General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1711007, place: Canton city, Illinois)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,199 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 216 (6.75%)
Kindergarten: 183 (5.72%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,493 (46.67%)
High school (grades 9-12): 738 (23.07%)
College or graduate school: 569 (17.79%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 10,596 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 719 (6.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,196 (20.72%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,431 (32.38%)
Some college, no degree: 2,307 (21.77%)
Associate degree: 679 (6.41%)
Bachelor's degree: 862 (8.14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 402 (3.79%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.9%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 12,639 (100%)
Never married: 2,170 (17.17%)
Now married, except separated: 6,910 (54.67%)
Separated: 251 (1.99%)
Total Widowed: 1,142 (9.04%)
Widowed Female: 913 (7.22%)
Total Divorced: 2,166 (17.14%)
Divorced Female: 863 (6.83%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 172 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 76 (44.19%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 12,148 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,484 (12.22%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 2,684 (100%)
--With a disability: 241 (8.98%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,850 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,082 (15.8%)
----Percent employed: 43.1%
--No disability: 5,768 (84.2%)
----Percent employed: 78.7%
Population 65 years and over: 2,571 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,139 (44.3%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 14,372 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,593 (52.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,704 (46.65%)
--Same county: 3,747 (26.07%)
--Different county: 2,957 (20.57%)
----Same state: 2,584 (17.98%)
----Different state: 373 (2.6%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 75 (0.52%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 15,241 (100%)
Native: 15,057 (98.79%)
--Born in United States: 14,971 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,969 (85.09%)
----Different state: 2,002 (13.14%)
--Born outside United States: 86 (0.56%)
Foreign born: 184 (1.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 87 (0.57%)
--Naturalized citizen: 79 (0.52%)
--Not a citizen: 105 (0.69%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 184 (100%)
Europe: 44 (23.91%)
Asia: 42 (22.83%)
Africa: 8 (4.35%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 84 (45.65%)
Northern America: 6 (3.26%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 14,372 (100%)
English only: 13,974 (97.23%)
Language other than English: 398 (2.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 151 (1.05%)
--Spanish: 254 (1.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 110 (0.77%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 112 (0.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 24 (0.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.14%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 15,241 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,907% (71.56%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 48 (0.31%)
Danish: 36 (0.24%)
Dutch: 454 (2.98%)
English: 1,603 (10.52%)
French (except Basque): 288 (1.89%)
French Canadian: 24 (0.16%)
German: 2,647 (17.37%)
Greek: 32 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 11 (0.07%)
Irish: 1,178 (7.73%)
Italian: 312 (2.05%)
Lithuanian: 40 (0.26%)
Norwegian: 55 (0.36%)
Polish: 170 (1.12%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 21 (0.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 169 (1.11%)
Scottish: 280 (1.84%)
Slovak: 7 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.05%)
Swedish: 250 (1.64%)
Swiss: 19 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.05%)
United States or American: 1,732 (11.36%)
Welsh: 106 (0.7%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,410 (9.25%)
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