Social Statistics

Illinois

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,566	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	640	8.5
Kindergarten	516	6.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,880	51.3
High school (grades 9-12)	1,462	19.3
College or graduate school	1,068	14.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	14,217	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,833	12.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,718	12.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,174	29.4
Some college, no degree	3,485	24.5
Associate degree	723	5.1
Bachelor's degree	1,675	11.8
Graduate or professional degree	609	4.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	75.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	17,834	100.0
Never married	4,294	24.1
Now married, except separated	11,218	62.9
Separated	202	1.1
Widowed	629	3.5
Female	501	2.8
Divorced	1,491	8.4
Female	797	4.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	781	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	327	41.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	16,620	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,551	9.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,162	100.0
With a disability	591	8.3

Population 21 to 64 years	14,422	100.0
With a disability	2,199	15.2
Percent employed	72.1	(X)
No disability	12,223	84.8
Percent employed	78.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,040	100.0
With a disability	470	45.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	22,794	100.0
Same house in 1995	11,639	51.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	9,667	42.4
Same county	5,141	22.6
Different county	4,526	19.9
Same state	3,088	13.5
Different state	1,438	6.3
Elsewhere in 1995	1,488	6.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	25,659	100.0
Native	20,143	78.5
Born in United States	19,977	77.9
State of residence	15,346	59.8
Different state	4,631	18.0
Born outside United States	166	0.6
Foreign born	5,516	21.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	3,013	11.7
Naturalized citizen	1,433	5.6
Not a citizen	4,083	15.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	5,516	100.0
Europe	500	9.1
Asia	460	8.3
Africa	2	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	4,539	82.3
Northern America	15	0.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	22,794	100.0
English only	15,373	67.4
Language other than English	7,421	32.6
Speak English less than 'very well	4,456	19.5
Spanish	6,403	28.1
Speak English less than "very well"	4,060	17.8
Other Indo-European languages	606	2.7
Speak English less than "very well"	198	0.9
Asian and Pacific Island languages	405	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	198	0.9

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	25,659	100.0
Total ancestries reported	30,406	118.5
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	201	0.8
Danish	131	0.5
Dutch	226	0.9
English	1,580	6.2
French (except Basque)¹	503	2.0
French Canadian¹	51	0.2
German	6,079	23.7
Greek	102	0.4
Hungarian	132	0.5
Irish¹	3,532	13.8
Italian	1,235	4.8
Lithuanian	123	0.5
Norwegian	638	2.5
Polish	2,619	10.2
Portuguese	19	0.1
Russian	181	0.7
Scotch-Irish	185	0.7
Scottish	205	0.8
Slovak	60	0.2
Subsaharan African	35	0.1
Swedish	492	1.9
Swiss	65	0.3
Ukrainian	183	0.7
United States or American	1,310	5.1
Welsh	74	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	32	0.1
Other ancestries	10,413	40.6

(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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