Carbondale, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1711163, place: Carbondale city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,334 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 308 (2.72%)
Kindergarten: 224 (1.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,348 (11.89%)
High school (grades 9-12): 675 (5.96%)
College or graduate school: 8,779 (77.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,170 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 391 (3.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 557 (5.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,463 (14.39%)
Some college, no degree: 2,149 (21.13%)
Associate degree: 747 (7.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,468 (24.27%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,395 (23.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 47.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,928 (100%)
Never married: 10,546 (58.82%)
Now married, except separated: 4,953 (27.63%)
Separated: 161 (0.9%)
Total Widowed: 893 (4.98%)
Widowed Female: 740 (4.13%)
Total Divorced: 1,375 (7.67%)
Divorced Female: 828 (4.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 175 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 107 (61.14%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,360 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,868 (10.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,299 (100%)
--With a disability: 320 (7.44%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,131 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,642 (12.5%)
----Percent employed: 48.2%
--No disability: 11,489 (87.5%)
----Percent employed: 67.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,688 (100%)
--With a disability: 715 (42.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 19,661 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,483 (27.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 12,878 (65.5%)
--Same county: 3,765 (19.15%)
--Different county: 9,113 (46.35%)
----Same state: 6,964 (35.42%)
----Different state: 2,149 (10.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,300 (6.61%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 20,700 (100%)
Native: 18,506 (89.4%)
--Born in United States: 18,440 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,216 (63.85%)
----Different state: 5,224 (25.24%)
--Born outside United States: 66 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 2,194 (10.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,740 (8.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 395 (1.91%)
--Not a citizen: 1,799 (8.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,194 (100%)
Europe: 297 (13.54%)
Asia: 1,398 (63.72%)
Africa: 238 (10.85%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 218 (9.94%)
Northern America: 43 (1.96%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 19,661 (100%)
English only: 16,893 (85.92%)
Language other than English: 2,768 (14.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,163 (5.92%)
--Spanish: 687 (3.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 253 (1.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 669 (3.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 167 (0.85%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,000 (5.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 623 (3.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 20,700 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 21,950% (106.04%)
Arab: 267 (1.29%)
Czech: 129 (0.62%)
Danish: 122 (0.59%)
Dutch: 240 (1.16%)
English: 1,875 (9.06%)
French (except Basque): 384 (1.86%)
French Canadian: 119 (0.57%)
German: 3,818 (18.44%)
Greek: 63 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 68 (0.33%)
Irish: 2,358 (11.39%)
Italian: 840 (4.06%)
Lithuanian: 18 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 219 (1.06%)
Polish: 737 (3.56%)
Portuguese: 62 (0.3%)
Russian: 130 (0.63%)
Scotch-Irish: 331 (1.6%)
Scottish: 428 (2.07%)
Slovak: 74 (0.36%)
Subsaharan African: 389 (1.88%)
Swedish: 341 (1.65%)
Swiss: 62 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 15 (0.07%)
United States or American: 958 (4.63%)
Welsh: 158 (0.76%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 41 (0.2%)
Other ancestries: 7,704 (37.22%)

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