Bellwood, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1704975, place: Bellwood village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,643 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 608 (9.15%)
Kindergarten: 323 (4.86%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,919 (43.94%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,544 (23.24%)
College or graduate school: 1,249 (18.8%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,242 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 788 (6.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,055 (16.79%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,809 (31.11%)
Some college, no degree: 3,450 (28.18%)
Associate degree: 680 (5.55%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,024 (8.36%)
Graduate or professional degree: 436 (3.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,381 (100%)
Never married: 5,619 (36.53%)
Now married, except separated: 6,731 (43.76%)
Separated: 662 (4.3%)
Total Widowed: 929 (6.04%)
Widowed Female: 756 (4.92%)
Total Divorced: 1,440 (9.36%)
Divorced Female: 941 (6.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,059 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 512 (48.35%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,282 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,515 (10.61%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,604 (100%)
--With a disability: 383 (6.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,808 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,643 (22.38%)
----Percent employed: 53%
--No disability: 9,165 (77.62%)
----Percent employed: 77.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,600 (100%)
--With a disability: 704 (44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 19,027 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,527 (65.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,273 (32.97%)
--Same county: 5,455 (28.67%)
--Different county: 818 (4.3%)
----Same state: 477 (2.51%)
----Different state: 341 (1.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 227 (1.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 20,535 (100%)
Native: 19,279 (93.88%)
--Born in United States: 19,167 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,012 (68.23%)
----Different state: 5,155 (25.1%)
--Born outside United States: 112 (0.55%)
Foreign born: 1,256 (6.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 461 (2.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 488 (2.38%)
--Not a citizen: 768 (3.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,256 (100%)
Europe: 176 (14.01%)
Asia: 39 (3.11%)
Africa: 56 (4.46%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 968 (77.07%)
Northern America: 17 (1.35%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 19,027 (100%)
English only: 16,897 (88.81%)
Language other than English: 2,130 (11.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 908 (4.77%)
--Spanish: 1,705 (8.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 758 (3.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 325 (1.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 124 (0.65%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 35 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 20,535 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 19,522% (95.07%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 56 (0.27%)
Danish: 10 (0.05%)
Dutch: 21 (0.1%)
English: 117 (0.57%)
French (except Basque): 34 (0.17%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.09%)
German: 664 (3.23%)
Greek: 19 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.02%)
Irish: 375 (1.83%)
Italian: 387 (1.88%)
Lithuanian: 28 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.04%)
Polish: 270 (1.31%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 85 (0.41%)
Scotch-Irish: 31 (0.15%)
Scottish: 39 (0.19%)
Slovak: 6 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 412 (2.01%)
Swedish: 24 (0.12%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 16 (0.08%)
United States or American: 164 (0.8%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 187 (0.91%)
Other ancestries: 16,544 (80.56%)

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