Bethalto, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1705599, place: Bethalto village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,679 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 204 (7.61%)
Kindergarten: 212 (7.91%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,176 (43.9%)
High school (grades 9-12): 581 (21.69%)
College or graduate school: 506 (18.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,118 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 314 (5.13%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 548 (8.96%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,421 (39.57%)
Some college, no degree: 1,470 (24.03%)
Associate degree: 517 (8.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 507 (8.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 341 (5.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,410 (100%)
Never married: 1,661 (22.42%)
Now married, except separated: 4,255 (57.42%)
Separated: 91 (1.23%)
Total Widowed: 598 (8.07%)
Widowed Female: 514 (6.94%)
Total Divorced: 805 (10.86%)
Divorced Female: 440 (5.94%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 143 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (7.69%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,914 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 906 (13.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,339 (100%)
--With a disability: 71 (3.04%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,251 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,070 (20.38%)
----Percent employed: 62.9%
--No disability: 4,181 (79.62%)
----Percent employed: 83.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,222 (100%)
--With a disability: 727 (59.49%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,904 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,067 (56.91%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,779 (42.44%)
--Same county: 2,857 (32.09%)
--Different county: 922 (10.35%)
----Same state: 474 (5.32%)
----Different state: 448 (5.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 58 (0.65%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,447 (100%)
Native: 9,334 (98.8%)
--Born in United States: 9,312 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,435 (78.7%)
----Different state: 1,877 (19.87%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (0.23%)
Foreign born: 113 (1.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 24 (0.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 58 (0.61%)
--Not a citizen: 55 (0.58%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 113 (100%)
Europe: 58 (51.33%)
Asia: 47 (41.59%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 8 (7.08%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,904 (100%)
English only: 8,720 (97.93%)
Language other than English: 184 (2.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 99 (1.11%)
--Spanish: 49 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (0.39%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 81 (0.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 54 (0.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 47 (0.53%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,447 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,662% (91.69%)
Arab: 10 (0.11%)
Czech: 32 (0.34%)
Danish: 7 (0.07%)
Dutch: 221 (2.34%)
English: 1,173 (12.42%)
French (except Basque): 396 (4.19%)
French Canadian: 20 (0.21%)
German: 2,401 (25.42%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.07%)
Irish: 1,396 (14.78%)
Italian: 405 (4.29%)
Lithuanian: 50 (0.53%)
Norwegian: 10 (0.11%)
Polish: 133 (1.41%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.06%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 112 (1.19%)
Scottish: 180 (1.91%)
Slovak: 16 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 43 (0.46%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 24 (0.25%)
United States or American: 1,238 (13.1%)
Welsh: 15 (0.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 767 (8.12%)

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