Bolingbrook, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1707133, place: Bolingbrook village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 17,174 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,420 (8.27%)
Kindergarten: 994 (5.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 8,041 (46.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,507 (20.42%)
College or graduate school: 3,212 (18.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 33,668 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,454 (4.32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,863 (8.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,845 (23.3%)
Some college, no degree: 9,014 (26.77%)
Associate degree: 2,653 (7.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 7,366 (21.88%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,473 (7.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 40,834 (100%)
Never married: 10,532 (25.79%)
Now married, except separated: 25,149 (61.59%)
Separated: 544 (1.33%)
Total Widowed: 1,502 (3.68%)
Widowed Female: 1,243 (3.04%)
Total Divorced: 3,107 (7.61%)
Divorced Female: 1,872 (4.58%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,541 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 541 (35.11%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 38,203 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,934 (10.3%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 14,938 (100%)
--With a disability: 913 (6.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 33,580 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,266 (12.7%)
----Percent employed: 63.9%
--No disability: 29,314 (87.3%)
----Percent employed: 82.2%
Population 65 years and over: 2,190 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,107 (50.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 51,017 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 27,710 (54.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 21,866 (42.86%)
--Same county: 6,429 (12.6%)
--Different county: 15,437 (30.26%)
----Same state: 12,701 (24.9%)
----Different state: 2,736 (5.36%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,441 (2.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 56,454 (100%)
Native: 48,346 (85.64%)
--Born in United States: 47,825 (100%)
----State of residence: 36,476 (64.61%)
----Different state: 11,349 (20.1%)
--Born outside United States: 521 (0.92%)
Foreign born: 8,108 (14.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,849 (6.82%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,174 (5.62%)
--Not a citizen: 4,934 (8.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8,108 (100%)
Europe: 864 (10.66%)
Asia: 3,083 (38.02%)
Africa: 540 (6.66%)
Oceania: 18 (0.22%)
Latin America: 3,476 (42.87%)
Northern America: 127 (1.57%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 51,017 (100%)
English only: 40,519 (79.42%)
Language other than English: 10,498 (20.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,197 (8.23%)
--Spanish: 5,502 (10.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,597 (5.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,270 (4.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 690 (1.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,103 (4.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 780 (1.53%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 56,454 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 66,912% (118.52%)
Arab: 252 (0.45%)
Czech: 1,757 (3.11%)
Danish: 326 (0.58%)
Dutch: 857 (1.52%)
English: 2,752 (4.87%)
French (except Basque): 1,029 (1.82%)
French Canadian: 264 (0.47%)
German: 11,087 (19.64%)
Greek: 246 (0.44%)
Hungarian: 370 (0.66%)
Irish: 7,260 (12.86%)
Italian: 4,328 (7.67%)
Lithuanian: 533 (0.94%)
Norwegian: 990 (1.75%)
Polish: 5,515 (9.77%)
Portuguese: 53 (0.09%)
Russian: 299 (0.53%)
Scotch-Irish: 469 (0.83%)
Scottish: 525 (0.93%)
Slovak: 163 (0.29%)
Subsaharan African: 1,084 (1.92%)
Swedish: 1,280 (2.27%)
Swiss: 59 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 113 (0.2%)
United States or American: 1,631 (2.89%)
Welsh: 196 (0.35%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 355 (0.63%)
Other ancestries: 23,119 (40.95%)

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