Argenta, IL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1701972, place: Argenta village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 267 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 13 (4.87%)
Kindergarten: 8 (3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 131 (49.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 58 (21.72%)
College or graduate school: 57 (21.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 572 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 12 (2.1%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 46 (8.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 259 (45.28%)
Some college, no degree: 172 (30.07%)
Associate degree: 37 (6.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 33 (5.77%)
Graduate or professional degree: 13 (2.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 690 (100%)
Never married: 130 (18.84%)
Now married, except separated: 426 (61.74%)
Separated: 8 (1.16%)
Total Widowed: 54 (7.83%)
Widowed Female: 52 (7.54%)
Total Divorced: 72 (10.43%)
Divorced Female: 31 (4.49%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 21 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (85.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 647 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 89 (13.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 223 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (9.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 514 (100%)
--With a disability: 47 (9.14%)
----Percent employed: 63.8%
--No disability: 467 (90.86%)
----Percent employed: 80.3%
Population 65 years and over: 100 (100%)
--With a disability: 46 (46%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 837 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 540 (64.52%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 297 (35.48%)
--Same county: 229 (27.36%)
--Different county: 68 (8.12%)
----Same state: 56 (6.69%)
----Different state: 12 (1.43%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 892 (100%)
Native: 887 (99.44%)
--Born in United States: 882 (100%)
----State of residence: 745 (83.52%)
----Different state: 137 (15.36%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.56%)
Foreign born: 5 (0.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.22%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.34%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 2 (40%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 3 (60%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 837 (100%)
English only: 821 (98.09%)
Language other than English: 16 (1.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 5 (0.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 892 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 668% (74.89%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 1 (0.11%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 15 (1.68%)
English: 94 (10.54%)
French (except Basque): 18 (2.02%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.22%)
German: 215 (24.1%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 85 (9.53%)
Italian: 18 (2.02%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.56%)
Polish: 9 (1.01%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (1.35%)
Scottish: 14 (1.57%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (0.67%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.34%)
United States or American: 99 (11.1%)
Welsh: 6 (0.67%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 66 (7.4%)

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