General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1721267, place: Du Quoin city, Illinois)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,569 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 175 (11.15%)
Kindergarten: 94 (5.99%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 586 (37.35%)
High school (grades 9-12): 388 (24.73%)
College or graduate school: 326 (20.78%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 4,365 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 526 (12.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 595 (13.63%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,347 (30.86%)
Some college, no degree: 1,006 (23.05%)
Associate degree: 320 (7.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 400 (9.16%)
Graduate or professional degree: 171 (3.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.1%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 5,247 (100%)
Never married: 942 (17.95%)
Now married, except separated: 2,867 (54.64%)
Separated: 84 (1.6%)
Total Widowed: 666 (12.69%)
Widowed Female: 564 (10.75%)
Total Divorced: 688 (13.11%)
Divorced Female: 431 (8.21%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 78 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 71 (91.03%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 4,984 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 646 (12.96%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 1,318 (100%)
--With a disability: 66 (5.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,188 (100%)
--With a disability: 660 (20.7%)
----Percent employed: 50%
--No disability: 2,528 (79.3%)
----Percent employed: 75.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,293 (100%)
--With a disability: 643 (49.73%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 6,098 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,920 (64.28%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,139 (35.08%)
--Same county: 1,435 (23.53%)
--Different county: 704 (11.54%)
----Same state: 553 (9.07%)
----Different state: 151 (2.48%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 39 (0.64%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 6,509 (100%)
Native: 6,470 (99.4%)
--Born in United States: 6,446 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,670 (87.11%)
----Different state: 776 (11.92%)
--Born outside United States: 24 (0.37%)
Foreign born: 39 (0.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 20 (0.31%)
--Not a citizen: 19 (0.29%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 39 (100%)
Europe: 29 (74.36%)
Asia: 5 (12.82%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 5 (12.82%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 6,098 (100%)
English only: 5,986 (98.16%)
Language other than English: 112 (1.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.66%)
--Spanish: 75 (1.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 26 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 11 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.08%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 6,509 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,256% (80.75%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 20 (0.31%)
Danish: 11 (0.17%)
Dutch: 114 (1.75%)
English: 649 (9.97%)
French (except Basque): 217 (3.33%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,348 (20.71%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 36 (0.55%)
Irish: 653 (10.03%)
Italian: 275 (4.22%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 65 (1%)
Polish: 165 (2.53%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.11%)
Russian: 8 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 64 (0.98%)
Scottish: 108 (1.66%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 18 (0.28%)
Swedish: 24 (0.37%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 583 (8.96%)
Welsh: 32 (0.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 859 (13.2%)
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