Forest City, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1726753, place: Forest City village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 86 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 19 (22.09%)
Kindergarten: 7 (8.14%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 45 (52.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 9 (10.47%)
College or graduate school: 6 (6.98%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 218 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 17 (7.8%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 43 (19.72%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 100 (45.87%)
Some college, no degree: 41 (18.81%)
Associate degree: 8 (3.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 7 (3.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2 (0.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 249 (100%)
Never married: 43 (17.27%)
Now married, except separated: 163 (65.46%)
Separated: 4 (1.61%)
Total Widowed: 6 (2.41%)
Widowed Female: 3 (1.2%)
Total Divorced: 33 (13.25%)
Divorced Female: 10 (4.02%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 20 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 243 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 47 (19.34%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 80 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 180 (100%)
--With a disability: 68 (37.78%)
----Percent employed: 63.2%
--No disability: 112 (62.22%)
----Percent employed: 60.7%
Population 65 years and over: 45 (100%)
--With a disability: 23 (51.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 305 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 206 (67.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 99 (32.46%)
--Same county: 55 (18.03%)
--Different county: 44 (14.43%)
----Same state: 36 (11.8%)
----Different state: 8 (2.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 339 (100%)
Native: 339 (100%)
--Born in United States: 339 (100%)
----State of residence: 284 (83.78%)
----Different state: 55 (16.22%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 305 (100%)
English only: 303 (99.34%)
Language other than English: 2 (0.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 339 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 246% (72.57%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 8 (2.36%)
English: 12 (3.54%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.59%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 52 (15.34%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 8 (2.36%)
Irish: 33 (9.73%)
Italian: 2 (0.59%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (2.95%)
Scottish: 16 (4.72%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 60 (17.7%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 43 (12.68%)

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