Beach Park, IL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1704303, place: Beach Park village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,340 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 103 (4.4%)
Kindergarten: 188 (8.03%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,159 (49.53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 533 (22.78%)
College or graduate school: 357 (15.26%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,456 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 439 (6.8%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 588 (9.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,440 (37.79%)
Some college, no degree: 1,648 (25.53%)
Associate degree: 381 (5.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 642 (9.94%)
Graduate or professional degree: 318 (4.93%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,729 (100%)
Never married: 1,705 (22.06%)
Now married, except separated: 4,623 (59.81%)
Separated: 68 (0.88%)
Total Widowed: 513 (6.64%)
Widowed Female: 360 (4.66%)
Total Divorced: 820 (10.61%)
Divorced Female: 398 (5.15%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 217 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 28 (12.9%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,259 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,087 (14.97%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,302 (100%)
--With a disability: 195 (8.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,718 (100%)
--With a disability: 977 (17.09%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
--No disability: 4,741 (82.91%)
----Percent employed: 84.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,087 (100%)
--With a disability: 413 (37.99%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,125 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,966 (65.38%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,989 (32.76%)
--Same county: 2,341 (25.65%)
--Different county: 648 (7.1%)
----Same state: 249 (2.73%)
----Different state: 399 (4.37%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 170 (1.86%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,736 (100%)
Native: 9,008 (92.52%)
--Born in United States: 8,882 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,320 (64.91%)
----Different state: 2,562 (26.31%)
--Born outside United States: 126 (1.29%)
Foreign born: 728 (7.48%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 245 (2.52%)
--Naturalized citizen: 304 (3.12%)
--Not a citizen: 424 (4.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 728 (100%)
Europe: 108 (14.84%)
Asia: 78 (10.71%)
Africa: 11 (1.51%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 513 (70.47%)
Northern America: 18 (2.47%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,125 (100%)
English only: 7,841 (85.93%)
Language other than English: 1,284 (14.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 417 (4.57%)
--Spanish: 1,023 (11.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 385 (4.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 158 (1.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.07%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 67 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,736 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,034% (123.6%)
Arab: 12 (0.12%)
Czech: 136 (1.4%)
Danish: 146 (1.5%)
Dutch: 232 (2.38%)
English: 915 (9.4%)
French (except Basque): 415 (4.26%)
French Canadian: 110 (1.13%)
German: 2,669 (27.41%)
Greek: 12 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 73 (0.75%)
Irish: 1,567 (16.09%)
Italian: 505 (5.19%)
Lithuanian: 187 (1.92%)
Norwegian: 306 (3.14%)
Polish: 849 (8.72%)
Portuguese: 12 (0.12%)
Russian: 71 (0.73%)
Scotch-Irish: 113 (1.16%)
Scottish: 178 (1.83%)
Slovak: 14 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 31 (0.32%)
Swedish: 367 (3.77%)
Swiss: 24 (0.25%)
Ukrainian: 29 (0.3%)
United States or American: 393 (4.04%)
Welsh: 66 (0.68%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 11 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 2,591 (26.61%)

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