4
English	2,159	12.0
French (except Basque)¹	590	3.3
French Canadian¹	105	0.6
German	7,005	39.1
Greek	12	0.1
Hungarian	15	0.1
Irish¹	2,734	15.3
Italian	221	1.2
Lithuanian	14	0.1
Norwegian	2,263	12.6
Polish	352	2.0
Portuguese	4	0.0
Russian	23	0.1
Scotch-Irish	286	1.6
Scottish	225	1.3
Slovak	33	0.2
Subsaharan African	6	0.0
Swedish	243	1.4
Swiss	212	1.2
Ukrainian	9	0.1
United States or American	1,241	6.9
Welsh	120	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	1,000	5.6

(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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