Cowden, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1717055, place: Cowden village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 171 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 17 (9.94%)
Kindergarten: 23 (13.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 68 (39.77%)
High school (grades 9-12): 41 (23.98%)
College or graduate school: 22 (12.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 379 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 37 (9.76%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 48 (12.66%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 175 (46.17%)
Some college, no degree: 73 (19.26%)
Associate degree: 20 (5.28%)
Bachelor's degree: 22 (5.8%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4 (1.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 456 (100%)
Never married: 95 (20.83%)
Now married, except separated: 265 (58.11%)
Separated: 6 (1.32%)
Total Widowed: 38 (8.33%)
Widowed Female: 30 (6.58%)
Total Divorced: 52 (11.4%)
Divorced Female: 36 (7.89%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 18 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (44.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 420 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 68 (16.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 171 (100%)
--With a disability: 28 (16.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 316 (100%)
--With a disability: 68 (21.52%)
----Percent employed: 36.8%
--No disability: 248 (78.48%)
----Percent employed: 66.9%
Population 65 years and over: 82 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (45.12%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 569 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 328 (57.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 241 (42.36%)
--Same county: 150 (26.36%)
--Different county: 91 (15.99%)
----Same state: 66 (11.6%)
----Different state: 25 (4.39%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 617 (100%)
Native: 617 (100%)
--Born in United States: 617 (100%)
----State of residence: 557 (90.28%)
----Different state: 60 (9.72%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 569 (100%)
English only: 557 (97.89%)
Language other than English: 12 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.88%)
----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: 617 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 531% (86.06%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 20 (3.24%)
English: 34 (5.51%)
French (except Basque): 17 (2.76%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 129 (20.91%)
Greek: 2 (0.32%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 110 (17.83%)
Italian: 1 (0.16%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.32%)
Polish: 7 (1.13%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (1.94%)
Scottish: 5 (0.81%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 105 (17.02%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 87 (14.1%)

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