Jo Daviess County, IL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Jo daviess county illinois dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,104	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	412	8.1
Kindergarten	293	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,350	46.0
High school (grades 9-12)	1,324	25.9
College or graduate school	725	14.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	15,625	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,093	7.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,463	9.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,505	41.6
Some college, no degree	3,340	21.4
Associate degree	846	5.4
Bachelor's degree	1,673	10.7
Graduate or professional degree	705	4.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	18,115	100.0
Never married	3,639	20.1
Now married, except separated	11,280	62.3
Separated	143	0.8
Widowed	1,399	7.7
Female	1,099	6.1
Divorced	1,654	9.1
Female	829	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	316	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	139	44.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	17,140	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,565	15.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,612	100.0
With a disability	243	5.3

Population 21 to 64 years	12,424	100.0
With a disability	1,995	16.1
Percent employed	66.0	(X)
No disability	10,429	83.9
Percent employed	83.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,844	100.0
With a disability	1,379	35.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	21,047	100.0
Same house in 1995	13,283	63.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,609	36.2
Same county	3,869	18.4
Different county	3,740	17.8
Same state	1,969	9.4
Different state	1,771	8.4
Elsewhere in 1995	155	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	22,289	100.0
Native	21,921	98.3
Born in United States	21,868	98.1
State of residence	10,807	48.5
Different state	11,061	49.6
Born outside United States	53	0.2
Foreign born	368	1.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	160	0.7
Naturalized citizen	147	0.7
Not a citizen	221	1.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	368	100.0
Europe	175	47.6
Asia	29	7.9
Africa	2	0.5
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	130	35.3
Northern America	32	8.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	21,047	100.0
English only	20,494	97.4
Language other than English	553	2.6
Speak English less than 'very well	211	1.0
Spanish	360	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	161	0.8
Other Indo-European languages	168	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	39	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	2	0.0
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	22,289	100.0
Total ancestries reported	24,974	112.0
Arab	27	0.1
Czech¹	169	0.8
Danish	160	0.7
Dutch	568	2.5
English	2,630	11.8
French (except Basque)¹	780	3.5
French Canadian¹	90	0.4
German	10,303	46.2
Greek	58	0.3
Hungarian	34	0.2
Irish¹	3,708	16.6
Italian	610	2.7
Lithuanian	16	0.1
Norwegian	589	2.6
Polish	574	2.6
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	67	0.3
Scotch-Irish	225	1.0
Scottish	225	1.0
Slovak	3	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	499	2.2
Swiss	240	1.1
Ukrainian	30	0.1
United States or American	1,861	8.3
Welsh	153	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,353	6.1

(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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