Batavia, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1704078, place: Batavia city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,378 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 595 (8.06%)
Kindergarten: 359 (4.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,802 (51.53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,605 (21.75%)
College or graduate school: 1,017 (13.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,810 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 326 (2.2%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 623 (4.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,049 (20.59%)
Some college, no degree: 3,519 (23.76%)
Associate degree: 982 (6.63%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,104 (27.71%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,207 (14.9%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 42.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,565 (100%)
Never married: 3,760 (21.41%)
Now married, except separated: 11,259 (64.1%)
Separated: 131 (0.75%)
Total Widowed: 1,003 (5.71%)
Widowed Female: 879 (5%)
Total Divorced: 1,412 (8.04%)
Divorced Female: 839 (4.78%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 111 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 60 (54.05%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,275 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,865 (11.46%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,121 (100%)
--With a disability: 314 (5.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,330 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,128 (8.46%)
----Percent employed: 76.2%
--No disability: 12,202 (91.54%)
----Percent employed: 83.6%
Population 65 years and over: 2,124 (100%)
--With a disability: 721 (33.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 22,041 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,216 (55.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,524 (43.21%)
--Same county: 4,806 (21.8%)
--Different county: 4,718 (21.41%)
----Same state: 2,824 (12.81%)
----Different state: 1,894 (8.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 301 (1.37%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 23,917 (100%)
Native: 22,675 (94.81%)
--Born in United States: 22,498 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,897 (66.47%)
----Different state: 6,601 (27.6%)
--Born outside United States: 177 (0.74%)
Foreign born: 1,242 (5.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 492 (2.06%)
--Naturalized citizen: 551 (2.3%)
--Not a citizen: 691 (2.89%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,242 (100%)
Europe: 373 (30.03%)
Asia: 212 (17.07%)
Africa: 11 (0.89%)
Oceania: 6 (0.48%)
Latin America: 473 (38.08%)
Northern America: 167 (13.45%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 22,041 (100%)
English only: 20,244 (91.85%)
Language other than English: 1,797 (8.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 542 (2.46%)
--Spanish: 1,064 (4.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 390 (1.77%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 539 (2.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (0.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 166 (0.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 66 (0.3%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 23,917 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 30,916% (129.26%)
Arab: 49 (0.2%)
Czech: 434 (1.81%)
Danish: 270 (1.13%)
Dutch: 444 (1.86%)
English: 2,751 (11.5%)
French (except Basque): 764 (3.19%)
French Canadian: 183 (0.77%)
German: 7,549 (31.56%)
Greek: 227 (0.95%)
Hungarian: 164 (0.69%)
Irish: 4,320 (18.06%)
Italian: 2,101 (8.78%)
Lithuanian: 133 (0.56%)
Norwegian: 843 (3.52%)
Polish: 2,064 (8.63%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.03%)
Russian: 295 (1.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 424 (1.77%)
Scottish: 685 (2.86%)
Slovak: 127 (0.53%)
Subsaharan African: 56 (0.23%)
Swedish: 1,930 (8.07%)
Swiss: 133 (0.56%)
Ukrainian: 45 (0.19%)
United States or American: 712 (2.98%)
Welsh: 253 (1.06%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 18 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 3,936 (16.46%)

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