Benld, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1705209, place: Benld city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 329 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 25 (7.6%)
Kindergarten: 25 (7.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 165 (50.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 65 (19.76%)
College or graduate school: 49 (14.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,037 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 95 (9.16%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 142 (13.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 450 (43.39%)
Some college, no degree: 199 (19.19%)
Associate degree: 49 (4.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 75 (7.23%)
Graduate or professional degree: 27 (2.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,228 (100%)
Never married: 259 (21.09%)
Now married, except separated: 653 (53.18%)
Separated: 6 (0.49%)
Total Widowed: 136 (11.07%)
Widowed Female: 119 (9.69%)
Total Divorced: 174 (14.17%)
Divorced Female: 88 (7.17%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 23 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (60.87%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,172 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 228 (19.45%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 310 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (6.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 795 (100%)
--With a disability: 171 (21.51%)
----Percent employed: 35.7%
--No disability: 624 (78.49%)
----Percent employed: 74.4%
Population 65 years and over: 329 (100%)
--With a disability: 151 (45.9%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,434 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 902 (62.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 532 (37.1%)
--Same county: 314 (21.9%)
--Different county: 218 (15.2%)
----Same state: 166 (11.58%)
----Different state: 52 (3.63%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,539 (100%)
Native: 1,532 (99.55%)
--Born in United States: 1,521 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,307 (84.93%)
----Different state: 214 (13.91%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.45%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.45%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 7 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,434 (100%)
English only: 1,371 (95.61%)
Language other than English: 63 (4.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.91%)
--Spanish: 15 (1.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 42 (2.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.63%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,539 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,574% (102.27%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (0.45%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 14 (0.91%)
English: 76 (4.94%)
French (except Basque): 54 (3.51%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.45%)
German: 341 (22.16%)
Greek: 3 (0.19%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.19%)
Irish: 205 (13.32%)
Italian: 296 (19.23%)
Lithuanian: 12 (0.78%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.13%)
Polish: 47 (3.05%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 22 (1.43%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (0.78%)
Scottish: 35 (2.27%)
Slovak: 50 (3.25%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.13%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.52%)
United States or American: 174 (11.31%)
Welsh: 2 (0.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 202 (13.13%)

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