Freeport, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1727884, place: Freeport city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,682 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 569 (8.52%)
Kindergarten: 467 (6.99%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,853 (42.7%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,355 (20.28%)
College or graduate school: 1,438 (21.52%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 17,689 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,028 (5.81%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,112 (11.94%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,216 (35.14%)
Some college, no degree: 4,162 (23.53%)
Associate degree: 1,139 (6.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,099 (11.87%)
Graduate or professional degree: 933 (5.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 21,039 (100%)
Never married: 5,515 (26.21%)
Now married, except separated: 10,884 (51.73%)
Separated: 311 (1.48%)
Total Widowed: 1,881 (8.94%)
Widowed Female: 1,574 (7.48%)
Total Divorced: 2,448 (11.64%)
Divorced Female: 1,394 (6.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 331 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 199 (60.12%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,973 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,778 (13.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,765 (100%)
--With a disability: 523 (9.07%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,002 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,584 (18.45%)
----Percent employed: 55.5%
--No disability: 11,418 (81.55%)
----Percent employed: 79.1%
Population 65 years and over: 4,354 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,040 (46.85%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 24,697 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 13,420 (54.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,021 (44.62%)
--Same county: 7,007 (28.37%)
--Different county: 4,014 (16.25%)
----Same state: 2,348 (9.51%)
----Different state: 1,666 (6.75%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 256 (1.04%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 26,440 (100%)
Native: 25,723 (97.29%)
--Born in United States: 25,595 (100%)
----State of residence: 19,024 (71.95%)
----Different state: 6,571 (24.85%)
--Born outside United States: 128 (0.48%)
Foreign born: 717 (2.71%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 461 (1.74%)
--Naturalized citizen: 202 (0.76%)
--Not a citizen: 515 (1.95%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 717 (100%)
Europe: 270 (37.66%)
Asia: 120 (16.74%)
Africa: 14 (1.95%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 309 (43.1%)
Northern America: 4 (0.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 24,697 (100%)
English only: 23,419 (94.83%)
Language other than English: 1,278 (5.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 584 (2.36%)
--Spanish: 597 (2.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 296 (1.2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 534 (2.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 244 (0.99%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 66 (0.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 26,440 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 27,369% (103.51%)
Arab: 48 (0.18%)
Czech: 72 (0.27%)
Danish: 154 (0.58%)
Dutch: 772 (2.92%)
English: 2,148 (8.12%)
French (except Basque): 519 (1.96%)
French Canadian: 70 (0.26%)
German: 9,600 (36.31%)
Greek: 94 (0.36%)
Hungarian: 90 (0.34%)
Irish: 2,904 (10.98%)
Italian: 788 (2.98%)
Lithuanian: 69 (0.26%)
Norwegian: 739 (2.8%)
Polish: 653 (2.47%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.06%)
Russian: 67 (0.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 269 (1.02%)
Scottish: 205 (0.78%)
Slovak: 7 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 71 (0.27%)
Swedish: 567 (2.14%)
Swiss: 478 (1.81%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,365 (5.16%)
Welsh: 90 (0.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.02%)
Other ancestries: 5,509 (20.84%)

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