Language Spoken At Home in Wright County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 114,120 | 100% |
English only | 109,204 | 95.7% |
Language other than English | 4,916 | 4.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,586 | 1.4% |
Spanish | 2,694 | 2.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,019 | 0.9% |
Other Indo-European languages | 1,373 | 1.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 187 | 0.2% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 586 | 0.5% |
Speak English less than very well | 301 | 0.3% |
Other languages | 263 | 0.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 79 | 0.1% |
Ancestry in Wright County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 124,737 | 100% |
American | 4,736 | 3.8% |
Arab | 114 | 0.1% |
Czech | 2,479 | 2.0% |
Danish | 1,409 | 1.1% |
Dutch | 2,289 | 1.8% |
English | 6,993 | 5.6% |
French (except Basque) | 6,043 | 4.8% |
French Canadian | 1,518 | 1.2% |
German | 56,249 | 45.1% |
Greek | 97 | 0.1% |
Hungarian | 187 | 0.1% |
Irish | 15,640 | 12.5% |
Italian | 2,511 | 2.0% |
Lithuanian | 15 | 0.0% |
Norwegian | 18,601 | 14.9% |
Polish | 7,897 | 6.3% |
Portuguese | 123 | 0.1% |
Russian | 575 | 0.5% |
Scotch-Irish | 397 | 0.3% |
Scottish | 1,138 | 0.9% |
Slovak | 219 | 0.2% |
Subsaharan African | 285 | 0.2% |
Swedish | 14,472 | 11.6% |
Swiss | 212 | 0.2% |
Ukrainian | 184 | 0.1% |
Welsh | 579 | 0.5% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 34 | 0.0% |
Households By Type in Wright County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 44,816 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 33,770 | 75.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 17,690 | 39.5% |
Married-couple family | 28,232 | 63.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 13,840 | 30.9% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 1,853 | 4.1% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,156 | 2.6% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 3,685 | 8.2% |
With own children under 18 years | 2,694 | 6.0% |
Nonfamily households | 11,046 | 24.6% |
Householder living alone | 9,138 | 20.4% |
65 years and over | 3,137 | 7.0% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 18,441 | 41.1% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 8,127 | 18.1% |
Average household size | 3 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Wright County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 123,733 | 100% |
Householder | 44,816 | 36.2% |
Spouse | 28,275 | 22.9% |
Child | 42,917 | 34.7% |
Other relatives | 3,195 | 2.6% |
Nonrelatives | 4,530 | 3.7% |
Unmarried partner | 2,595 | 2.1% |
Marital Status in Wright County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 46,737 | 100% |
Never married | 12,701 | 27.2% |
Now married, except separated | 29,377 | 62.9% |
Separated | 328 | 0.7% |
Widowed | 727 | 1.6% |
Divorced | 3,604 | 7.7% |
Females 15 years and over | 46,634 | 100% |
Never married | 9,678 | 20.8% |
Now married, except separated | 28,943 | 62.1% |
Separated | 681 | 1.5% |
Widowed | 3,036 | 6.5% |
Divorced | 4,296 | 9.2% |
Fertility in Wright County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 2,019 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 342 | 16.9% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 29 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 65 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 4 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 153 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 15 | 0% |
Grandparents in Wright County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 1,270 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 428 | 33.7% |
Less than 1 year | 102 | 8.0% |
1 or 2 years | 139 | 10.9% |
3 or 4 years | 54 | 4.3% |
5 or more years | 133 | 10.5% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 428 | 100% |
Who are female | 242 | 56.5% |
Who are married | 320 | 74.8% |
School Enrollment in Wright County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 34,548 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 2,945 | 8.5% |
Kindergarten | 2,089 | 6.0% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 16,340 | 47.3% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 7,343 | 21.3% |
College or graduate school | 5,831 | 16.9% |
Educational Attainment in Wright County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 79,179 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 1,878 | 2.4% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 3,206 | 4.0% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 25,235 | 31.9% |
Some college, no degree | 18,543 | 23.4% |
Associate's degree | 9,481 | 12.0% |
Bachelor's degree | 15,756 | 19.9% |
Graduate or professional degree | 5,080 | 6.4% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 93.6% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 26.3% |
Veteran Status in Wright County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 87,532 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 7,873 | 9.0% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Wright County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 123,981 | 100% |
With a disability | 8,251 | 6.7% |
Under 18 years | 37,059 | 100% |
With a disability | 899 | 2.4% |
18 to 64 years | 75,337 | 100% |
With a disability | 3,980 | 5.3% |
65 years and over | 11,585 | 100% |
With a disability | 3,372 | 29.1% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Wright County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 122,949 | 100% |
Same house | 109,954 | 89.4% |
Different house in the U.S. | 12,585 | 10.2% |
Same county | 6,006 | 4.9% |
Different county | 6,579 | 5.4% |
Same state | 5,219 | 4.2% |
Different state | 1,360 | 1.1% |
Abroad | 410 | 0.3% |
Place Of Birth in Wright County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 124,737 | 100% |
Native | 121,705 | 97.6% |
Born in United States | 121,429 | 97.3% |
State of residence | 101,105 | 81.1% |
Different state | 20,324 | 16.3% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 276 | 0.2% |
Foreign born | 3,032 | 2.4% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Wright County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 3,032 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 1,516 | 50.0% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 1,516 | 50.0% |
Year of Entry in Wright County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 3,308 | 100% |
Native | 276 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 17 | 6.2% |
Entered before 2010 | 259 | 93.8% |
Foreign born | 3,032 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 132 | 4.4% |
Entered before 2010 | 2,900 | 95.6% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Wright County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 3,032 | 100% |
Europe | 568 | 18.7% |
Asia | 709 | 23.4% |
Africa | 197 | 6.5% |
Oceania | 26 | 0.9% |
Latin America | 1,294 | 42.7% |
Northern America | 238 | 7.8% |