General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1706964, place: Bluford village, Illinois)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 231 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 21 (9.09%)
Kindergarten: 9 (3.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 117 (50.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 66 (28.57%)
College or graduate school: 18 (7.79%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 482 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 51 (10.58%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 51 (10.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 210 (43.57%)
Some college, no degree: 107 (22.2%)
Associate degree: 38 (7.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 17 (3.53%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8 (1.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.2%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 588 (100%)
Never married: 126 (21.43%)
Now married, except separated: 375 (63.78%)
Separated: 5 (0.85%)
Total Widowed: 26 (4.42%)
Widowed Female: 18 (3.06%)
Total Divorced: 56 (9.52%)
Divorced Female: 35 (5.95%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 26 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 16 (61.54%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 542 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 96 (17.71%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 215 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (5.58%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 398 (100%)
--With a disability: 71 (17.84%)
----Percent employed: 39.4%
--No disability: 327 (82.16%)
----Percent employed: 76.1%
Population 65 years and over: 111 (100%)
--With a disability: 51 (45.95%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 728 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 499 (68.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 229 (31.46%)
--Same county: 179 (24.59%)
--Different county: 50 (6.87%)
----Same state: 39 (5.36%)
----Different state: 11 (1.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 771 (100%)
Native: 769 (99.74%)
--Born in United States: 760 (100%)
----State of residence: 636 (82.49%)
----Different state: 124 (16.08%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (1.17%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.26%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.26%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 2 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 728 (100%)
English only: 721 (99.04%)
Language other than English: 7 (0.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.55%)
--Spanish: 3 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 771 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 490% (63.55%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 3 (0.39%)
Dutch: 4 (0.52%)
English: 72 (9.34%)
French (except Basque): 15 (1.95%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.65%)
German: 91 (11.8%)
Greek: 6 (0.78%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 95 (12.32%)
Italian: 9 (1.17%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.26%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.52%)
Polish: 5 (0.65%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (1.3%)
Scottish: 17 (2.2%)
Slovak: 1 (0.13%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 4 (0.52%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 76 (9.86%)
Welsh: 4 (0.52%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 67 (8.69%)
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