Social Statistics

Pekin, Illinois

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,863	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	648	8.2
Kindergarten	427	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,462	44.0
High school (grades 9-12)	1,890	24.0
College or graduate school	1,436	18.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	22,834	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,184	5.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,016	13.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,706	38.1
Some college, no degree	5,527	24.2
Associate degree	1,339	5.9
Bachelor's degree	1,908	8.4
Graduate or professional degree	1,154	5.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	27,311	100.0
Never married	5,586	20.5
Now married, except separated	15,867	58.1
Separated	332	1.2
Widowed	2,236	8.2
Female	1,809	6.6
Divorced	3,290	12.0
Female	1,958	7.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	492	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	217	44.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	25,925	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,816	14.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,840	100.0
With a disability	712	10.4

Population 21 to 64 years	17,745	100.0
With a disability	3,336	18.8
Percent employed	56.8	(X)
No disability	14,409	81.2
Percent employed	81.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,961	100.0
With a disability	2,015	40.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	31,614	100.0
Same house in 1995	17,387	55.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	13,844	43.8
Same county	9,234	29.2
Different county	4,610	14.6
Same state	3,133	9.9
Different state	1,477	4.7
Elsewhere in 1995	383	1.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	33,840	100.0
Native	33,555	99.2
Born in United States	33,483	98.9
State of residence	28,223	83.4
Different state	5,260	15.5
Born outside United States	72	0.2
Foreign born	285	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	115	0.3
Naturalized citizen	126	0.4
Not a citizen	159	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	285	100.0
Europe	127	44.6
Asia	70	24.6
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	68	23.9
Northern America	20	7.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	31,614	100.0
English only	30,794	97.4
Language other than English	820	2.6
Speak English less than 'very well	285	0.9
Spanish	379	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	162	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	363	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	99	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	63	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	17	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	33,840	100.0
Total ancestries reported	30,890	91.3
Arab	22	0.1
Czech¹	170	0.5
Danish	103	0.3
Dutch	645	1.9
English	3,809	11.3
French (except Basque)¹	1,251	3.7
French Canadian¹	49	0.1
German	9,621	28.4
Greek	187	0.6
Hungarian	86	0.3
Irish¹	3,906	11.5
Italian	1,478	4.4
Lithuanian	36	0.1
Norwegian	344	1.0
Polish	404	1.2
Portuguese	47	0.1
Russian	60	0.2
Scotch-Irish	522	1.5
Scottish	665	2.0
Slovak	18	0.1
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	499	1.5
Swiss	115	0.3
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,443	10.2
Welsh	205	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	3,205	9.5

(X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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