Bethany, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1705612, place: Bethany village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 259 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 27 (10.42%)
Kindergarten: 9 (3.47%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 121 (46.72%)
High school (grades 9-12): 63 (24.32%)
College or graduate school: 39 (15.06%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 900 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 44 (4.89%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 88 (9.78%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 440 (48.89%)
Some college, no degree: 203 (22.56%)
Associate degree: 57 (6.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 46 (5.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 22 (2.44%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,053 (100%)
Never married: 177 (16.81%)
Now married, except separated: 655 (62.2%)
Separated: 17 (1.61%)
Total Widowed: 127 (12.06%)
Widowed Female: 109 (10.35%)
Total Divorced: 77 (7.31%)
Divorced Female: 42 (3.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 11 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (36.36%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,001 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 161 (16.08%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 235 (100%)
--With a disability: 23 (9.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 705 (100%)
--With a disability: 116 (16.45%)
----Percent employed: 64.7%
--No disability: 589 (83.55%)
----Percent employed: 79.1%
Population 65 years and over: 256 (100%)
--With a disability: 96 (37.5%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,196 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 762 (63.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 428 (35.79%)
--Same county: 242 (20.23%)
--Different county: 186 (15.55%)
----Same state: 125 (10.45%)
----Different state: 61 (5.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,290 (100%)
Native: 1,276 (98.91%)
--Born in United States: 1,270 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,093 (84.73%)
----Different state: 177 (13.72%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 14 (1.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.47%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (0.78%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.31%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 14 (100%)
Europe: 8 (57.14%)
Asia: 4 (28.57%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (14.29%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,196 (100%)
English only: 1,172 (97.99%)
Language other than English: 24 (2.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.75%)
--Spanish: 18 (1.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.75%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,290 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,102% (85.43%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.16%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 12 (0.93%)
English: 155 (12.02%)
French (except Basque): 40 (3.1%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.39%)
German: 297 (23.02%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 155 (12.02%)
Italian: 32 (2.48%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.39%)
Polish: 9 (0.7%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (0.93%)
Scottish: 23 (1.78%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 13 (1.01%)
Swiss: 2 (0.16%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 230 (17.83%)
Welsh: 2 (0.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 108 (8.37%)

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