Dorchester, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1720370, place: Dorchester village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 37 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1 (2.7%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 14 (37.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 11 (29.73%)
College or graduate school: 11 (29.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 109 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5 (4.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 7 (6.42%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 39 (35.78%)
Some college, no degree: 51 (46.79%)
Associate degree: 3 (2.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 4 (3.67%)
Graduate or professional degree: 0 (0%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 136 (100%)
Never married: 30 (22.06%)
Now married, except separated: 80 (58.82%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 10 (7.35%)
Widowed Female: 7 (5.15%)
Total Divorced: 16 (11.76%)
Divorced Female: 6 (4.41%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 127 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 10 (7.87%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 37 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 100 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (12%)
----Percent employed: 50%
--No disability: 88 (88%)
----Percent employed: 89.8%
Population 65 years and over: 13 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (61.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 150 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 131 (87.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 19 (12.67%)
--Same county: 17 (11.33%)
--Different county: 2 (1.33%)
----Same state: 0 (0%)
----Different state: 2 (1.33%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 161 (100%)
Native: 161 (100%)
--Born in United States: 161 (100%)
----State of residence: 145 (90.06%)
----Different state: 16 (9.94%)
--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: 150 (100%)
English only: 150 (100%)
Language other than English: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 161 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 168% (104.35%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 1 (0.62%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 11 (6.83%)
English: 7 (4.35%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 59 (36.65%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 14 (8.7%)
Italian: 25 (15.53%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 3 (1.86%)
Scottish: 16 (9.94%)
Slovak: 2 (1.24%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 26 (16.15%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4 (2.48%)

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