Darien, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1718628, place: Darien city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,058 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 485 (8.01%)
Kindergarten: 253 (4.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,687 (44.35%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,201 (19.83%)
College or graduate school: 1,432 (23.64%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,088 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 382 (2.37%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 657 (4.08%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,604 (22.4%)
Some college, no degree: 3,303 (20.53%)
Associate degree: 1,139 (7.08%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,344 (27%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,659 (16.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 43.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,433 (100%)
Never married: 3,990 (21.65%)
Now married, except separated: 11,747 (63.73%)
Separated: 103 (0.56%)
Total Widowed: 1,071 (5.81%)
Widowed Female: 814 (4.42%)
Total Divorced: 1,522 (8.26%)
Divorced Female: 959 (5.2%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 427 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 100 (23.42%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,495 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,882 (10.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,732 (100%)
--With a disability: 220 (4.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,017 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,752 (12.5%)
----Percent employed: 74.3%
--No disability: 12,265 (87.5%)
----Percent employed: 82.1%
Population 65 years and over: 2,808 (100%)
--With a disability: 887 (31.59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 21,650 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 14,227 (65.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,090 (32.75%)
--Same county: 3,012 (13.91%)
--Different county: 4,078 (18.84%)
----Same state: 3,040 (14.04%)
----Different state: 1,038 (4.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 333 (1.54%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 22,966 (100%)
Native: 19,480 (84.82%)
--Born in United States: 19,371 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,247 (70.74%)
----Different state: 3,124 (13.6%)
--Born outside United States: 109 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 3,486 (15.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 878 (3.82%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,401 (10.45%)
--Not a citizen: 1,085 (4.72%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,486 (100%)
Europe: 1,132 (32.47%)
Asia: 2,010 (57.66%)
Africa: 96 (2.75%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 223 (6.4%)
Northern America: 25 (0.72%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 21,650 (100%)
English only: 16,988 (78.47%)
Language other than English: 4,662 (21.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,403 (6.48%)
--Spanish: 582 (2.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 123 (0.57%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,463 (11.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 831 (3.84%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,549 (7.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 431 (1.99%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 22,966 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 29,333% (127.72%)
Arab: 52 (0.23%)
Czech: 1,401 (6.1%)
Danish: 91 (0.4%)
Dutch: 341 (1.48%)
English: 1,429 (6.22%)
French (except Basque): 419 (1.82%)
French Canadian: 99 (0.43%)
German: 4,570 (19.9%)
Greek: 375 (1.63%)
Hungarian: 148 (0.64%)
Irish: 3,697 (16.1%)
Italian: 3,402 (14.81%)
Lithuanian: 770 (3.35%)
Norwegian: 335 (1.46%)
Polish: 4,415 (19.22%)
Portuguese: 34 (0.15%)
Russian: 255 (1.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 182 (0.79%)
Scottish: 227 (0.99%)
Slovak: 215 (0.94%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.03%)
Swedish: 675 (2.94%)
Swiss: 67 (0.29%)
Ukrainian: 97 (0.42%)
United States or American: 218 (0.95%)
Welsh: 203 (0.88%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 31 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 5,579 (24.29%)

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