Elwood, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1723945, place: Elwood village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 364 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 40 (10.99%)
Kindergarten: 30 (8.24%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 160 (43.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 55 (15.11%)
College or graduate school: 79 (21.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,110 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 31 (2.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 95 (8.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 537 (48.38%)
Some college, no degree: 263 (23.69%)
Associate degree: 67 (6.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 89 (8.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (2.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,256 (100%)
Never married: 227 (18.07%)
Now married, except separated: 792 (63.06%)
Separated: 10 (0.8%)
Total Widowed: 114 (9.08%)
Widowed Female: 96 (7.64%)
Total Divorced: 113 (9%)
Divorced Female: 58 (4.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 25 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (16%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,215 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 183 (15.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 301 (100%)
--With a disability: 27 (8.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 942 (100%)
--With a disability: 134 (14.23%)
----Percent employed: 59%
--No disability: 808 (85.77%)
----Percent employed: 77.6%
Population 65 years and over: 227 (100%)
--With a disability: 83 (36.56%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,473 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 683 (46.37%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 786 (53.36%)
--Same county: 563 (38.22%)
--Different county: 223 (15.14%)
----Same state: 174 (11.81%)
----Different state: 49 (3.33%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,635 (100%)
Native: 1,602 (97.98%)
--Born in United States: 1,598 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,413 (86.42%)
----Different state: 185 (11.31%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.24%)
Foreign born: 33 (2.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 26 (1.59%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 33 (100%)
Europe: 12 (36.36%)
Asia: 19 (57.58%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (6.06%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,473 (100%)
English only: 1,416 (96.13%)
Language other than English: 57 (3.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (1.36%)
--Spanish: 18 (1.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 23 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 16 (1.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (1.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,635 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,069% (126.54%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 21 (1.28%)
Danish: 23 (1.41%)
Dutch: 48 (2.94%)
English: 147 (8.99%)
French (except Basque): 75 (4.59%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.61%)
German: 510 (31.19%)
Greek: 14 (0.86%)
Hungarian: 18 (1.1%)
Irish: 322 (19.69%)
Italian: 223 (13.64%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.98%)
Norwegian: 28 (1.71%)
Polish: 154 (9.42%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 33 (2.02%)
Scottish: 19 (1.16%)
Slovak: 15 (0.92%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 69 (4.22%)
Swiss: 7 (0.43%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.24%)
United States or American: 66 (4.04%)
Welsh: 1 (0.06%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 244 (14.92%)

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