Beecher, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1704585, place: Beecher village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 483 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 21 (4.35%)
Kindergarten: 28 (5.8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 215 (44.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 130 (26.92%)
College or graduate school: 89 (18.43%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,432 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 80 (5.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 110 (7.68%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 626 (43.72%)
Some college, no degree: 331 (23.11%)
Associate degree: 51 (3.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 153 (10.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 81 (5.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,694 (100%)
Never married: 367 (21.66%)
Now married, except separated: 1,033 (60.98%)
Separated: 24 (1.42%)
Total Widowed: 148 (8.74%)
Widowed Female: 122 (7.2%)
Total Divorced: 122 (7.2%)
Divorced Female: 57 (3.36%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 12 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (16.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,578 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 180 (11.41%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 429 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (3.96%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,185 (100%)
--With a disability: 116 (9.79%)
----Percent employed: 60.3%
--No disability: 1,069 (90.21%)
----Percent employed: 87.2%
Population 65 years and over: 335 (100%)
--With a disability: 121 (36.12%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,950 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,339 (68.67%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 606 (31.08%)
--Same county: 280 (14.36%)
--Different county: 326 (16.72%)
----Same state: 282 (14.46%)
----Different state: 44 (2.26%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,029 (100%)
Native: 1,978 (97.49%)
--Born in United States: 1,972 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,613 (79.5%)
----Different state: 359 (17.69%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.3%)
Foreign born: 51 (2.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 45 (2.22%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.3%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 51 (100%)
Europe: 33 (64.71%)
Asia: 14 (27.45%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (7.84%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,950 (100%)
English only: 1,856 (95.18%)
Language other than English: 94 (4.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (1.23%)
--Spanish: 22 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 58 (2.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.62%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 14 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.36%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,029 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,398% (118.19%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 16 (0.79%)
Danish: 27 (1.33%)
Dutch: 130 (6.41%)
English: 160 (7.89%)
French (except Basque): 44 (2.17%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.84%)
German: 897 (44.21%)
Greek: 10 (0.49%)
Hungarian: 15 (0.74%)
Irish: 257 (12.67%)
Italian: 175 (8.62%)
Lithuanian: 18 (0.89%)
Norwegian: 46 (2.27%)
Polish: 204 (10.05%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 15 (0.74%)
Scotch-Irish: 38 (1.87%)
Scottish: 5 (0.25%)
Slovak: 10 (0.49%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 90 (4.44%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 56 (2.76%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 168 (8.28%)

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