Forest Park, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1726935, place: Forest Park village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,588 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 331 (9.23%)
Kindergarten: 204 (5.69%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,313 (36.59%)
High school (grades 9-12): 410 (11.43%)
College or graduate school: 1,330 (37.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,623 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 505 (4.34%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 858 (7.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,486 (21.39%)
Some college, no degree: 2,808 (24.16%)
Associate degree: 749 (6.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,516 (21.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,701 (14.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 36.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,886 (100%)
Never married: 4,634 (35.96%)
Now married, except separated: 5,359 (41.59%)
Separated: 321 (2.49%)
Total Widowed: 878 (6.81%)
Widowed Female: 745 (5.78%)
Total Divorced: 1,694 (13.15%)
Divorced Female: 947 (7.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 234 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 95 (40.6%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,614 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,270 (10.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,263 (100%)
--With a disability: 141 (6.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,384 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,606 (15.47%)
----Percent employed: 74.3%
--No disability: 8,778 (84.53%)
----Percent employed: 80.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,692 (100%)
--With a disability: 690 (40.78%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,557 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,400 (43.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,583 (52.09%)
--Same county: 6,110 (41.97%)
--Different county: 1,473 (10.12%)
----Same state: 515 (3.54%)
----Different state: 958 (6.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 574 (3.94%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,688 (100%)
Native: 13,359 (85.15%)
--Born in United States: 13,200 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,372 (66.11%)
----Different state: 2,828 (18.03%)
--Born outside United States: 159 (1.01%)
Foreign born: 2,329 (14.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,178 (7.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 923 (5.88%)
--Not a citizen: 1,406 (8.96%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,329 (100%)
Europe: 522 (22.41%)
Asia: 978 (41.99%)
Africa: 183 (7.86%)
Oceania: 5 (0.21%)
Latin America: 610 (26.19%)
Northern America: 31 (1.33%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,557 (100%)
English only: 11,731 (80.59%)
Language other than English: 2,826 (19.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,216 (8.35%)
--Spanish: 1,167 (8.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 579 (3.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 881 (6.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 317 (2.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 583 (4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 226 (1.55%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,688 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,644% (112.47%)
Arab: 43 (0.27%)
Czech: 235 (1.5%)
Danish: 42 (0.27%)
Dutch: 136 (0.87%)
English: 926 (5.9%)
French (except Basque): 239 (1.52%)
French Canadian: 139 (0.89%)
German: 2,487 (15.85%)
Greek: 122 (0.78%)
Hungarian: 41 (0.26%)
Irish: 2,292 (14.61%)
Italian: 1,264 (8.06%)
Lithuanian: 69 (0.44%)
Norwegian: 190 (1.21%)
Polish: 839 (5.35%)
Portuguese: 12 (0.08%)
Russian: 63 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 117 (0.75%)
Scottish: 181 (1.15%)
Slovak: 12 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 245 (1.56%)
Swedish: 243 (1.55%)
Swiss: 84 (0.54%)
Ukrainian: 56 (0.36%)
United States or American: 314 (2%)
Welsh: 44 (0.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 60 (0.38%)
Other ancestries: 7,149 (45.57%)

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