East St. Louis, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1722255, place: East St. Louis city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,938 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 789 (7.94%)
Kindergarten: 553 (5.56%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,809 (48.39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,635 (26.51%)
College or graduate school: 1,152 (11.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,098 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,711 (9.45%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,389 (24.25%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,215 (28.82%)
Some college, no degree: 4,138 (22.86%)
Associate degree: 1,003 (5.54%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,143 (6.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 499 (2.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 22,792 (100%)
Never married: 10,317 (45.27%)
Now married, except separated: 5,656 (24.82%)
Separated: 1,333 (5.85%)
Total Widowed: 2,486 (10.91%)
Widowed Female: 2,024 (8.88%)
Total Divorced: 3,000 (13.16%)
Divorced Female: 1,730 (7.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,466 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 750 (51.16%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 21,114 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,435 (11.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,986 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,074 (11.95%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,732 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,836 (37.1%)
----Percent employed: 42.7%
--No disability: 9,896 (62.9%)
----Percent employed: 58.8%
Population 65 years and over: 3,860 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,250 (58.29%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 28,770 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 18,951 (65.87%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,571 (33.27%)
--Same county: 7,832 (27.22%)
--Different county: 1,739 (6.04%)
----Same state: 631 (2.19%)
----Different state: 1,108 (3.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 248 (0.86%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 31,530 (100%)
Native: 31,451 (99.75%)
--Born in United States: 31,419 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,692 (56.11%)
----Different state: 13,727 (43.54%)
--Born outside United States: 32 (0.1%)
Foreign born: 79 (0.25%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 20 (0.06%)
--Naturalized citizen: 46 (0.15%)
--Not a citizen: 33 (0.1%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 79 (100%)
Europe: 15 (18.99%)
Asia: 25 (31.65%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 39 (49.37%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 28,770 (100%)
English only: 28,168 (97.91%)
Language other than English: 602 (2.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 172 (0.6%)
--Spanish: 406 (1.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 114 (0.4%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 159 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 33 (0.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.05%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 31,530 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 25,425% (80.64%)
Arab: 4 (0.01%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 86 (0.27%)
French (except Basque): 20 (0.06%)
French Canadian: 24 (0.08%)
German: 117 (0.37%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 117 (0.37%)
Italian: 6 (0.02%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 21 (0.07%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 3 (0.01%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 350 (1.11%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.03%)
United States or American: 182 (0.58%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 20 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 24,451 (77.55%)

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