Forreston, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1727065, place: Forreston village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 361 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 28 (7.76%)
Kindergarten: 29 (8.03%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 204 (56.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 68 (18.84%)
College or graduate school: 32 (8.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 957 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 76 (7.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 104 (10.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 394 (41.17%)
Some college, no degree: 194 (20.27%)
Associate degree: 42 (4.39%)
Bachelor's degree: 94 (9.82%)
Graduate or professional degree: 53 (5.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,115 (100%)
Never married: 199 (17.85%)
Now married, except separated: 692 (62.06%)
Separated: 7 (0.63%)
Total Widowed: 120 (10.76%)
Widowed Female: 92 (8.25%)
Total Divorced: 97 (8.7%)
Divorced Female: 55 (4.93%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (61.54%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,052 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 132 (12.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 368 (100%)
--With a disability: 11 (2.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 747 (100%)
--With a disability: 133 (17.8%)
----Percent employed: 66.2%
--No disability: 614 (82.2%)
----Percent employed: 80.6%
Population 65 years and over: 260 (100%)
--With a disability: 115 (44.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,375 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 794 (57.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 578 (42.04%)
--Same county: 271 (19.71%)
--Different county: 307 (22.33%)
----Same state: 242 (17.6%)
----Different state: 65 (4.73%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.22%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,466 (100%)
Native: 1,446 (98.64%)
--Born in United States: 1,438 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,155 (78.79%)
----Different state: 283 (19.3%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.55%)
Foreign born: 20 (1.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.14%)
--Naturalized citizen: 14 (0.95%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.41%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 20 (100%)
Europe: 14 (70%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (20%)
Northern America: 2 (10%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,375 (100%)
English only: 1,323 (96.22%)
Language other than English: 52 (3.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (1.16%)
--Spanish: 25 (1.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 27 (1.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.65%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,466 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,496% (102.05%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 14 (0.95%)
Danish: 6 (0.41%)
Dutch: 41 (2.8%)
English: 126 (8.59%)
French (except Basque): 31 (2.11%)
French Canadian: 13 (0.89%)
German: 679 (46.32%)
Greek: 3 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 189 (12.89%)
Italian: 51 (3.48%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.34%)
Norwegian: 38 (2.59%)
Polish: 29 (1.98%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (0.55%)
Scottish: 21 (1.43%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 41 (2.8%)
Swiss: 14 (0.95%)
Ukrainian: 1 (0.07%)
United States or American: 112 (7.64%)
Welsh: 9 (0.61%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 65 (4.43%)

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