Colfax, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1715495, place: Colfax village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 236 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 9 (3.81%)
Kindergarten: 9 (3.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 151 (63.98%)
High school (grades 9-12): 55 (23.31%)
College or graduate school: 12 (5.08%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 675 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 50 (7.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 77 (11.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 303 (44.89%)
Some college, no degree: 117 (17.33%)
Associate degree: 25 (3.7%)
Bachelor's degree: 75 (11.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (4.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 781 (100%)
Never married: 118 (15.11%)
Now married, except separated: 484 (61.97%)
Separated: 19 (2.43%)
Total Widowed: 79 (10.12%)
Widowed Female: 68 (8.71%)
Total Divorced: 81 (10.37%)
Divorced Female: 47 (6.02%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 731 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 104 (14.23%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 235 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (11.06%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 491 (100%)
--With a disability: 80 (16.29%)
----Percent employed: 72.5%
--No disability: 411 (83.71%)
----Percent employed: 88.6%
Population 65 years and over: 178 (100%)
--With a disability: 74 (41.57%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 946 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 580 (61.31%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 362 (38.27%)
--Same county: 297 (31.4%)
--Different county: 65 (6.87%)
----Same state: 50 (5.29%)
----Different state: 15 (1.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.42%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 982 (100%)
Native: 979 (99.69%)
--Born in United States: 978 (100%)
----State of residence: 808 (82.28%)
----Different state: 170 (17.31%)
--Born outside United States: 1 (0.1%)
Foreign born: 3 (0.31%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.31%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3 (100%)
Europe: 3 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 946 (100%)
English only: 925 (97.78%)
Language other than English: 21 (2.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.63%)
--Spanish: 16 (1.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.63%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 982 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 998% (101.63%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 11 (1.12%)
Danish: 11 (1.12%)
Dutch: 23 (2.34%)
English: 153 (15.58%)
French (except Basque): 30 (3.05%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 370 (37.68%)
Greek: 2 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.92%)
Irish: 113 (11.51%)
Italian: 22 (2.24%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 11 (1.12%)
Polish: 27 (2.75%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (1.22%)
Scottish: 11 (1.12%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 13 (1.32%)
Swiss: 1 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 115 (11.71%)
Welsh: 9 (0.92%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 53 (5.4%)

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