Stephenson County, IL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Stephenson county illinois dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	12,693	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	916	7.2
Kindergarten	765	6.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,816	45.8
High school (grades 9-12)	2,821	22.2
College or graduate school	2,375	18.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	32,851	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,748	5.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,471	10.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	12,586	38.3
Some college, no degree	7,569	23.0
Associate degree	2,343	7.1
Bachelor's degree	3,484	10.6
Graduate or professional degree	1,650	5.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	84.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	38,789	100.0
Never married	8,781	22.6
Now married, except separated	23,040	59.4
Separated	408	1.1
Widowed	2,914	7.5
Female	2,420	6.2
Divorced	3,646	9.4
Female	1,982	5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	510	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	286	56.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	36,594	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,038	13.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,189	100.0
With a disability	807	7.2

Population 21 to 64 years	26,674	100.0
With a disability	4,306	16.1
Percent employed	59.3	(X)
No disability	22,368	83.9
Percent employed	80.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,468	100.0
With a disability	3,151	42.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	46,002	100.0
Same house in 1995	27,482	59.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	18,251	39.7
Same county	11,328	24.6
Different county	6,923	15.0
Same state	4,516	9.8
Different state	2,407	5.2
Elsewhere in 1995	269	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	48,979	100.0
Native	48,058	98.1
Born in United States	47,880	97.8
State of residence	36,191	73.9
Different state	11,689	23.9
Born outside United States	178	0.4
Foreign born	921	1.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	470	1.0
Naturalized citizen	371	0.8
Not a citizen	550	1.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	921	100.0
Europe	391	42.5
Asia	149	16.2
Africa	23	2.5
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	339	36.8
Northern America	19	2.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	46,002	100.0
English only	44,146	96.0
Language other than English	1,856	4.0
Speak English less than 'very well	739	1.6
Spanish	829	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	368	0.8
Other Indo-European languages	812	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	301	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	98	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	47	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	48,979	100.0
Total ancestries reported	52,474	107.1
Arab	96	0.2
Czech¹	202	0.4
Danish	259	0.5
Dutch	1,712	3.5
English	4,344	8.9
French (except Basque)¹	999	2.0
French Canadian¹	142	0.3
German	21,045	43.0
Greek	154	0.3
Hungarian	127	0.3
Irish¹	5,375	11.0
Italian	1,302	2.7
Lithuanian	146	0.3
Norwegian	1,577	3.2
Polish	1,250	2.6
Portuguese	26	0.1
Russian	164	0.3
Scotch-Irish	486	1.0
Scottish	475	1.0
Slovak	29	0.1
Subsaharan African	82	0.2
Swedish	1,263	2.6
Swiss	1,320	2.7
Ukrainian	27	0.1
United States or American	2,779	5.7
Welsh	195	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	8	0.0
Other ancestries	6,890	14.1

(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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