Bensenville, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1705248, place: Bensenville village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,029 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 353 (7.02%)
Kindergarten: 361 (7.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,135 (42.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,036 (20.6%)
College or graduate school: 1,144 (22.75%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,204 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,735 (13.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,077 (15.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,743 (28.35%)
Some college, no degree: 2,628 (19.9%)
Associate degree: 497 (3.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,936 (14.66%)
Graduate or professional degree: 588 (4.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 16,176 (100%)
Never married: 4,523 (27.96%)
Now married, except separated: 8,925 (55.17%)
Separated: 278 (1.72%)
Total Widowed: 1,104 (6.82%)
Widowed Female: 917 (5.67%)
Total Divorced: 1,346 (8.32%)
Divorced Female: 650 (4.02%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 482 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 148 (30.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 15,470 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,250 (8.08%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,440 (100%)
--With a disability: 400 (9.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,179 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,365 (19.42%)
----Percent employed: 67.2%
--No disability: 9,814 (80.58%)
----Percent employed: 77.3%
Population 65 years and over: 2,018 (100%)
--With a disability: 820 (40.63%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 19,047 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,651 (50.67%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,674 (40.29%)
--Same county: 3,603 (18.92%)
--Different county: 4,071 (21.37%)
----Same state: 3,392 (17.81%)
----Different state: 679 (3.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,722 (9.04%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 20,507 (100%)
Native: 14,046 (68.49%)
--Born in United States: 13,728 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,616 (56.64%)
----Different state: 2,112 (10.3%)
--Born outside United States: 318 (1.55%)
Foreign born: 6,461 (31.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,716 (18.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,717 (8.37%)
--Not a citizen: 4,744 (23.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,461 (100%)
Europe: 930 (14.39%)
Asia: 1,052 (16.28%)
Africa: 17 (0.26%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4,380 (67.79%)
Northern America: 82 (1.27%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 19,047 (100%)
English only: 10,622 (55.77%)
Language other than English: 8,425 (44.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,739 (24.88%)
--Spanish: 6,163 (32.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,825 (20.08%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,684 (8.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 731 (3.84%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 488 (2.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 147 (0.77%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 20,507 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,364% (113.93%)
Arab: 127 (0.62%)
Czech: 296 (1.44%)
Danish: 180 (0.88%)
Dutch: 219 (1.07%)
English: 603 (2.94%)
French (except Basque): 235 (1.15%)
French Canadian: 86 (0.42%)
German: 3,614 (17.62%)
Greek: 204 (0.99%)
Hungarian: 92 (0.45%)
Irish: 2,008 (9.79%)
Italian: 1,908 (9.3%)
Lithuanian: 131 (0.64%)
Norwegian: 351 (1.71%)
Polish: 2,195 (10.7%)
Portuguese: 33 (0.16%)
Russian: 69 (0.34%)
Scotch-Irish: 107 (0.52%)
Scottish: 133 (0.65%)
Slovak: 48 (0.23%)
Subsaharan African: 71 (0.35%)
Swedish: 426 (2.08%)
Swiss: 36 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 54 (0.26%)
United States or American: 517 (2.52%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 60 (0.29%)
Other ancestries: 9,561 (46.62%)

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