Iroquois County, IL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Iroquois county illinois dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,606	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	479	6.3
Kindergarten	447	5.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,659	48.1
High school (grades 9-12)	2,014	26.5
College or graduate school	1,007	13.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	21,111	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,713	8.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,440	11.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,576	40.6
Some college, no degree	4,573	21.7
Associate degree	1,310	6.2
Bachelor's degree	1,523	7.2
Graduate or professional degree	976	4.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	24,884	100.0
Never married	5,147	20.7
Now married, except separated	15,431	62.0
Separated	238	1.0
Widowed	2,156	8.7
Female	1,778	7.1
Divorced	1,912	7.7
Female	996	4.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	469	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	189	40.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	23,339	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,299	14.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,154	100.0
With a disability	531	7.4

Population 21 to 64 years	16,382	100.0
With a disability	2,647	16.2
Percent employed	57.9	(X)
No disability	13,735	83.8
Percent employed	83.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,192	100.0
With a disability	2,095	40.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	29,388	100.0
Same house in 1995	19,147	65.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	10,036	34.1
Same county	5,667	19.3
Different county	4,369	14.9
Same state	3,296	11.2
Different state	1,073	3.7
Elsewhere in 1995	205	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	31,334	100.0
Native	30,570	97.6
Born in United States	30,476	97.3
State of residence	26,072	83.2
Different state	4,404	14.1
Born outside United States	94	0.3
Foreign born	764	2.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	339	1.1
Naturalized citizen	266	0.8
Not a citizen	498	1.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	764	100.0
Europe	224	29.3
Asia	104	13.6
Africa	5	0.7
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	415	54.3
Northern America	16	2.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	29,388	100.0
English only	27,885	94.9
Language other than English	1,503	5.1
Speak English less than 'very well	574	2.0
Spanish	869	3.0
Speak English less than "very well"	393	1.3
Other Indo-European languages	559	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	172	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	64	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	4	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	31,334	100.0
Total ancestries reported	31,220	99.6
Arab	11	0.0
Czech¹	126	0.4
Danish	247	0.8
Dutch	984	3.1
English	3,075	9.8
French (except Basque)¹	2,521	8.0
French Canadian¹	553	1.8
German	10,307	32.9
Greek	15	0.0
Hungarian	59	0.2
Irish¹	3,532	11.3
Italian	789	2.5
Lithuanian	39	0.1
Norwegian	268	0.9
Polish	807	2.6
Portuguese	8	0.0
Russian	39	0.1
Scotch-Irish	417	1.3
Scottish	329	1.0
Slovak	38	0.1
Subsaharan African	11	0.0
Swedish	888	2.8
Swiss	214	0.7
Ukrainian	52	0.2
United States or American	2,714	8.7
Welsh	63	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	4	0.0
Other ancestries	3,110	9.9

(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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