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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: Milwaukee city, Wisconsin |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
185,068 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
7,997 |
4.3 |
Kindergarten |
14,764 |
8.0 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
80,164 |
43.3 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
36,271 |
19.6 |
College or graduate school |
45,872 |
24.8 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
353,305 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
27,316 |
7.7 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
61,631 |
17.4 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
106,575 |
30.2 |
Some college, no degree |
73,015 |
20.7 |
Associate degree |
20,026 |
5.7 |
Bachelor's degree |
43,510 |
12.3 |
Graduate or professional degree |
21,232 |
6.0 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
74.8 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
18.3 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
451,791 |
100.0 |
Never married |
187,048 |
41.4 |
Now married, except separated |
172,931 |
38.3 |
Separated |
12,154 |
2.7 |
Widowed |
29,658 |
6.6 |
Female |
23,969 |
5.3 |
Divorced |
50,000 |
11.1 |
Female |
29,321 |
6.5 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
14,401 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
7,052 |
49.0 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
425,600 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
45,613 |
10.7 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
154,797 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
17,291 |
11.2 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
326,787 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
76,969 |
23.6 |
Percent employed |
52.3 |
(X) |
No disability |
249,818 |
76.4 |
Percent employed |
74.9 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
61,466 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
26,540 |
43.2 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
549,702 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
269,480 |
49.0 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
263,815 |
48.0 |
Same county |
199,731 |
36.3 |
Different county |
64,084 |
11.7 |
Same state |
28,713 |
5.2 |
Different state |
35,371 |
6.4 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
16,407 |
3.0 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
596,956 |
100.0 |
Native |
550,834 |
92.3 |
Born in United States |
539,810 |
90.4 |
State of residence |
389,408 |
65.2 |
Different state |
150,402 |
25.2 |
Born outside United States |
11,024 |
1.8 |
Foreign born |
46,122 |
7.7 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
24,073 |
4.0 |
Naturalized citizen |
14,398 |
2.4 |
Not a citizen |
31,724 |
5.3 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
46,122 |
100.0 |
Europe |
7,841 |
17.0 |
Asia |
12,114 |
26.3 |
Africa |
1,332 |
2.9 |
Oceania |
54 |
0.1 |
Latin America |
24,329 |
52.7 |
Northern America |
452 |
1.0 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
549,702 |
100.0 |
English only |
462,414 |
84.1 |
Language other than English |
87,288 |
15.9 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
41,501 |
7.5 |
Spanish |
55,239 |
10.0 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
27,913 |
5.1 |
Other Indo-European languages |
16,261 |
3.0 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
5,760 |
1.0 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
12,771 |
2.3 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
6,937 |
1.3 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
596,956 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
625,385 |
104.8 |
Arab |
1,879 |
0.3 |
Czech1 |
4,904 |
0.8 |
Danish |
2,596 |
0.4 |
Dutch |
4,097 |
0.7 |
English |
15,742 |
2.6 |
French (except Basque)1 |
11,785 |
2.0 |
French Canadian1 |
3,230 |
0.5 |
German |
124,484 |
20.9 |
Greek |
1,576 |
0.3 |
Hungarian |
2,798 |
0.5 |
Irish1 |
37,778 |
6.3 |
Italian |
17,499 |
2.9 |
Lithuanian |
821 |
0.1 |
Norwegian |
12,144 |
2.0 |
Polish |
57,485 |
9.6 |
Portuguese |
143 |
0.0 |
Russian |
3,374 |
0.6 |
Scotch-Irish |
2,457 |
0.4 |
Scottish |
2,889 |
0.5 |
Slovak |
1,577 |
0.3 |
Subsaharan African |
7,627 |
1.3 |
Swedish |
5,693 |
1.0 |
Swiss |
1,649 |
0.3 |
Ukrainian |
948 |
0.2 |
United States or American |
11,106 |
1.9 |
Welsh |
1,577 |
0.3 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
1,600 |
0.3 |
Other ancestries |
285,927 |
47.9 |
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Percent |
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(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. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) 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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