Cicero, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1714351, place: Cicero town, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 25,042 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,208 (4.82%)
Kindergarten: 1,986 (7.93%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 12,826 (51.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,637 (22.51%)
College or graduate school: 3,385 (13.52%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 44,871 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 13,930 (31.04%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 9,293 (20.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,518 (25.67%)
Some college, no degree: 5,771 (12.86%)
Associate degree: 1,602 (3.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,780 (3.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 977 (2.18%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 48.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 60,057 (100%)
Never married: 19,532 (32.52%)
Now married, except separated: 31,927 (53.16%)
Separated: 1,754 (2.92%)
Total Widowed: 3,205 (5.34%)
Widowed Female: 2,562 (4.27%)
Total Divorced: 3,639 (6.06%)
Divorced Female: 1,952 (3.25%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,853 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 966 (33.86%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 55,966 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,127 (5.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 24,942 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,375 (9.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 45,385 (100%)
--With a disability: 11,819 (26.04%)
----Percent employed: 52.4%
--No disability: 33,566 (73.96%)
----Percent employed: 61.6%
Population 65 years and over: 5,804 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,029 (52.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 76,342 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 40,177 (52.63%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 29,898 (39.16%)
--Same county: 26,950 (35.3%)
--Different county: 2,948 (3.86%)
----Same state: 819 (1.07%)
----Different state: 2,129 (2.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6,267 (8.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 85,616 (100%)
Native: 48,273 (56.38%)
--Born in United States: 46,655 (100%)
----State of residence: 41,489 (48.46%)
----Different state: 5,166 (6.03%)
--Born outside United States: 1,618 (1.89%)
Foreign born: 37,343 (43.62%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 15,928 (18.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10,076 (11.77%)
--Not a citizen: 27,267 (31.85%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 37,343 (100%)
Europe: 1,370 (3.67%)
Asia: 865 (2.32%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 35,101 (94%)
Northern America: 7 (0.02%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 76,342 (100%)
English only: 19,534 (25.59%)
Language other than English: 56,808 (74.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31,913 (41.8%)
--Spanish: 53,603 (70.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30,681 (40.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,368 (3.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 897 (1.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 579 (0.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 245 (0.32%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 85,616 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 83,294% (97.29%)
Arab: 253 (0.3%)
Czech: 1,963 (2.29%)
Danish: 94 (0.11%)
Dutch: 197 (0.23%)
English: 704 (0.82%)
French (except Basque): 439 (0.51%)
French Canadian: 106 (0.12%)
German: 3,178 (3.71%)
Greek: 287 (0.34%)
Hungarian: 100 (0.12%)
Irish: 3,206 (3.74%)
Italian: 2,597 (3.03%)
Lithuanian: 443 (0.52%)
Norwegian: 249 (0.29%)
Polish: 3,984 (4.65%)
Portuguese: 27 (0.03%)
Russian: 143 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 107 (0.12%)
Scottish: 115 (0.13%)
Slovak: 252 (0.29%)
Subsaharan African: 75 (0.09%)
Swedish: 236 (0.28%)
Swiss: 9 (0.01%)
Ukrainian: 89 (0.1%)
United States or American: 1,254 (1.46%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 68 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 63,119 (73.72%)

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