Atlanta, IL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1702752, place: Atlanta city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 389 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 25 (6.43%)
Kindergarten: 19 (4.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 201 (51.67%)
High school (grades 9-12): 112 (28.79%)
College or graduate school: 32 (8.23%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,095 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 24 (2.19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 146 (13.33%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 506 (46.21%)
Some college, no degree: 203 (18.54%)
Associate degree: 58 (5.3%)
Bachelor's degree: 111 (10.14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 47 (4.29%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,324 (100%)
Never married: 271 (20.47%)
Now married, except separated: 809 (61.1%)
Separated: 13 (0.98%)
Total Widowed: 100 (7.55%)
Widowed Female: 85 (6.42%)
Total Divorced: 131 (9.89%)
Divorced Female: 83 (6.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 19 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (21.05%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,243 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 199 (16.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 377 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (5.31%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 934 (100%)
--With a disability: 103 (11.03%)
----Percent employed: 52.4%
--No disability: 831 (88.97%)
----Percent employed: 84.2%
Population 65 years and over: 242 (100%)
--With a disability: 103 (42.56%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,553 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 942 (60.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 611 (39.34%)
--Same county: 317 (20.41%)
--Different county: 294 (18.93%)
----Same state: 263 (16.93%)
----Different state: 31 (2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,639 (100%)
Native: 1,637 (99.88%)
--Born in United States: 1,634 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,411 (86.09%)
----Different state: 223 (13.61%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.18%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.12%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,553 (100%)
English only: 1,523 (98.07%)
Language other than English: 30 (1.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.26%)
--Spanish: 21 (1.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.13%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,639 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,391% (84.87%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 17 (1.04%)
English: 184 (11.23%)
French (except Basque): 45 (2.75%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.12%)
German: 473 (28.86%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.43%)
Irish: 205 (12.51%)
Italian: 12 (0.73%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 25 (1.53%)
Polish: 22 (1.34%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.49%)
Russian: 4 (0.24%)
Scotch-Irish: 44 (2.68%)
Scottish: 17 (1.04%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 19 (1.16%)
Swiss: 3 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 201 (12.26%)
Welsh: 6 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 97 (5.92%)

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