Colona, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1715664, place: Colona city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,440 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 86 (5.97%)
Kindergarten: 98 (6.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 644 (44.72%)
High school (grades 9-12): 353 (24.51%)
College or graduate school: 259 (17.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,193 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 172 (5.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 570 (17.85%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,087 (34.04%)
Some college, no degree: 855 (26.78%)
Associate degree: 237 (7.42%)
Bachelor's degree: 204 (6.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 68 (2.13%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,981 (100%)
Never married: 929 (23.34%)
Now married, except separated: 2,461 (61.82%)
Separated: 42 (1.06%)
Total Widowed: 166 (4.17%)
Widowed Female: 142 (3.57%)
Total Divorced: 383 (9.62%)
Divorced Female: 204 (5.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 70 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 63 (90%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,708 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 541 (14.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,325 (100%)
--With a disability: 58 (4.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,005 (100%)
--With a disability: 453 (15.07%)
----Percent employed: 51.7%
--No disability: 2,552 (84.93%)
----Percent employed: 79.3%
Population 65 years and over: 447 (100%)
--With a disability: 142 (31.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,783 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,861 (59.82%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,913 (40%)
--Same county: 620 (12.96%)
--Different county: 1,293 (27.03%)
----Same state: 940 (19.65%)
----Different state: 353 (7.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,118 (100%)
Native: 5,028 (98.24%)
--Born in United States: 5,021 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,531 (68.99%)
----Different state: 1,490 (29.11%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.14%)
Foreign born: 90 (1.76%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 30 (0.59%)
--Naturalized citizen: 36 (0.7%)
--Not a citizen: 54 (1.06%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 90 (100%)
Europe: 12 (13.33%)
Asia: 29 (32.22%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 31 (34.44%)
Northern America: 18 (20%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,783 (100%)
English only: 4,522 (94.54%)
Language other than English: 261 (5.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 108 (2.26%)
--Spanish: 234 (4.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 86 (1.8%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 27 (0.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.46%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,118 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,919% (96.11%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 14 (0.27%)
Danish: 7 (0.14%)
Dutch: 138 (2.7%)
English: 383 (7.48%)
French (except Basque): 89 (1.74%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.1%)
German: 1,158 (22.63%)
Greek: 25 (0.49%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.16%)
Irish: 809 (15.81%)
Italian: 125 (2.44%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.21%)
Norwegian: 80 (1.56%)
Polish: 122 (2.38%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.16%)
Scotch-Irish: 46 (0.9%)
Scottish: 18 (0.35%)
Slovak: 20 (0.39%)
Subsaharan African: 22 (0.43%)
Swedish: 346 (6.76%)
Swiss: 16 (0.31%)
Ukrainian: 39 (0.76%)
United States or American: 448 (8.75%)
Welsh: 21 (0.41%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 961 (18.78%)

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