Ashley, IL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1702531, place: Ashley city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 163 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 14 (8.59%)
Kindergarten: 16 (9.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 88 (53.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 32 (19.63%)
College or graduate school: 13 (7.98%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 400 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 64 (16%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 42 (10.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 177 (44.25%)
Some college, no degree: 68 (17%)
Associate degree: 34 (8.5%)
Bachelor's degree: 13 (3.25%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2 (0.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 461 (100%)
Never married: 100 (21.69%)
Now married, except separated: 215 (46.64%)
Separated: 5 (1.08%)
Total Widowed: 68 (14.75%)
Widowed Female: 52 (11.28%)
Total Divorced: 73 (15.84%)
Divorced Female: 26 (5.64%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 437 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 84 (19.22%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 158 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (10.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 314 (100%)
--With a disability: 63 (20.06%)
----Percent employed: 41.3%
--No disability: 251 (79.94%)
----Percent employed: 81.7%
Population 65 years and over: 105 (100%)
--With a disability: 64 (60.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 577 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 326 (56.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 251 (43.5%)
--Same county: 114 (19.76%)
--Different county: 137 (23.74%)
----Same state: 86 (14.9%)
----Different state: 51 (8.84%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 618 (100%)
Native: 612 (99.03%)
--Born in United States: 602 (100%)
----State of residence: 489 (79.13%)
----Different state: 113 (18.28%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (1.62%)
Foreign born: 6 (0.97%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.65%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.32%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 577 (100%)
English only: 563 (97.57%)
Language other than English: 14 (2.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.35%)
--Spanish: 4 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (1.39%)
----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: 618 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 638% (103.24%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 7 (1.13%)
English: 56 (9.06%)
French (except Basque): 22 (3.56%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.65%)
German: 192 (31.07%)
Greek: 3 (0.49%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.81%)
Irish: 86 (13.92%)
Italian: 18 (2.91%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.65%)
Polish: 103 (16.67%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.32%)
Scottish: 13 (2.1%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 3 (0.49%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 69 (11.17%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 51 (8.25%)

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