Sawyer County, WI Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Sawyer county wisconsin dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,740	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	200	5.3
Kindergarten	177	4.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,897	50.7
High school (grades 9-12)	1,001	26.8
College or graduate school	465	12.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,343	100.0
Less than 9th grade	436	3.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,299	11.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,531	39.9
Some college, no degree	2,458	21.7
Associate degree	752	6.6
Bachelor's degree	1,240	10.9
Graduate or professional degree	627	5.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	84.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	13,014	100.0
Never married	2,824	21.7
Now married, except separated	7,585	58.3
Separated	166	1.3
Widowed	1,049	8.1
Female	774	5.9
Divorced	1,390	10.7
Female	641	4.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	198	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	89	44.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	12,295	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,391	19.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,525	100.0
With a disability	309	8.8

Population 21 to 64 years	8,728	100.0
With a disability	2,221	25.4
Percent employed	64.5	(X)
No disability	6,507	74.6
Percent employed	74.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,803	100.0
With a disability	1,001	35.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	15,330	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,532	62.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,706	37.2
Same county	2,734	17.8
Different county	2,972	19.4
Same state	1,643	10.7
Different state	1,329	8.7
Elsewhere in 1995	92	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	16,196	100.0
Native	15,933	98.4
Born in United States	15,865	98.0
State of residence	9,762	60.3
Different state	6,103	37.7
Born outside United States	68	0.4
Foreign born	263	1.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	41	0.3
Naturalized citizen	199	1.2
Not a citizen	64	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	263	100.0
Europe	153	58.2
Asia	53	20.2
Africa	6	2.3
Oceania	2	0.8
Latin America	17	6.5
Northern America	32	12.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	15,330	100.0
English only	14,537	94.8
Language other than English	793	5.2
Speak English less than 'very well	198	1.3
Spanish	159	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	48	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	231	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	42	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	64	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	37	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	16,196	100.0
Total ancestries reported	19,737	121.9
Arab	4	0.0
Czech¹	458	2.8
Danish	366	2.3
Dutch	293	1.8
English	1,238	7.6
French (except Basque)¹	653	4.0
French Canadian¹	140	0.9
German	5,545	34.2
Greek	42	0.3
Hungarian	41	0.3
Irish¹	2,003	12.4
Italian	383	2.4
Lithuanian	75	0.5
Norwegian	1,465	9.0
Polish	1,150	7.1
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	54	0.3
Scotch-Irish	145	0.9
Scottish	217	1.3
Slovak	48	0.3
Subsaharan African	20	0.1
Swedish	1,029	6.4
Swiss	194	1.2
Ukrainian	20	0.1
United States or American	470	2.9
Welsh	95	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	3,585	22.1

(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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