Language Spoken At Home in Wood County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 119,437 | 100% |
English only | 113,736 | 95.2% |
Language other than English | 5,701 | 4.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,769 | 1.5% |
Spanish | 2,412 | 2.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 887 | 0.7% |
Other Indo-European languages | 1,881 | 1.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 331 | 0.3% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 997 | 0.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 476 | 0.4% |
Other languages | 411 | 0.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 75 | 0.1% |
Ancestry in Wood County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 126,254 | 100% |
American | 7,160 | 5.7% |
Arab | 553 | 0.4% |
Czech | 899 | 0.7% |
Danish | 357 | 0.3% |
Dutch | 2,219 | 1.8% |
English | 12,385 | 9.8% |
French (except Basque) | 5,410 | 4.3% |
French Canadian | 703 | 0.6% |
German | 50,463 | 40.0% |
Greek | 514 | 0.4% |
Hungarian | 2,848 | 2.3% |
Irish | 18,161 | 14.4% |
Italian | 5,815 | 4.6% |
Lithuanian | 232 | 0.2% |
Norwegian | 874 | 0.7% |
Polish | 8,348 | 6.6% |
Portuguese | 60 | 0.0% |
Russian | 763 | 0.6% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,033 | 0.8% |
Scottish | 2,986 | 2.4% |
Slovak | 955 | 0.8% |
Subsaharan African | 270 | 0.2% |
Swedish | 924 | 0.7% |
Swiss | 961 | 0.8% |
Ukrainian | 221 | 0.2% |
Welsh | 1,222 | 1.0% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 60 | 0.0% |
Households By Type in Wood County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 48,789 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 30,892 | 63.3% |
With own children under 18 years | 13,179 | 27.0% |
Married-couple family | 24,860 | 51.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 9,571 | 19.6% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 1,689 | 3.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 985 | 2.0% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 4,343 | 8.9% |
With own children under 18 years | 2,623 | 5.4% |
Nonfamily households | 17,897 | 36.7% |
Householder living alone | 13,492 | 27.7% |
65 years and over | 4,505 | 9.2% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 14,139 | 29.0% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 11,042 | 22.6% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Wood County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 118,879 | 100% |
Householder | 48,789 | 41.0% |
Spouse | 24,843 | 20.9% |
Child | 32,531 | 27.4% |
Other relatives | 3,785 | 3.2% |
Nonrelatives | 8,931 | 7.5% |
Unmarried partner | 2,696 | 2.3% |
Marital Status in Wood County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 50,246 | 100% |
Never married | 18,790 | 37.4% |
Now married, except separated | 25,685 | 51.1% |
Separated | 574 | 1.1% |
Widowed | 1,044 | 2.1% |
Divorced | 4,153 | 8.3% |
Females 15 years and over | 53,907 | 100% |
Never married | 17,436 | 32.3% |
Now married, except separated | 25,798 | 47.9% |
Separated | 913 | 1.7% |
Widowed | 4,348 | 8.1% |
Divorced | 5,412 | 10.0% |
Fertility in Wood County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 1,425 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 358 | 25.1% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 19 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 43 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 19 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 74 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 19 | 0% |
Grandparents in Wood County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 1,752 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 905 | 51.7% |
Less than 1 year | 358 | 20.4% |
1 or 2 years | 129 | 7.4% |
3 or 4 years | 162 | 9.2% |
5 or more years | 256 | 14.6% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 905 | 100% |
Who are female | 510 | 56.4% |
Who are married | 774 | 85.5% |
School Enrollment in Wood County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 42,405 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 1,896 | 4.5% |
Kindergarten | 1,477 | 3.5% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 12,130 | 28.6% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 6,380 | 15.0% |
College or graduate school | 20,522 | 48.4% |
Educational Attainment in Wood County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 77,783 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 1,549 | 2.0% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 3,954 | 5.1% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 25,152 | 32.3% |
Some college, no degree | 16,604 | 21.3% |
Associate's degree | 7,692 | 9.9% |
Bachelor's degree | 13,963 | 18.0% |
Graduate or professional degree | 8,869 | 11.4% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 92.9% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 29.4% |
Veteran Status in Wood County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 99,020 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 8,668 | 8.8% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Wood County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 125,167 | 100% |
With a disability | 11,996 | 9.6% |
Under 18 years | 27,091 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,035 | 3.8% |
18 to 64 years | 83,088 | 100% |
With a disability | 6,146 | 7.4% |
65 years and over | 14,988 | 100% |
With a disability | 4,815 | 32.1% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Wood County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 124,996 | 100% |
Same house | 99,714 | 79.8% |
Different house in the U.S. | 24,361 | 19.5% |
Same county | 12,836 | 10.3% |
Different county | 11,525 | 9.2% |
Same state | 8,729 | 7.0% |
Different state | 2,796 | 2.2% |
Abroad | 921 | 0.7% |
Place Of Birth in Wood County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 126,254 | 100% |
Native | 122,087 | 96.7% |
Born in United States | 121,396 | 96.2% |
State of residence | 98,183 | 77.8% |
Different state | 23,213 | 18.4% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 691 | 0.5% |
Foreign born | 4,167 | 3.3% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Wood County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 4,167 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 1,915 | 46.0% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 2,252 | 54.0% |
Year of Entry in Wood County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 4,858 | 100% |
Native | 691 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 32 | 4.6% |
Entered before 2010 | 659 | 95.4% |
Foreign born | 4,167 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 436 | 10.5% |
Entered before 2010 | 3,731 | 89.5% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Wood County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 4,167 | 100% |
Europe | 795 | 19.1% |
Asia | 2,060 | 49.4% |
Africa | 176 | 4.2% |
Oceania | 15 | 0.4% |
Latin America | 835 | 20.0% |
Northern America | 286 | 6.9% |