Fairbury, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1724764, place: Fairbury city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 953 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 48 (5.04%)
Kindergarten: 44 (4.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 467 (49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 293 (30.75%)
College or graduate school: 101 (10.6%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,566 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 219 (8.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 340 (13.25%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 994 (38.74%)
Some college, no degree: 472 (18.39%)
Associate degree: 146 (5.69%)
Bachelor's degree: 228 (8.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 167 (6.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,079 (100%)
Never married: 627 (20.36%)
Now married, except separated: 2,008 (65.22%)
Separated: 32 (1.04%)
Total Widowed: 227 (7.37%)
Widowed Female: 196 (6.37%)
Total Divorced: 185 (6.01%)
Divorced Female: 81 (2.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,858 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 367 (12.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 947 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (8.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,858 (100%)
--With a disability: 291 (15.66%)
----Percent employed: 63.9%
--No disability: 1,567 (84.34%)
----Percent employed: 87.6%
Population 65 years and over: 724 (100%)
--With a disability: 202 (27.9%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,653 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,213 (60.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,440 (39.42%)
--Same county: 920 (25.18%)
--Different county: 520 (14.23%)
----Same state: 358 (9.8%)
----Different state: 162 (4.43%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,862 (100%)
Native: 3,821 (98.94%)
--Born in United States: 3,799 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,185 (82.47%)
----Different state: 614 (15.9%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (0.57%)
Foreign born: 41 (1.06%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10 (0.26%)
--Naturalized citizen: 41 (1.06%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 41 (100%)
Europe: 20 (48.78%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 21 (51.22%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,653 (100%)
English only: 3,439 (94.14%)
Language other than English: 214 (5.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 64 (1.75%)
--Spanish: 160 (4.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 64 (1.75%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 48 (1.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,862 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,160% (107.72%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 10 (0.26%)
Danish: 40 (1.04%)
Dutch: 82 (2.12%)
English: 359 (9.3%)
French (except Basque): 98 (2.54%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,404 (36.35%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 541 (14.01%)
Italian: 75 (1.94%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 32 (0.83%)
Polish: 74 (1.92%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.16%)
Scotch-Irish: 71 (1.84%)
Scottish: 37 (0.96%)
Slovak: 14 (0.36%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 146 (3.78%)
Swiss: 125 (3.24%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 679 (17.58%)
Welsh: 5 (0.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 362 (9.37%)

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