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City of La Crosse, WI: Selected Social
Characteristics
| School
Enrollment |
|
Number |
Percent |
| Population
3 years and over enrolled in school |
18,345 |
100 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
695 |
3.8 |
| Kindergarten |
607 |
3.3 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
4,285 |
23.4 |
| High
School (grades 9-12) |
2,465 |
13.4 |
| College
or graduate school |
10,293 |
56.1 |
| Educational
Attainment |
|
Number |
Percent |
| Population
25 years and older |
29,391 |
100 |
| Less
than 9th grade |
1,402 |
4.8 |
| 9th
to 23 grade, no diploma |
2,197 |
7.5 |
| High
school graduate (includes equivalency) |
9,290 |
31.6 |
| Some
college, no degree |
6,661 |
22.7 |
| Associate
degree |
2,760 |
9.4 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
4,543 |
15.5 |
| Graduate
or professional degree |
2,538 |
8.6 |
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|
|
| Percent
high school graduate or higher |
87.8 |
(X) |
| Percent
bachelor's diploma or higher |
24.1 |
(X) |
| Marital
Status |
|
Number |
Percent |
| Population
15 years and over |
43,699 |
100 |
| Never
married |
18,840 |
43.1 |
| Now
married, except separated |
17,079 |
39.1 |
| Separated |
569 |
1.3 |
| Widowed |
3,217 |
7.4 |
| ---Female |
2,71 |
6.2 |
| Divorced |
3,994 |
9.1 |
| ---Female |
2,417 |
5.5 |
| Grandparents
as Caregivers |
|
Number |
Percent |
| Grandparents
living in household with one or more own grandchildren under
18 years |
364 |
100 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
133 |
36.5 |
| Veteran
Status |
|
Number |
Percent |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
41,833 |
100 |
| Civilian
veterans |
5,119 |
12.2 |
| Nativity
and Place of Birth |
|
Number |
Percent |
| Total
population |
51,638 |
100 |
| Native |
49,955 |
96.7 |
| --Born
in United States |
49,763 |
96.4 |
| ---State
of residence |
37,152 |
71.9 |
| ---Different
state |
12,611 |
24.4 |
| --Born
outside United States |
192 |
0.4 |
| Foreign
Born |
1,683 |
3.3 |
| ---Entered
1990 to March 2000 |
709 |
1.4 |
| --Naturalized
citizen |
772 |
1.5 |
| --Not
a citizen |
911 |
1.8 |
| Region
of Birth of Foreign Born |
|
Number |
Percent |
| Total
(excluding born at sea) |
1,683 |
100 |
| Europe |
236 |
14.0 |
| Asia |
1,257 |
74.7 |
| Africa |
30 |
1.8 |
| Oceania |
23 |
1.4 |
| Latin
America |
69 |
4.1 |
| North
America |
68 |
4.0 |
| Language
Spoken at Home |
| |
Number |
Percent |
| Population
5 years and older |
49,107 |
100 |
| English
only |
45,645 |
93.0 |
| Language
other than English |
3,462 |
7.0 |
| ---Speak
English less than "very well" |
1,338 |
2.7 |
| ---Spanish |
954 |
1.9 |
| -----Speak
English less than "very well" |
268 |
0.5 |
| ---Other
Indo-European languages |
781 |
1.6 |
| ----Speak
English less than "very well" |
173 |
0.4 |
| ---Asian
and Pacific Island languages |
1,488 |
3.0 |
| ----Speak
English less than "very well" |
851 |
1.7 |
| Ancestry (single
or multiple) |
|
Number |
Percent |
| Total
Population |
51,638 |
100 |
| Total
ancestries reported |
62,961 |
121.9 |
| Arab |
294 |
0.6 |
| Czech |
1,501 |
2.9 |
| Danish |
519 |
1.0 |
| Dutch |
786 |
1.5 |
| English |
2,901 |
5.6 |
| French
(except Basque) |
1,812 |
3.5 |
| French
Canadian |
413 |
0.8 |
| German |
21,617 |
41.9 |
| Greek |
90 |
0.2 |
| Hungarian |
145 |
0.3 |
| Irish |
7,348 |
14.2 |
| Italian |
1,338 |
2.6 |
| Lithuanian |
61 |
0.1 |
| Norwegian |
10,570 |
20.5 |
| Polish |
2,693 |
5.2 |
| Portuguese |
49 |
0.1 |
| Russian |
244 |
0.5 |
| Scotch-Irish |
436 |
0.8 |
| Scottish |
666 |
1.3 |
| Slovak |
40 |
0.1 |
| Sub-Saharan
African |
58 |
0.1 |
| Swedish |
1,164 |
2.3 |
| Swiss |
536 |
1.0 |
| Ukrainian |
35 |
0.1 |
| United
States or American |
1,531 |
3.0 |
| Welsh |
245 |
0.5 |
| West
Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
53 |
0.1 |
| Other
ancestries |
5,816 |
11.3 |
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Census
2000 Summary File 3
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