Creston, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1717471, place: Creston village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 134 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (5.97%)
Kindergarten: 6 (4.48%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 74 (55.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 24 (17.91%)
College or graduate school: 22 (16.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 351 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 17 (4.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 50 (14.25%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 130 (37.04%)
Some college, no degree: 78 (22.22%)
Associate degree: 26 (7.41%)
Bachelor's degree: 46 (13.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4 (1.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 428 (100%)
Never married: 96 (22.43%)
Now married, except separated: 242 (56.54%)
Separated: 8 (1.87%)
Total Widowed: 40 (9.35%)
Widowed Female: 31 (7.24%)
Total Divorced: 42 (9.81%)
Divorced Female: 12 (2.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 12 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 402 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 51 (12.69%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 115 (100%)
--With a disability: 7 (6.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 320 (100%)
--With a disability: 72 (22.5%)
----Percent employed: 75%
--No disability: 248 (77.5%)
----Percent employed: 81.5%
Population 65 years and over: 69 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (37.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 504 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 309 (61.31%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 195 (38.69%)
--Same county: 71 (14.09%)
--Different county: 124 (24.6%)
----Same state: 110 (21.83%)
----Different state: 14 (2.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 542 (100%)
Native: 540 (99.63%)
--Born in United States: 538 (100%)
----State of residence: 404 (74.54%)
----Different state: 134 (24.72%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.37%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.37%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 2 (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: 504 (100%)
English only: 492 (97.62%)
Language other than English: 12 (2.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.79%)
--Spanish: 3 (0.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (1.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.79%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 542 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 514% (94.83%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 7 (1.29%)
Dutch: 7 (1.29%)
English: 65 (11.99%)
French (except Basque): 13 (2.4%)
French Canadian: 8 (1.48%)
German: 142 (26.2%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 52 (9.59%)
Italian: 29 (5.35%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 39 (7.2%)
Polish: 15 (2.77%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 2 (0.37%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 17 (3.14%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 58 (10.7%)
Welsh: 5 (0.92%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 55 (10.15%)

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