Beardstown, IL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1704351, place: Beardstown city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,402 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 178 (12.7%)
Kindergarten: 126 (8.99%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 607 (43.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 294 (20.97%)
College or graduate school: 197 (14.05%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,611 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 523 (14.48%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 440 (12.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,532 (42.43%)
Some college, no degree: 664 (18.39%)
Associate degree: 138 (3.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 240 (6.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 74 (2.05%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,515 (100%)
Never married: 1,104 (24.45%)
Now married, except separated: 2,325 (51.5%)
Separated: 107 (2.37%)
Total Widowed: 438 (9.7%)
Widowed Female: 385 (8.53%)
Total Divorced: 541 (11.98%)
Divorced Female: 289 (6.4%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 168 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 109 (64.88%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,228 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 581 (13.74%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,303 (100%)
--With a disability: 158 (12.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,075 (100%)
--With a disability: 613 (19.93%)
----Percent employed: 53.7%
--No disability: 2,462 (80.07%)
----Percent employed: 73.4%
Population 65 years and over: 770 (100%)
--With a disability: 347 (45.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,276 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,502 (47.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,234 (42.34%)
--Same county: 1,240 (23.5%)
--Different county: 994 (18.84%)
----Same state: 548 (10.39%)
----Different state: 446 (8.45%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 540 (10.24%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,773 (100%)
Native: 4,740 (82.11%)
--Born in United States: 4,705 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,137 (71.66%)
----Different state: 568 (9.84%)
--Born outside United States: 35 (0.61%)
Foreign born: 1,033 (17.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 805 (13.94%)
--Naturalized citizen: 189 (3.27%)
--Not a citizen: 844 (14.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,033 (100%)
Europe: 21 (2.03%)
Asia: 14 (1.36%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 998 (96.61%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,276 (100%)
English only: 4,235 (80.27%)
Language other than English: 1,041 (19.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 872 (16.53%)
--Spanish: 980 (18.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 863 (16.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 32 (0.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 29 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,773 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,961% (85.93%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 27 (0.47%)
Dutch: 151 (2.62%)
English: 397 (6.88%)
French (except Basque): 134 (2.32%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.09%)
German: 1,135 (19.66%)
Greek: 10 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 618 (10.71%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.14%)
Polish: 15 (0.26%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.12%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 45 (0.78%)
Scottish: 105 (1.82%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 19 (0.33%)
Swedish: 28 (0.49%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 711 (12.32%)
Welsh: 41 (0.71%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,498 (25.95%)

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