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Wisconsin: Detailed
Survey of Area Social and Educational Characteristics
URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE
Total population............................................. 4,891,769
Urban population.................................................. 3,212,077
Percent of total population................................... 65.7
Rural population.................................................. 1,679,692
Percent of total population................................... 34.3
Farm population................................................. 195,550
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school.................. 1,302,230
Preprimary school................................................. 96,874
Elementary or high school......................................... 857,736
Percent in private school....................................... 13.9
College........................................................... 347,620
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school.................. 3,094,226
Less than 9th grade............................................... 294,862
9th to 12th grade, no diploma..................................... 367,210
High school graduate.............................................. 1,147,697
Some college, no degree........................................... 515,310
Associates degree................................................. 220,177
Bachelor's degree................................................. 375,603
Graduate or professional degree................................... 173,367
Percent high school graduate or higher............................ 78.6
Percent bachelor's degree or higher............................... 17.7
RESIDENCE IN 1985
Persons 5 years and over.................................... 4,531,134
Lived in same house............................................... 2,594,316
Lived in different house in U.S................................... 1,904,114
Same State...................................................... 1,596,946
Same county................................................... 1,136,061
Different county.............................................. 460,885
Different State................................................. 307,168
Lived abroad...................................................... 32,704
DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
Persons 16 to 64 years....................................... 3,054,048
With a mobility or self-care limitation........................... 95,575
With a mobility limitation...................................... 51,539
With a self-care limitation..................................... 67,577
With a work disability............................................ 223,565
In labor force................................................ 102,469
Prevented from working.......................................... 100,051
Persons 65 years and over................................... 604,839
With a mobility or self-care limitation........................... 99,993
With a mobility limitation...................................... 75,477
With a self-care limitation..................................... 58,616
CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN
Women 15 to 24 years.............................................. 257
Women 25 to 34 years.............................................. 1,419
Women 35 to 44 years.............................................. 2,044
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian veterans 16 years and over............................... 532,936
65 years and over............................................... 134,064
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Native population................................................. 4,770,222
Percent born in state of residence............................ 78.4
Foreign-born population........................................... 121,547
Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990................................... 40,952
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Persons 5 years and over...................................... 4,531,134
Speak a language other than English............................... 263,638
Do not speak English 'very well'.............................. 93,296
Speak Spanish................................................... 75,931
Do not speak English 'very well'.............................. 28,400
Speak Asian or Pacific Island language.......................... 33,715
Do not speak English 'very well'.............................. 20,812
ANCESTRY
Total ancestries reported....................................... 6,656,064
Arab.............................................................. 6,694
Austrian.......................................................... 25,454
Belgian........................................................... 62,503
Canadian.......................................................... 4,484
Czech............................................................. 113,165
Danish............................................................ 80,791
Dutch............................................................. 162,466
English........................................................... 410,938
Finnish........................................................... 35,118
French (except Basque)............................................ 239,348
French Canadian................................................... 56,035
German............................................................ 2,632,462
Greek............................................................. 14,366
Hungarian......................................................... 25,385
Irish............................................................. 612,617
Italian........................................................... 146,175
Lithuanian........................................................ 16,790
Norwegian......................................................... 416,271
Polish............................................................ 505,808
Portuguese........................................................ 1,769
Romanian.......................................................... 2,651
Russian........................................................... 33,272
Scotch-Irish...................................................... 43,582
Scottish.......................................................... 58,589
Slovak............................................................ 45,769
Subsaharan African................................................ 4,060
Swedish........................................................... 159,216
Swiss............................................................. 65,915
Ukrainian......................................................... 6,783
United States or American......................................... 76,673
Welsh............................................................. 29,895
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups).................... 2,300
Yugoslavian....................................................... 18,368
Other ancestries.................................................. 540,352
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