Elmwood Park, IL Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school6,281100.0
Nursery school, preschool4867.7
Kindergarten3746.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)2,50639.9
High school (grades 9-12)1,47623.5
College or graduate school1,43922.9
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over17,657100.0
Less than 9th grade1,3627.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma2,17212.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)5,66132.1
Some college, no degree3,92322.2
Associate degree1,0976.2
Bachelor's degree2,31213.1
Graduate or professional degree1,1306.4
Percent high school graduate or higher80.0(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher19.5(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over20,843100.0
Never married5,66527.2
Now married, except separated10,66151.1
Separated3421.6
Widowed2,09810.1
Female
1,7198.2
Divorced2,07710.0
Female
1,2576.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years641100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren17327.0
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over19,807100.0
Civilian veterans1,6378.3
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years5,095100.0
With a disability2494.9
Population 21 to 64 years14,648100.0
With a disability2,15414.7
Percent employed
64.8(X)
No disability12,49485.3
Percent employed
80.4(X)
Population 65 years and over4,004100.0
With a disability1,64541.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over23,985100.0
Same house in 199514,21859.3
Different house in the U.S. in 19958,40935.1
Same county
7,90733.0
Different county
5022.1
Same state
2811.2
Different state
2210.9
Elsewhere in 19951,3585.7
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population25,405100.0
Native19,24275.7
Born in United States
18,96274.6
State of residence
17,35268.3
Different state
1,6106.3
Born outside United States
2801.1
Foreign born6,16324.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000
2,84111.2
Naturalized citizen
2,57510.1
Not a citizen
3,58814.1
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)6,163100.0
Europe4,80978.0
Asia4837.8
Africa60.1
Oceania00.0
Latin America80213.0
Northern America631.0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over23,985100.0
English only15,62065.1
Language other than English8,36534.9
Speak English less than 'very well
4,01416.7
Spanish
1,8417.7
Speak English less than "very well"
5632.3
Other Indo-European languages
5,94624.8
Speak English less than "very well"
3,35514.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages
3951.6
Speak English less than "very well"
900.4
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population25,405100.0

Total ancestries reported

28,965114.0
Arab2100.8
Czech14361.7
Danish910.4
Dutch1640.6
English5452.1
French (except Basque)12701.1
French Canadian1440.2
German3,03912.0
Greek5982.4
Hungarian780.3
Irish13,13412.3
Italian7,29328.7
Lithuanian1660.7
Norwegian4251.7
Polish6,27024.7
Portuguese70.0
Russian1940.8
Scotch-Irish930.4
Scottish1120.4
Slovak360.1
Subsaharan African00.0
Swedish3621.4
Swiss190.1
Ukrainian3901.5
United States or American6052.4
Welsh130.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)00.0
Other ancestries4,37117.2
(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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