U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Bloomington, IL

Mclean County, Illinois

Latitude: 40.477585     Longitude: -88.983509
Population 69,749 (2005)
Elevation of Bloomington, Illinois: 764 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1706613, place: Bloomington city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 18,736 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,229 (6.56%)
Kindergarten: 1,100 (5.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,154 (38.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,103 (16.56%)
College or graduate school: 6,150 (32.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 40,943 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,305 (3.19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,865 (7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 10,193 (24.9%)
Some college, no degree: 7,823 (19.11%)
Associate degree: 2,498 (6.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 11,444 (27.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,815 (11.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 39.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 51,337 (100%)
Never married: 15,235 (29.68%)
Now married, except separated: 27,061 (52.71%)
Separated: 718 (1.4%)
Total Widowed: 2,714 (5.29%)
Widowed Female: 2,243 (4.37%)
Total Divorced: 5,609 (10.93%)
Divorced Female: 3,186 (6.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 540 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 278 (51.48%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 48,942 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,340 (10.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 14,526 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,035 (7.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 38,946 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,829 (12.4%)
----Percent employed: 64.2%
--No disability: 34,117 (87.6%)
----Percent employed: 85.2%
Population 65 years and over: 6,215 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,278 (36.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 60,288 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 26,522 (43.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 32,307 (53.59%)
--Same county: 17,626 (29.24%)
--Different county: 14,681 (24.35%)
----Same state: 8,233 (13.66%)
----Different state: 6,448 (10.7%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,459 (2.42%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 65,046 (100%)
Native: 62,091 (95.46%)
--Born in United States: 61,758 (100%)
----State of residence: 45,951 (70.64%)
----Different state: 15,807 (24.3%)
--Born outside United States: 333 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 2,955 (4.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,743 (2.68%)
--Naturalized citizen: 896 (1.38%)
--Not a citizen: 2,059 (3.17%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,955 (100%)
Europe: 366 (12.39%)
Asia: 1,564 (52.93%)
Africa: 83 (2.81%)
Oceania: 13 (0.44%)
Latin America: 817 (27.65%)
Northern America: 112 (3.79%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 60,288 (100%)
English only: 55,491 (92.04%)
Language other than English: 4,797 (7.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,711 (2.84%)
--Spanish: 1,963 (3.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 763 (1.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,408 (2.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 350 (0.58%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,259 (2.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 544 (0.9%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 65,046 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 69,637% (107.06%)
Arab: 105 (0.16%)
Czech: 601 (0.92%)
Danish: 345 (0.53%)
Dutch: 1,118 (1.72%)
English: 7,025 (10.8%)
French (except Basque): 2,026 (3.11%)
French Canadian: 288 (0.44%)
German: 18,245 (28.05%)
Greek: 214 (0.33%)
Hungarian: 467 (0.72%)
Irish: 9,189 (14.13%)
Italian: 2,839 (4.36%)
Lithuanian: 271 (0.42%)
Norwegian: 1,397 (2.15%)
Polish: 2,318 (3.56%)
Portuguese: 93 (0.14%)
Russian: 260 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,117 (1.72%)
Scottish: 1,283 (1.97%)
Slovak: 245 (0.38%)
Subsaharan African: 198 (0.3%)
Swedish: 1,681 (2.58%)
Swiss: 307 (0.47%)
Ukrainian: 165 (0.25%)
United States or American: 4,589 (7.06%)
Welsh: 437 (0.67%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 44 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 12,770 (19.63%)

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