Avon, IL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1703207, place: Avon village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 210 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 15 (7.14%)
Kindergarten: 5 (2.38%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 113 (53.81%)
High school (grades 9-12): 52 (24.76%)
College or graduate school: 25 (11.9%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 602 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 33 (5.48%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 83 (13.79%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 242 (40.2%)
Some college, no degree: 148 (24.58%)
Associate degree: 39 (6.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 41 (6.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 16 (2.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 720 (100%)
Never married: 145 (20.14%)
Now married, except separated: 400 (55.56%)
Separated: 16 (2.22%)
Total Widowed: 60 (8.33%)
Widowed Female: 54 (7.5%)
Total Divorced: 99 (13.75%)
Divorced Female: 58 (8.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 21 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 19 (90.48%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 682 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 109 (15.98%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 197 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (16.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 464 (100%)
--With a disability: 100 (21.55%)
----Percent employed: 53%
--No disability: 364 (78.45%)
----Percent employed: 85.4%
Population 65 years and over: 186 (100%)
--With a disability: 43 (23.12%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 847 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 613 (72.37%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 234 (27.63%)
--Same county: 101 (11.92%)
--Different county: 133 (15.7%)
----Same state: 112 (13.22%)
----Different state: 21 (2.48%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 899 (100%)
Native: 892 (99.22%)
--Born in United States: 892 (100%)
----State of residence: 802 (89.21%)
----Different state: 90 (10.01%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.78%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.56%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.22%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 1 (14.29%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (57.14%)
Northern America: 2 (28.57%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 847 (100%)
English only: 832 (98.23%)
Language other than English: 15 (1.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.47%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (1.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 899 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 694% (77.2%)
Arab: 1 (0.11%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 35 (3.89%)
English: 91 (10.12%)
French (except Basque): 13 (1.45%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 188 (20.91%)
Greek: 2 (0.22%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 111 (12.35%)
Italian: 6 (0.67%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.33%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 13 (1.45%)
Scottish: 16 (1.78%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 48 (5.34%)
Swiss: 6 (0.67%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 89 (9.9%)
Welsh: 12 (1.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 60 (6.67%)

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