Dekalb County, IL Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Dekalb county illinois dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	35,173	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,711	4.9
Kindergarten	1,139	3.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	9,582	27.2
High school (grades 9-12)	4,274	12.2
College or graduate school	18,467	52.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	48,912	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,036	4.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,074	8.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	14,643	29.9
Some college, no degree	11,386	23.3
Associate degree	3,671	7.5
Bachelor's degree	7,835	16.0
Graduate or professional degree	5,267	10.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	87.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	26.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	71,632	100.0
Never married	26,205	36.6
Now married, except separated	35,842	50.0
Separated	821	1.1
Widowed	3,404	4.8
Female	2,771	3.9
Divorced	5,360	7.5
Female	2,898	4.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	809	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	289	35.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	68,262	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,175	10.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	24,309	100.0
With a disability	1,887	7.8

Population 21 to 64 years	50,257	100.0
With a disability	6,756	13.4
Percent employed	67.2	(X)
No disability	43,501	86.6
Percent employed	79.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,073	100.0
With a disability	2,907	36.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	83,370	100.0
Same house in 1995	38,070	45.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	43,296	51.9
Same county	15,558	18.7
Different county	27,738	33.3
Same state	23,001	27.6
Different state	4,737	5.7
Elsewhere in 1995	2,004	2.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	88,969	100.0
Native	83,776	94.2
Born in United States	83,192	93.5
State of residence	66,829	75.1
Different state	16,363	18.4
Born outside United States	584	0.7
Foreign born	5,193	5.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	2,740	3.1
Naturalized citizen	1,849	2.1
Not a citizen	3,344	3.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	5,193	100.0
Europe	1,040	20.0
Asia	1,416	27.3
Africa	266	5.1
Oceania	26	0.5
Latin America	2,284	44.0
Northern America	161	3.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	83,370	100.0
English only	75,010	90.0
Language other than English	8,360	10.0
Speak English less than 'very well	3,111	3.7
Spanish	4,669	5.6
Speak English less than "very well"	2,103	2.5
Other Indo-European languages	2,284	2.7
Speak English less than "very well"	515	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	1,028	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	413	0.5

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	88,969	100.0
Total ancestries reported	101,245	113.8
Arab	250	0.3
Czech¹	1,052	1.2
Danish	837	0.9
Dutch	1,494	1.7
English	8,550	9.6
French (except Basque)¹	2,678	3.0
French Canadian¹	462	0.5
German	25,707	28.9
Greek	580	0.7
Hungarian	339	0.4
Irish¹	12,942	14.5
Italian	4,618	5.2
Lithuanian	493	0.6
Norwegian	4,826	5.4
Polish	4,844	5.4
Portuguese	74	0.1
Russian	536	0.6
Scotch-Irish	1,082	1.2
Scottish	1,323	1.5
Slovak	195	0.2
Subsaharan African	445	0.5
Swedish	5,198	5.8
Swiss	390	0.4
Ukrainian	236	0.3
United States or American	4,216	4.7
Welsh	629	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	117	0.1
Other ancestries	17,132	19.3

(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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