Greene County, IL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Greene county illinois dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,569	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	303	8.5
Kindergarten	223	6.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,717	48.1
High school (grades 9-12)	890	24.9
College or graduate school	436	12.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	9,688	100.0
Less than 9th grade	828	8.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,220	12.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,244	43.8
Some college, no degree	1,991	20.6
Associate degree	426	4.4
Bachelor's degree	634	6.5
Graduate or professional degree	345	3.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	11,695	100.0
Never married	2,245	19.2
Now married, except separated	7,012	60.0
Separated	152	1.3
Widowed	1,091	9.3
Female	882	7.5
Divorced	1,195	10.2
Female	577	4.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	249	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	153	61.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	11,005	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,714	15.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,378	100.0
With a disability	280	8.3

Population 21 to 64 years	7,690	100.0
With a disability	1,641	21.3
Percent employed	47.9	(X)
No disability	6,049	78.7
Percent employed	78.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,428	100.0
With a disability	1,009	41.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	13,834	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,710	63.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,051	36.5
Same county	2,980	21.5
Different county	2,071	15.0
Same state	1,579	11.4
Different state	492	3.6
Elsewhere in 1995	73	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	14,761	100.0
Native	14,712	99.7
Born in United States	14,639	99.2
State of residence	12,929	87.6
Different state	1,710	11.6
Born outside United States	73	0.5
Foreign born	49	0.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	10	0.1
Naturalized citizen	32	0.2
Not a citizen	17	0.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	49	100.0
Europe	22	44.9
Asia	7	14.3
Africa	2	4.1
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	18	36.7
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	13,834	100.0
English only	13,551	98.0
Language other than English	283	2.0
Speak English less than 'very well	92	0.7
Spanish	112	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	34	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	142	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	42	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	21	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	16	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	14,761	100.0
Total ancestries reported	11,608	78.6
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	2	0.0
Danish	24	0.2
Dutch	347	2.4
English	1,836	12.4
French (except Basque)¹	218	1.5
French Canadian¹	13	0.1
German	3,242	22.0
Greek	30	0.2
Hungarian	7	0.0
Irish¹	1,501	10.2
Italian	136	0.9
Lithuanian	14	0.1
Norwegian	33	0.2
Polish	91	0.6
Portuguese	14	0.1
Russian	2	0.0
Scotch-Irish	153	1.0
Scottish	230	1.6
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	2	0.0
Swedish	63	0.4
Swiss	22	0.1
Ukrainian	2	0.0
United States or American	2,497	16.9
Welsh	24	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	3	0.0
Other ancestries	1,102	7.5

(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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