Fulton, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1728144, place: Fulton city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 913 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 73 (8%)
Kindergarten: 26 (2.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 398 (43.59%)
High school (grades 9-12): 284 (31.11%)
College or graduate school: 132 (14.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,705 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 270 (9.98%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 297 (10.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,126 (41.63%)
Some college, no degree: 536 (19.82%)
Associate degree: 132 (4.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 248 (9.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 96 (3.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,174 (100%)
Never married: 697 (21.96%)
Now married, except separated: 1,930 (60.81%)
Separated: 41 (1.29%)
Total Widowed: 264 (8.32%)
Widowed Female: 206 (6.49%)
Total Divorced: 242 (7.62%)
Divorced Female: 138 (4.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 19 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 19 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,962 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 418 (14.11%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 819 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (4.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,070 (100%)
--With a disability: 247 (11.93%)
----Percent employed: 46.2%
--No disability: 1,823 (88.07%)
----Percent employed: 80.3%
Population 65 years and over: 647 (100%)
--With a disability: 195 (30.14%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,676 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,096 (57.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,539 (41.87%)
--Same county: 790 (21.49%)
--Different county: 749 (20.38%)
----Same state: 216 (5.88%)
----Different state: 533 (14.5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 41 (1.12%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,891 (100%)
Native: 3,813 (98%)
--Born in United States: 3,813 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,603 (41.2%)
----Different state: 2,210 (56.8%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 78 (2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 27 (0.69%)
--Naturalized citizen: 58 (1.49%)
--Not a citizen: 20 (0.51%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 78 (100%)
Europe: 21 (26.92%)
Asia: 25 (32.05%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 26 (33.33%)
Northern America: 6 (7.69%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,676 (100%)
English only: 3,585 (97.52%)
Language other than English: 91 (2.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (1.03%)
--Spanish: 30 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 43 (1.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 18 (0.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.33%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,891 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,566% (117.35%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 23 (0.59%)
Danish: 43 (1.11%)
Dutch: 1,451 (37.29%)
English: 351 (9.02%)
French (except Basque): 99 (2.54%)
French Canadian: 20 (0.51%)
German: 1,182 (30.38%)
Greek: 6 (0.15%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 459 (11.8%)
Italian: 25 (0.64%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 64 (1.64%)
Polish: 102 (2.62%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.15%)
Russian: 5 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 43 (1.11%)
Scottish: 53 (1.36%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 129 (3.32%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 214 (5.5%)
Welsh: 39 (1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 252 (6.48%)

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