General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1728898, place: Genoa city, Illinois)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,248 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 142 (11.38%)
Kindergarten: 59 (4.73%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 640 (51.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 279 (22.36%)
College or graduate school: 128 (10.26%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 2,678 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 235 (8.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 314 (11.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 962 (35.92%)
Some college, no degree: 670 (25.02%)
Associate degree: 223 (8.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 222 (8.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 52 (1.94%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.2%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 3,199 (100%)
Never married: 632 (19.76%)
Now married, except separated: 2,032 (63.52%)
Separated: 9 (0.28%)
Total Widowed: 179 (5.6%)
Widowed Female: 165 (5.16%)
Total Divorced: 347 (10.85%)
Divorced Female: 188 (5.88%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 43 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 3,004 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 329 (10.95%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 1,148 (100%)
--With a disability: 114 (9.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,472 (100%)
--With a disability: 416 (16.83%)
----Percent employed: 67.5%
--No disability: 2,056 (83.17%)
----Percent employed: 78%
Population 65 years and over: 350 (100%)
--With a disability: 177 (50.57%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 3,970 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,899 (47.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,920 (48.36%)
--Same county: 793 (19.97%)
--Different county: 1,127 (28.39%)
----Same state: 944 (23.78%)
----Different state: 183 (4.61%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 151 (3.8%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 4,372 (100%)
Native: 4,020 (91.95%)
--Born in United States: 4,020 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,452 (78.96%)
----Different state: 568 (12.99%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 352 (8.05%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 212 (4.85%)
--Naturalized citizen: 81 (1.85%)
--Not a citizen: 271 (6.2%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 352 (100%)
Europe: 47 (13.35%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 305 (86.65%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 3,970 (100%)
English only: 3,486 (87.81%)
Language other than English: 484 (12.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 261 (6.57%)
--Spanish: 447 (11.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 261 (6.57%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 37 (0.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 4,372 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,855% (111.05%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 48 (1.1%)
Danish: 46 (1.05%)
Dutch: 91 (2.08%)
English: 425 (9.72%)
French (except Basque): 191 (4.37%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,243 (28.43%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 676 (15.46%)
Italian: 291 (6.66%)
Lithuanian: 27 (0.62%)
Norwegian: 188 (4.3%)
Polish: 305 (6.98%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.16%)
Scotch-Irish: 30 (0.69%)
Scottish: 77 (1.76%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 190 (4.35%)
Swiss: 7 (0.16%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 236 (5.4%)
Welsh: 43 (0.98%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 734 (16.79%)
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