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Language Spoken At Home in Wisconsin
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 5,331,911 | 100% |
English only | 4,875,535 | 91.4% |
Language other than English | 456,376 | 8.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 172,607 | 3.2% |
Spanish | 239,386 | 4.5% |
Speak English less than very well | 104,601 | 2.0% |
Other Indo-European languages | 115,712 | 2.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 28,262 | 0.5% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 83,515 | 1.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 35,140 | 0.7% |
Other languages | 17,763 | 0.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 4,604 | 0.1% |
Ancestry in Wisconsin
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 5,687,219 | 100% |
American | 193,320 | 3.4% |
Arab | 12,027 | 0.2% |
Czech | 95,253 | 1.7% |
Danish | 63,696 | 1.1% |
Dutch | 149,700 | 2.6% |
English | 354,413 | 6.2% |
French (except Basque) | 201,606 | 3.5% |
French Canadian | 55,115 | 1.0% |
German | 2,442,047 | 42.9% |
Greek | 18,754 | 0.3% |
Hungarian | 25,458 | 0.4% |
Irish | 651,087 | 11.4% |
Italian | 202,264 | 3.6% |
Lithuanian | 14,264 | 0.3% |
Norwegian | 450,236 | 7.9% |
Polish | 523,160 | 9.2% |
Portuguese | 2,735 | 0.0% |
Russian | 39,497 | 0.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 25,077 | 0.4% |
Scottish | 64,019 | 1.1% |
Slovak | 12,868 | 0.2% |
Subsaharan African | 26,493 | 0.5% |
Swedish | 151,527 | 2.7% |
Swiss | 59,258 | 1.0% |
Ukrainian | 9,385 | 0.2% |
Welsh | 28,874 | 0.5% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 5,267 | 0.1% |
Households By Type in Wisconsin
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 2,286,339 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 1,476,851 | 64.6% |
With own children under 18 years | 655,835 | 28.7% |
Married-couple family | 1,150,350 | 50.3% |
With own children under 18 years | 452,655 | 19.8% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 96,558 | 4.2% |
With own children under 18 years | 55,123 | 2.4% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 229,943 | 10.1% |
With own children under 18 years | 148,057 | 6.5% |
Nonfamily households | 809,488 | 35.4% |
Householder living alone | 653,398 | 28.6% |
65 years and over | 232,135 | 10.2% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 703,952 | 30.8% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 547,441 | 23.9% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Wisconsin
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 5,537,612 | 100% |
Householder | 2,286,339 | 41.3% |
Spouse | 1,149,581 | 20.8% |
Child | 1,587,496 | 28.7% |
Other relatives | 195,466 | 3.5% |
Nonrelatives | 318,730 | 5.8% |
Unmarried partner | 152,821 | 2.8% |
Marital Status in Wisconsin
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 2,260,633 | 100% |
Never married | 760,229 | 33.6% |
Now married, except separated | 1,204,918 | 53.3% |
Separated | 22,466 | 1.0% |
Widowed | 55,210 | 2.4% |
Divorced | 217,810 | 9.6% |
Females 15 years and over | 2,328,018 | 100% |
Never married | 641,401 | 27.6% |
Now married, except separated | 1,187,699 | 51.0% |
Separated | 29,278 | 1.3% |
Widowed | 212,267 | 9.1% |
Divorced | 257,373 | 11.1% |
Fertility in Wisconsin
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 74,525 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 22,871 | 30.7% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 32 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 55 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 20 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 103 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 23 | 0% |
Grandparents in Wisconsin
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 70,262 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 28,334 | 40.3% |
Less than 1 year | 6,527 | 9.3% |
1 or 2 years | 7,561 | 10.8% |
3 or 4 years | 4,980 | 7.1% |
5 or more years | 9,266 | 13.2% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 28,334 | 100% |
Who are female | 17,964 | 63.4% |
Who are married | 19,761 | 69.7% |
School Enrollment in Wisconsin
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 1,495,426 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 79,813 | 5.3% |
Kindergarten | 87,908 | 5.9% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 588,285 | 39.3% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 318,463 | 21.3% |
College or graduate school | 420,957 | 28.1% |
Educational Attainment in Wisconsin
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 3,800,291 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 131,681 | 3.5% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 242,454 | 6.4% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 1,258,948 | 33.1% |
Some college, no degree | 808,111 | 21.3% |
Associate's degree | 355,884 | 9.4% |
Bachelor's degree | 663,920 | 17.5% |
Graduate or professional degree | 339,293 | 8.9% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 90.2% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 26.4% |
Veteran Status in Wisconsin
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 4,349,553 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 423,264 | 9.7% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Wisconsin
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 5,609,422 | 100% |
With a disability | 613,060 | 10.9% |
Under 18 years | 1,331,719 | 100% |
With a disability | 54,445 | 4.1% |
18 to 64 years | 3,524,710 | 100% |
With a disability | 312,685 | 8.9% |
65 years and over | 752,993 | 100% |
With a disability | 245,930 | 32.7% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Wisconsin
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 5,620,101 | 100% |
Same house | 4,821,041 | 85.8% |
Different house in the U.S. | 782,146 | 13.9% |
Same county | 500,461 | 8.9% |
Different county | 281,685 | 5.0% |
Same state | 181,582 | 3.2% |
Different state | 100,103 | 1.8% |
Abroad | 16,914 | 0.3% |
Place Of Birth in Wisconsin
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 5,687,219 | 100% |
Native | 5,422,799 | 95.4% |
Born in United States | 5,381,532 | 94.6% |
State of residence | 4,075,009 | 71.7% |
Different state | 1,306,523 | 23.0% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 41,267 | 0.7% |
Foreign born | 264,420 | 4.6% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Wisconsin
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 264,420 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 110,301 | 41.7% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 154,119 | 58.3% |
Year of Entry in Wisconsin
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 305,687 | 100% |
Native | 41,267 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 797 | 1.9% |
Entered before 2010 | 40,470 | 98.1% |
Foreign born | 264,420 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 8,829 | 3.3% |
Entered before 2010 | 255,591 | 96.7% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Wisconsin
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 264,420 | 100% |
Europe | 50,455 | 19.1% |
Asia | 85,379 | 32.3% |
Africa | 9,749 | 3.7% |
Oceania | 1,041 | 0.4% |
Latin America | 110,654 | 41.8% |
Northern America | 7,142 | 2.7% |