Flora, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1726454, place: Flora city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,132 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 91 (8.04%)
Kindergarten: 92 (8.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 530 (46.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 271 (23.94%)
College or graduate school: 148 (13.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,448 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 457 (13.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 368 (10.67%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,257 (36.46%)
Some college, no degree: 684 (19.84%)
Associate degree: 317 (9.19%)
Bachelor's degree: 220 (6.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 145 (4.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,106 (100%)
Never married: 725 (17.66%)
Now married, except separated: 2,268 (55.24%)
Separated: 67 (1.63%)
Total Widowed: 488 (11.89%)
Widowed Female: 448 (10.91%)
Total Divorced: 558 (13.59%)
Divorced Female: 310 (7.55%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 60 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 60 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,898 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 499 (12.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,071 (100%)
--With a disability: 41 (3.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,536 (100%)
--With a disability: 494 (19.48%)
----Percent employed: 56.7%
--No disability: 2,042 (80.52%)
----Percent employed: 78.8%
Population 65 years and over: 967 (100%)
--With a disability: 443 (45.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,795 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,781 (58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,005 (41.81%)
--Same county: 1,247 (26.01%)
--Different county: 758 (15.81%)
----Same state: 529 (11.03%)
----Different state: 229 (4.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,082 (100%)
Native: 5,021 (98.8%)
--Born in United States: 4,990 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,268 (83.98%)
----Different state: 722 (14.21%)
--Born outside United States: 31 (0.61%)
Foreign born: 61 (1.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 35 (0.69%)
--Naturalized citizen: 35 (0.69%)
--Not a citizen: 26 (0.51%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 61 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 44 (72.13%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 17 (27.87%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,795 (100%)
English only: 4,648 (96.93%)
Language other than English: 147 (3.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (1.04%)
--Spanish: 71 (1.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 32 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 44 (0.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.46%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,082 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,165% (81.96%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 6 (0.12%)
Dutch: 117 (2.3%)
English: 447 (8.8%)
French (except Basque): 117 (2.3%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.12%)
German: 907 (17.85%)
Greek: 17 (0.33%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 588 (11.57%)
Italian: 92 (1.81%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.14%)
Polish: 61 (1.2%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 133 (2.62%)
Scottish: 53 (1.04%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 11 (0.22%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,202 (23.65%)
Welsh: 28 (0.55%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 362 (7.12%)

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