Fairmont City, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1724933, place: Fairmont City village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 500 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 31 (6.2%)
Kindergarten: 59 (11.8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 262 (52.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 120 (24%)
College or graduate school: 28 (5.6%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,517 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 498 (32.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 313 (20.63%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 439 (28.94%)
Some college, no degree: 155 (10.22%)
Associate degree: 29 (1.91%)
Bachelor's degree: 58 (3.82%)
Graduate or professional degree: 25 (1.65%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 46.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,874 (100%)
Never married: 481 (25.67%)
Now married, except separated: 961 (51.28%)
Separated: 94 (5.02%)
Total Widowed: 169 (9.02%)
Widowed Female: 133 (7.1%)
Total Divorced: 169 (9.02%)
Divorced Female: 69 (3.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 62 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 43 (69.35%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,776 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 165 (9.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 539 (100%)
--With a disability: 62 (11.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,319 (100%)
--With a disability: 399 (30.25%)
----Percent employed: 49.6%
--No disability: 920 (69.75%)
----Percent employed: 60.1%
Population 65 years and over: 347 (100%)
--With a disability: 156 (44.96%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,205 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,228 (55.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 684 (31.02%)
--Same county: 418 (18.96%)
--Different county: 266 (12.06%)
----Same state: 67 (3.04%)
----Different state: 199 (9.02%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 293 (13.29%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,425 (100%)
Native: 1,579 (65.11%)
--Born in United States: 1,562 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,133 (46.72%)
----Different state: 429 (17.69%)
--Born outside United States: 17 (0.7%)
Foreign born: 846 (34.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 531 (21.9%)
--Naturalized citizen: 234 (9.65%)
--Not a citizen: 612 (25.24%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 846 (100%)
Europe: 15 (1.77%)
Asia: 13 (1.54%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 818 (96.69%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,205 (100%)
English only: 1,146 (51.97%)
Language other than English: 1,059 (48.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 708 (32.11%)
--Spanish: 1,034 (46.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 708 (32.11%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 25 (1.13%)
----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: 2,425 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,275% (93.81%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (0.29%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 29 (1.2%)
English: 49 (2.02%)
French (except Basque): 62 (2.56%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.25%)
German: 232 (9.57%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.16%)
Irish: 134 (5.53%)
Italian: 53 (2.19%)
Lithuanian: 15 (0.62%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 135 (5.57%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (0.33%)
Scottish: 5 (0.21%)
Slovak: 18 (0.74%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (0.25%)
Swiss: 4 (0.16%)
Ukrainian: 12 (0.49%)
United States or American: 74 (3.05%)
Welsh: 2 (0.08%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,420 (58.56%)

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