Glen Ellyn, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1729756, place: Glen Ellyn village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,687 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 758 (9.86%)
Kindergarten: 475 (6.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,247 (42.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,562 (20.32%)
College or graduate school: 1,645 (21.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 17,689 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 339 (1.92%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 634 (3.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,251 (12.73%)
Some college, no degree: 3,178 (17.97%)
Associate degree: 878 (4.96%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,419 (36.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,990 (22.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 58.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,613 (100%)
Never married: 4,531 (21.98%)
Now married, except separated: 13,338 (64.71%)
Separated: 199 (0.97%)
Total Widowed: 1,152 (5.59%)
Widowed Female: 923 (4.48%)
Total Divorced: 1,393 (6.76%)
Divorced Female: 953 (4.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 227 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 58 (25.55%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,406 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,972 (10.16%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,093 (100%)
--With a disability: 344 (5.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,679 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,453 (9.27%)
----Percent employed: 68.1%
--No disability: 14,226 (90.73%)
----Percent employed: 80.5%
Population 65 years and over: 2,994 (100%)
--With a disability: 933 (31.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 24,797 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 14,635 (59.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,165 (36.96%)
--Same county: 4,889 (19.72%)
--Different county: 4,276 (17.24%)
----Same state: 2,403 (9.69%)
----Different state: 1,873 (7.55%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 997 (4.02%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 27,040 (100%)
Native: 24,135 (89.26%)
--Born in United States: 23,908 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,348 (60.46%)
----Different state: 7,560 (27.96%)
--Born outside United States: 227 (0.84%)
Foreign born: 2,905 (10.74%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,606 (5.94%)
--Naturalized citizen: 989 (3.66%)
--Not a citizen: 1,916 (7.09%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,905 (100%)
Europe: 854 (29.4%)
Asia: 1,101 (37.9%)
Africa: 67 (2.31%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 743 (25.58%)
Northern America: 140 (4.82%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 24,797 (100%)
English only: 21,381 (86.22%)
Language other than English: 3,416 (13.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,243 (5.01%)
--Spanish: 1,162 (4.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 478 (1.93%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,553 (6.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 533 (2.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 564 (2.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 186 (0.75%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 27,040 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 36,012% (133.18%)
Arab: 116 (0.43%)
Czech: 887 (3.28%)
Danish: 318 (1.18%)
Dutch: 442 (1.63%)
English: 3,588 (13.27%)
French (except Basque): 698 (2.58%)
French Canadian: 244 (0.9%)
German: 7,525 (27.83%)
Greek: 341 (1.26%)
Hungarian: 187 (0.69%)
Irish: 6,088 (22.51%)
Italian: 2,789 (10.31%)
Lithuanian: 415 (1.53%)
Norwegian: 786 (2.91%)
Polish: 2,409 (8.91%)
Portuguese: 14 (0.05%)
Russian: 191 (0.71%)
Scotch-Irish: 463 (1.71%)
Scottish: 975 (3.61%)
Slovak: 110 (0.41%)
Subsaharan African: 57 (0.21%)
Swedish: 1,235 (4.57%)
Swiss: 126 (0.47%)
Ukrainian: 107 (0.4%)
United States or American: 628 (2.32%)
Welsh: 273 (1.01%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 5,000 (18.49%)

Return to Glen Ellyn,IL.