Alpha, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1700971, place: Alpha village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 167 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (7.19%)
Kindergarten: 10 (5.99%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 78 (46.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 54 (32.34%)
College or graduate school: 13 (7.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 488 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 17 (3.48%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 47 (9.63%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 187 (38.32%)
Some college, no degree: 141 (28.89%)
Associate degree: 42 (8.61%)
Bachelor's degree: 40 (8.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 14 (2.87%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 575 (100%)
Never married: 106 (18.43%)
Now married, except separated: 342 (59.48%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 51 (8.87%)
Widowed Female: 40 (6.96%)
Total Divorced: 76 (13.22%)
Divorced Female: 34 (5.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 537 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 74 (13.78%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 164 (100%)
--With a disability: 13 (7.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 384 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (10.42%)
----Percent employed: 82.5%
--No disability: 344 (89.58%)
----Percent employed: 82.6%
Population 65 years and over: 132 (100%)
--With a disability: 55 (41.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 680 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 464 (68.24%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 214 (31.47%)
--Same county: 106 (15.59%)
--Different county: 108 (15.88%)
----Same state: 95 (13.97%)
----Different state: 13 (1.91%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.29%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 718 (100%)
Native: 712 (99.16%)
--Born in United States: 712 (100%)
----State of residence: 624 (86.91%)
----Different state: 88 (12.26%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 6 (0.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.28%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.56%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 5 (83.33%)
Asia: 1 (16.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 680 (100%)
English only: 672 (98.82%)
Language other than English: 8 (1.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 718 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 694% (96.66%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 4 (0.56%)
Dutch: 28 (3.9%)
English: 88 (12.26%)
French (except Basque): 17 (2.37%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.56%)
German: 156 (21.73%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.84%)
Irish: 70 (9.75%)
Italian: 6 (0.84%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 16 (2.23%)
Polish: 3 (0.42%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 19 (2.65%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 141 (19.64%)
Swiss: 2 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 61 (8.5%)
Welsh: 8 (1.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 65 (9.05%)

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