Charleston, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1712567, place: Charleston city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,292 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 272 (2.41%)
Kindergarten: 185 (1.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,233 (10.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 682 (6.04%)
College or graduate school: 8,920 (78.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,971 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 564 (6.29%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 876 (9.76%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,134 (23.79%)
Some college, no degree: 1,747 (19.47%)
Associate degree: 683 (7.61%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,415 (15.77%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,552 (17.3%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 33.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,602 (100%)
Never married: 10,272 (55.22%)
Now married, except separated: 5,939 (31.93%)
Separated: 164 (0.88%)
Total Widowed: 920 (4.95%)
Widowed Female: 771 (4.14%)
Total Divorced: 1,307 (7.03%)
Divorced Female: 791 (4.25%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 196 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 96 (48.98%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 18,077 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,302 (7.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,741 (100%)
--With a disability: 413 (6.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,192 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,383 (12.36%)
----Percent employed: 54.1%
--No disability: 9,809 (87.64%)
----Percent employed: 71.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,866 (100%)
--With a disability: 871 (46.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,205 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,616 (32.74%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,368 (66.16%)
--Same county: 3,687 (18.25%)
--Different county: 9,681 (47.91%)
----Same state: 8,510 (42.12%)
----Different state: 1,171 (5.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 221 (1.09%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 21,035 (100%)
Native: 20,573 (97.8%)
--Born in United States: 20,495 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,725 (79.51%)
----Different state: 3,770 (17.92%)
--Born outside United States: 78 (0.37%)
Foreign born: 462 (2.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 215 (1.02%)
--Naturalized citizen: 186 (0.88%)
--Not a citizen: 276 (1.31%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 462 (100%)
Europe: 140 (30.3%)
Asia: 217 (46.97%)
Africa: 11 (2.38%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 79 (17.1%)
Northern America: 15 (3.25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,205 (100%)
English only: 19,271 (95.38%)
Language other than English: 934 (4.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 285 (1.41%)
--Spanish: 413 (2.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 124 (0.61%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 357 (1.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 82 (0.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 120 (0.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 69 (0.34%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 21,035 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 21,687% (103.1%)
Arab: 63 (0.3%)
Czech: 193 (0.92%)
Danish: 117 (0.56%)
Dutch: 300 (1.43%)
English: 2,331 (11.08%)
French (except Basque): 531 (2.52%)
French Canadian: 48 (0.23%)
German: 5,879 (27.95%)
Greek: 170 (0.81%)
Hungarian: 73 (0.35%)
Irish: 3,616 (17.19%)
Italian: 1,025 (4.87%)
Lithuanian: 127 (0.6%)
Norwegian: 238 (1.13%)
Polish: 873 (4.15%)
Portuguese: 18 (0.09%)
Russian: 137 (0.65%)
Scotch-Irish: 384 (1.83%)
Scottish: 414 (1.97%)
Slovak: 49 (0.23%)
Subsaharan African: 66 (0.31%)
Swedish: 476 (2.26%)
Swiss: 79 (0.38%)
Ukrainian: 18 (0.09%)
United States or American: 1,468 (6.98%)
Welsh: 113 (0.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 10 (0.05%)
Other ancestries: 2,871 (13.65%)

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