Geneva, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1728872, place: Geneva city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,077 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 570 (9.38%)
Kindergarten: 384 (6.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,993 (49.25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,238 (20.37%)
College or graduate school: 892 (14.68%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,402 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 185 (1.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 389 (3.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,093 (16.88%)
Some college, no degree: 2,243 (18.09%)
Associate degree: 895 (7.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,177 (33.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,420 (19.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 53.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,384 (100%)
Never married: 2,934 (20.4%)
Now married, except separated: 9,532 (66.27%)
Separated: 103 (0.72%)
Total Widowed: 744 (5.17%)
Widowed Female: 594 (4.13%)
Total Divorced: 1,071 (7.45%)
Divorced Female: 629 (4.37%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 77 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (33.77%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,410 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,460 (10.89%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,054 (100%)
--With a disability: 315 (6.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,854 (100%)
--With a disability: 872 (8.03%)
----Percent employed: 81.1%
--No disability: 9,982 (91.97%)
----Percent employed: 80%
Population 65 years and over: 1,730 (100%)
--With a disability: 396 (22.89%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 18,032 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,619 (58.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,216 (40.02%)
--Same county: 3,473 (19.26%)
--Different county: 3,743 (20.76%)
----Same state: 2,370 (13.14%)
----Different state: 1,373 (7.61%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 197 (1.09%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 19,552 (100%)
Native: 18,665 (95.46%)
--Born in United States: 18,567 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,465 (68.87%)
----Different state: 5,102 (26.09%)
--Born outside United States: 98 (0.5%)
Foreign born: 887 (4.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 318 (1.63%)
--Naturalized citizen: 415 (2.12%)
--Not a citizen: 472 (2.41%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 887 (100%)
Europe: 413 (46.56%)
Asia: 235 (26.49%)
Africa: 9 (1.01%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 163 (18.38%)
Northern America: 67 (7.55%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 18,032 (100%)
English only: 16,965 (94.08%)
Language other than English: 1,067 (5.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 242 (1.34%)
--Spanish: 422 (2.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 112 (0.62%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 497 (2.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 86 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 99 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 19,552 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 25,072% (128.23%)
Arab: 7 (0.04%)
Czech: 380 (1.94%)
Danish: 191 (0.98%)
Dutch: 288 (1.47%)
English: 2,008 (10.27%)
French (except Basque): 642 (3.28%)
French Canadian: 171 (0.87%)
German: 5,806 (29.7%)
Greek: 196 (1%)
Hungarian: 220 (1.13%)
Irish: 4,672 (23.9%)
Italian: 1,919 (9.81%)
Lithuanian: 164 (0.84%)
Norwegian: 481 (2.46%)
Polish: 2,145 (10.97%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.03%)
Russian: 140 (0.72%)
Scotch-Irish: 320 (1.64%)
Scottish: 465 (2.38%)
Slovak: 121 (0.62%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 1,479 (7.56%)
Swiss: 111 (0.57%)
Ukrainian: 23 (0.12%)
United States or American: 716 (3.66%)
Welsh: 146 (0.75%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 18 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 2,237 (11.44%)

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