Cahokia, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1710370, place: Cahokia village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,138 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 418 (8.14%)
Kindergarten: 318 (6.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,688 (52.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,192 (23.2%)
College or graduate school: 522 (10.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,544 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 910 (9.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,887 (19.77%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,678 (38.54%)
Some college, no degree: 2,088 (21.88%)
Associate degree: 443 (4.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 338 (3.54%)
Graduate or professional degree: 200 (2.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,834 (100%)
Never married: 3,785 (31.98%)
Now married, except separated: 5,263 (44.47%)
Separated: 450 (3.8%)
Total Widowed: 983 (8.31%)
Widowed Female: 728 (6.15%)
Total Divorced: 1,353 (11.43%)
Divorced Female: 746 (6.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 548 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 337 (61.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,882 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,636 (15.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,943 (100%)
--With a disability: 606 (12.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,269 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,166 (26.19%)
----Percent employed: 52.5%
--No disability: 6,103 (73.81%)
----Percent employed: 71.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,701 (100%)
--With a disability: 739 (43.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,151 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,619 (56.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,490 (42.84%)
--Same county: 5,138 (33.91%)
--Different county: 1,352 (8.92%)
----Same state: 480 (3.17%)
----Different state: 872 (5.76%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 42 (0.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,476 (100%)
Native: 16,363 (99.31%)
--Born in United States: 16,279 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,439 (57.29%)
----Different state: 6,840 (41.51%)
--Born outside United States: 84 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 113 (0.69%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 32 (0.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 42 (0.25%)
--Not a citizen: 71 (0.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 113 (100%)
Europe: 17 (15.04%)
Asia: 16 (14.16%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 65 (57.52%)
Northern America: 15 (13.27%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,151 (100%)
English only: 14,688 (96.94%)
Language other than English: 463 (3.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 144 (0.95%)
--Spanish: 263 (1.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 93 (0.61%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 174 (1.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (0.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.03%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,476 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,654% (88.94%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 52 (0.32%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 219 (1.33%)
English: 851 (5.17%)
French (except Basque): 525 (3.19%)
French Canadian: 23 (0.14%)
German: 2,309 (14.01%)
Greek: 72 (0.44%)
Hungarian: 59 (0.36%)
Irish: 1,542 (9.36%)
Italian: 329 (2%)
Lithuanian: 32 (0.19%)
Norwegian: 63 (0.38%)
Polish: 286 (1.74%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 18 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 84 (0.51%)
Scottish: 211 (1.28%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 511 (3.1%)
Swedish: 83 (0.5%)
Swiss: 20 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.04%)
United States or American: 1,280 (7.77%)
Welsh: 33 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 32 (0.19%)
Other ancestries: 6,014 (36.5%)

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