Ashton, IL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1702583, place: Ashton village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 322 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (8.07%)
Kindergarten: 15 (4.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 146 (45.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 81 (25.16%)
College or graduate school: 54 (16.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 721 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 48 (6.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 86 (11.93%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 318 (44.11%)
Some college, no degree: 151 (20.94%)
Associate degree: 34 (4.72%)
Bachelor's degree: 60 (8.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 24 (3.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 876 (100%)
Never married: 211 (24.09%)
Now married, except separated: 457 (52.17%)
Separated: 8 (0.91%)
Total Widowed: 65 (7.42%)
Widowed Female: 63 (7.19%)
Total Divorced: 135 (15.41%)
Divorced Female: 85 (9.7%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 23 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (26.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 808 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 96 (11.88%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 279 (100%)
--With a disability: 13 (4.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 607 (100%)
--With a disability: 98 (16.14%)
----Percent employed: 41.8%
--No disability: 509 (83.86%)
----Percent employed: 82.9%
Population 65 years and over: 161 (100%)
--With a disability: 59 (36.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,047 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 609 (58.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 432 (41.26%)
--Same county: 212 (20.25%)
--Different county: 220 (21.01%)
----Same state: 188 (17.96%)
----Different state: 32 (3.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.57%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,121 (100%)
Native: 1,104 (98.48%)
--Born in United States: 1,102 (100%)
----State of residence: 900 (80.29%)
----Different state: 202 (18.02%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.18%)
Foreign born: 17 (1.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10 (0.89%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.18%)
--Not a citizen: 15 (1.34%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 17 (100%)
Europe: 11 (64.71%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (35.29%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,047 (100%)
English only: 1,014 (96.85%)
Language other than English: 33 (3.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (1.62%)
--Spanish: 21 (2.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (1.05%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (1.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.57%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,121 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,051% (93.76%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 10 (0.89%)
Danish: 2 (0.18%)
Dutch: 45 (4.01%)
English: 85 (7.58%)
French (except Basque): 20 (1.78%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 404 (36.04%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 139 (12.4%)
Italian: 28 (2.5%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 18 (1.61%)
Polish: 16 (1.43%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 17 (1.52%)
Scottish: 15 (1.34%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 30 (2.68%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.18%)
United States or American: 100 (8.92%)
Welsh: 3 (0.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 114 (10.17%)

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