Beecher City, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1704598, place: Beecher City village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 125 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 9 (7.2%)
Kindergarten: 12 (9.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 69 (55.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 26 (20.8%)
College or graduate school: 9 (7.2%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 290 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 22 (7.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 44 (15.17%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 124 (42.76%)
Some college, no degree: 55 (18.97%)
Associate degree: 18 (6.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 22 (7.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5 (1.72%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 357 (100%)
Never married: 75 (21.01%)
Now married, except separated: 197 (55.18%)
Separated: 5 (1.4%)
Total Widowed: 37 (10.36%)
Widowed Female: 32 (8.96%)
Total Divorced: 43 (12.04%)
Divorced Female: 23 (6.44%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (60%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 329 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 38 (11.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 125 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 256 (100%)
--With a disability: 48 (18.75%)
----Percent employed: 33.3%
--No disability: 208 (81.25%)
----Percent employed: 76%
Population 65 years and over: 60 (100%)
--With a disability: 28 (46.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 441 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 289 (65.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 152 (34.47%)
--Same county: 83 (18.82%)
--Different county: 69 (15.65%)
----Same state: 60 (13.61%)
----Different state: 9 (2.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 480 (100%)
Native: 477 (99.38%)
--Born in United States: 474 (100%)
----State of residence: 399 (83.13%)
----Different state: 75 (15.63%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.63%)
Foreign born: 3 (0.63%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.63%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 441 (100%)
English only: 431 (97.73%)
Language other than English: 10 (2.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.45%)
--Spanish: 5 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (1.13%)
----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: 480 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 346% (72.08%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 11 (2.29%)
English: 67 (13.96%)
French (except Basque): 17 (3.54%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 113 (23.54%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 48 (10%)
Italian: 2 (0.42%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 2 (0.42%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (2.08%)
Scottish: 4 (0.83%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 49 (10.21%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 23 (4.79%)

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