Ava, IL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1703103, place: Ava city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 134 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (7.46%)
Kindergarten: 4 (2.99%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 65 (48.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 33 (24.63%)
College or graduate school: 22 (16.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 458 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 70 (15.28%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 65 (14.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 157 (34.28%)
Some college, no degree: 92 (20.09%)
Associate degree: 32 (6.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 30 (6.55%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12 (2.62%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 530 (100%)
Never married: 110 (20.75%)
Now married, except separated: 295 (55.66%)
Separated: 2 (0.38%)
Total Widowed: 81 (15.28%)
Widowed Female: 65 (12.26%)
Total Divorced: 42 (7.92%)
Divorced Female: 19 (3.58%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (55.56%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 499 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 67 (13.43%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 117 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (6.84%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 345 (100%)
--With a disability: 85 (24.64%)
----Percent employed: 45.9%
--No disability: 260 (75.36%)
----Percent employed: 73.1%
Population 65 years and over: 141 (100%)
--With a disability: 82 (58.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 603 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 373 (61.86%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 230 (38.14%)
--Same county: 143 (23.71%)
--Different county: 87 (14.43%)
----Same state: 49 (8.13%)
----Different state: 38 (6.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 649 (100%)
Native: 647 (99.69%)
--Born in United States: 644 (100%)
----State of residence: 521 (80.28%)
----Different state: 123 (18.95%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.31%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.31%)
--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: 2 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 603 (100%)
English only: 599 (99.34%)
Language other than English: 4 (0.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.33%)
----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: 649 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 615% (94.76%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (1.08%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 24 (3.7%)
English: 73 (11.25%)
French (except Basque): 33 (5.08%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 200 (30.82%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 117 (18.03%)
Italian: 15 (2.31%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.62%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (1.08%)
Scottish: 13 (2%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 4 (0.62%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 58 (8.94%)
Welsh: 4 (0.62%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 56 (8.63%)

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