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La
Crosse County, WI: Selected Social Characteristics
| School
Enrollment |
|
Number |
Percent |
| Population
3 years and over enrolled in school |
33,296 |
100 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
1,502 |
4.5 |
| Kindergarten |
1,441 |
4.3 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
11,532 |
34.6 |
| High
School (grades 9-12) |
6,108 |
18.3 |
| College
or graduate school |
12,713 |
38.2 |
| Educational
Attainment |
|
Number |
Percent |
| Population
25 years and older |
65,263 |
100 |
| Less
than 9th grade |
2,687 |
4.1 |
| 9th
to 23 grade, no diploma |
4,062 |
6.2 |
| High
school graduate (includes equivalency) |
20,823 |
31.9 |
| Some
college, no degree |
14,176 |
21.7 |
| Associate
degree |
6,945 |
10.6 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
10,642 |
16.3 |
| Graduate
or professional degree |
5,928 |
9.1 |
|
|
|
| Percent
high school graduate or higher |
89.7 |
(X) |
| Percent
bachelor's diploma or higher |
25.4 |
(X) |
| Marital
Status |
|
Number |
Percent |
| Population
15 years and over |
86,426 |
100 |
| Never
married |
28,783 |
33.3 |
| Now
married, except separated |
44,321 |
51.3 |
| Separated |
973 |
1.1 |
| Widowed |
5,044 |
5.8 |
| ---Female |
4,198 |
4.9 |
| Divorced |
7,305 |
8.5 |
| ---Female |
4,159 |
4.8 |
| Grandparents
as Caregivers |
|
Number |
Percent |
| Grandparents
living in household with one or more own grandchildren under
18 years |
810 |
100 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
293 |
36.2 |
| Veteran
Status |
|
Number |
Percent |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
81,778 |
100 |
| Civilian
veterans |
10,862 |
13.3 |
| Nativity
and Place of Birth |
|
Number |
Percent |
| Total
population |
107,120 |
100 |
| Native |
104,414 |
97.5 |
| --Born
in United States |
103,988 |
97.1 |
| ---State
of residence |
79,398 |
74.1 |
| ---Different
state |
24,590 |
23.0 |
| --Born
outside United States |
426 |
0.4 |
| Foreign
Born |
2,706 |
2.5 |
| ---Entered
1990 to March 2000 |
984 |
0.9 |
| --Naturalized
citizen |
1,370 |
1.3 |
| --Not
a citizen |
1,336 |
1.2 |
| Region
of Birth of Foreign Born |
|
Number |
Percent |
| Total
(excluding born at sea) |
2,706 |
100 |
| Europe |
485 |
17.9 |
| Asia |
1,865 |
68.9 |
| Africa |
45 |
1.7 |
| Oceania |
30 |
1.1 |
| Latin
America |
152 |
5.6 |
| North
America |
129 |
4.8 |
| Language
Spoken at Home |
| |
Number |
Percent |
| Population
5 years and older |
100,683 |
100 |
| English
only |
95,031 |
94.4 |
| Language
other than English |
5,652 |
5.6 |
| ---Speak
English less than "very well" |
1,995 |
2.0 |
| ---Spanish |
1,691 |
1.7 |
| -----Speak
English less than "very well" |
530 |
0.5 |
| ---Other
Indo-European languages |
1,480 |
1.5 |
| ----Speak
English less than "very well" |
330 |
0.3 |
| ---Asian
and Pacific Island languages |
2,180 |
2.2 |
| ----Speak
English less than "very well" |
1,074 |
1.1 |
| Ancestry (single
or multiple) |
|
Number |
Percent |
| Total
Population |
107,120 |
100 |
| Total
ancestries reported |
135,587 |
126.6 |
| Arab |
465 |
0.4 |
| Czech |
2,908 |
2.7 |
| Danish |
1,132 |
1.1 |
| Dutch |
1,809 |
1.7 |
| English |
6,695 |
6.3 |
| French
(except Basque) |
3,718 |
3.5 |
| French
Canadian |
833 |
0.8 |
| German |
48,769 |
45.5 |
| Greek |
203 |
0.2 |
| Hungarian |
305 |
0.3 |
| Irish |
14,633 |
13.7 |
| Italian |
2,552 |
2.4 |
| Lithuanian |
128 |
0.1 |
| Norwegian |
24,817 |
23.2 |
| Polish |
5,627 |
5.3 |
| Portuguese |
87 |
0.1 |
| Russian |
399 |
0.4 |
| Scotch-Irish |
892 |
0.8 |
| Scottish |
1,408 |
1.3 |
| Slovak |
128 |
0.1 |
| Sub-Saharan
African |
85 |
0.1 |
| Swedish |
2,743 |
2.6 |
| Swiss |
1,011 |
0.9 |
| Ukrainian |
120 |
0.1 |
| United
States or American |
3,589 |
3.4 |
| Welsh |
576 |
0.5 |
| West
Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
58 |
0.1 |
| Other
ancestries |
9,897 |
9.2 |
|
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Source: U.S.
Bureau of Census 2000 Summary File 3
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