Gages Lake, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1728248, place: Gages Lake CDP, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,123 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 294 (9.41%)
Kindergarten: 183 (5.86%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,393 (44.6%)
High school (grades 9-12): 734 (23.5%)
College or graduate school: 519 (16.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,714 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 152 (2.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 339 (5.05%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,377 (20.51%)
Some college, no degree: 1,858 (27.67%)
Associate degree: 467 (6.96%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,710 (25.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 811 (12.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 37.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,796 (100%)
Never married: 1,690 (21.68%)
Now married, except separated: 5,009 (64.25%)
Separated: 56 (0.72%)
Total Widowed: 297 (3.81%)
Widowed Female: 220 (2.82%)
Total Divorced: 744 (9.54%)
Divorced Female: 468 (6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 119 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 55 (46.22%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,305 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 629 (8.61%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,675 (100%)
--With a disability: 175 (6.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,197 (100%)
--With a disability: 617 (9.96%)
----Percent employed: 61.9%
--No disability: 5,580 (90.04%)
----Percent employed: 84.5%
Population 65 years and over: 751 (100%)
--With a disability: 263 (35.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,625 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,416 (56.27%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,034 (41.91%)
--Same county: 1,928 (20.03%)
--Different county: 2,106 (21.88%)
----Same state: 1,000 (10.39%)
----Different state: 1,106 (11.49%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 175 (1.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,459 (100%)
Native: 9,596 (91.75%)
--Born in United States: 9,532 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,723 (64.28%)
----Different state: 2,809 (26.86%)
--Born outside United States: 64 (0.61%)
Foreign born: 863 (8.25%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 298 (2.85%)
--Naturalized citizen: 484 (4.63%)
--Not a citizen: 379 (3.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 863 (100%)
Europe: 353 (40.9%)
Asia: 303 (35.11%)
Africa: 20 (2.32%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 136 (15.76%)
Northern America: 51 (5.91%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,625 (100%)
English only: 8,598 (89.33%)
Language other than English: 1,027 (10.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 318 (3.3%)
--Spanish: 323 (3.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 138 (1.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 367 (3.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 59 (0.61%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 282 (2.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 121 (1.26%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,459 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,604% (130.07%)
Arab: 23 (0.22%)
Czech: 97 (0.93%)
Danish: 100 (0.96%)
Dutch: 193 (1.85%)
English: 1,048 (10.02%)
French (except Basque): 245 (2.34%)
French Canadian: 28 (0.27%)
German: 3,676 (35.15%)
Greek: 90 (0.86%)
Hungarian: 102 (0.98%)
Irish: 1,817 (17.37%)
Italian: 1,033 (9.88%)
Lithuanian: 89 (0.85%)
Norwegian: 347 (3.32%)
Polish: 1,191 (11.39%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.09%)
Russian: 76 (0.73%)
Scotch-Irish: 55 (0.53%)
Scottish: 206 (1.97%)
Slovak: 48 (0.46%)
Subsaharan African: 12 (0.11%)
Swedish: 730 (6.98%)
Swiss: 14 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 51 (0.49%)
United States or American: 403 (3.85%)
Welsh: 83 (0.79%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 10 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 1,828 (17.48%)

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