Arlington Heights, IL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1702154, place: Arlington Heights village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 18,155 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,606 (8.85%)
Kindergarten: 817 (4.5%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,923 (43.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,029 (22.19%)
College or graduate school: 3,780 (20.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 54,025 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,467 (2.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,452 (4.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 10,475 (19.39%)
Some college, no degree: 11,479 (21.25%)
Associate degree: 3,051 (5.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 16,309 (30.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8,792 (16.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 46.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 61,544 (100%)
Never married: 13,557 (22.03%)
Now married, except separated: 38,050 (61.83%)
Separated: 486 (0.79%)
Total Widowed: 4,679 (7.6%)
Widowed Female: 3,940 (6.4%)
Total Divorced: 4,772 (7.75%)
Divorced Female: 2,946 (4.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 577 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 160 (27.73%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 58,465 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,592 (11.28%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 14,690 (100%)
--With a disability: 841 (5.72%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 44,675 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,985 (11.16%)
----Percent employed: 71.6%
--No disability: 39,690 (88.84%)
----Percent employed: 82%
Population 65 years and over: 11,220 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,048 (36.08%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 71,417 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 43,291 (60.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 25,068 (35.1%)
--Same county: 19,010 (26.62%)
--Different county: 6,058 (8.48%)
----Same state: 2,752 (3.85%)
----Different state: 3,306 (4.63%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3,058 (4.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 76,098 (100%)
Native: 65,552 (86.14%)
--Born in United States: 65,035 (100%)
----State of residence: 51,519 (67.7%)
----Different state: 13,516 (17.76%)
--Born outside United States: 517 (0.68%)
Foreign born: 10,546 (13.86%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,772 (6.27%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,863 (6.39%)
--Not a citizen: 5,683 (7.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10,546 (100%)
Europe: 4,539 (43.04%)
Asia: 3,884 (36.83%)
Africa: 178 (1.69%)
Oceania: 16 (0.15%)
Latin America: 1,676 (15.89%)
Northern America: 253 (2.4%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 71,417 (100%)
English only: 58,797 (82.33%)
Language other than English: 12,620 (17.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,998 (7%)
--Spanish: 2,721 (3.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,374 (1.92%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6,524 (9.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,133 (2.99%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,863 (4.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,384 (1.94%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 76,098 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 95,590% (125.61%)
Arab: 316 (0.42%)
Czech: 1,287 (1.69%)
Danish: 667 (0.88%)
Dutch: 788 (1.04%)
English: 6,298 (8.28%)
French (except Basque): 1,624 (2.13%)
French Canadian: 340 (0.45%)
German: 20,899 (27.46%)
Greek: 1,442 (1.89%)
Hungarian: 670 (0.88%)
Irish: 14,625 (19.22%)
Italian: 8,456 (11.11%)
Lithuanian: 432 (0.57%)
Norwegian: 2,053 (2.7%)
Polish: 11,001 (14.46%)
Portuguese: 31 (0.04%)
Russian: 2,046 (2.69%)
Scotch-Irish: 869 (1.14%)
Scottish: 1,296 (1.7%)
Slovak: 377 (0.5%)
Subsaharan African: 44 (0.06%)
Swedish: 3,307 (4.35%)
Swiss: 274 (0.36%)
Ukrainian: 617 (0.81%)
United States or American: 2,232 (2.93%)
Welsh: 367 (0.48%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 29 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 13,203 (17.35%)

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